Public radio station WBEZ apparently aired a 2 part radio show yesterday and today featuring interviews with Sibel Edmonds and information about her story on the program Worldview as part of a continuing National Security Whistleblowers series. Good news that her story is getting some air time!
I’m not sure exactly why, but in the last couple of days I’ve had a surge of hits visiting related to Kill The Messenger and Sibel Edmonds.
Yesterday
kill the messenger movie - 10
sybil edmonds - 4
kill the messenger edmonds - 3
Today so far
kill the messenger movie - 4
It’s possible that some of those searchers are looking for the 2005 civil war movie with that name, but some are definitely seeking Sibel. I’m glad to see a renewal of interest in the documentary Kill The Messenger and in Sibel Edmonds, the FBI whistleblower who is considered to be the most gagged person in U.S. history.
Maybe it’s because The New American’s current issue has an article about Sibel Edmonds called Shooting the Messenger? Anyway, I wish I could point you towards an online venue to watch the documentary Kill The Messenger- since it’s still not available via Netflix (maybe they’d get the message if they got enough requests for it?) but unfortunately none of the ones which used to be around work anymore. I guess you might possibly also be able to order a copy by emailing the directors, though.
In light of CBS’s recent remake of the 1976 drama “Sybil” starring Sally Fields (this time starring Tammy Blanchard) how long do you think it will be before we see a remake of the documentary Kill The Messenger- about FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ story? Yeah, thirty years sounds about right to me too… if ever, that is. Anyway, until then, enjoy this little piece which blazingprattles put together a few months back. Sybil Sibel
Luke Ryland is back to writing about Sibel Edmonds on his blog after being away from it for awhile while travelling. That’s the good news. Other than that, not much coverage, but Luke is always worth reading. His recent pieces are titled (oldest to newest)
Sibel Edmonds’ Kill The Messenger at DOXA festival
Sibel Edmonds Case: Dennis Hastert to receive payoffs for ’services rendered’
Sibel Edmonds Case: ABC News investigates Hastert scandals and the Turkish Connections.
Sibel Edmonds Case: More Destruction of Evidence re Nuclear Black Market
Taking a look at my complete blog stats from the least viewed end, I decided to highlight here a few older posts which didn’t get the clicks which some of my more popular posts have, yet nonetheless provide interesting, important or otherwise worthy links/information. I’ll divide this post into rough topics and descriptions and you can see whether you think any of them merit a visit.
On privacy, surveillance and datamining type issues-
The Panopticon Singularity - a link/exerpt of an important article on how surveillance technology has developed and is developing towards a total surveillance society in the developed world with estimated dates for the technologies described to be fully operational. You can visit the article itself directly via this link.
Google street view can provide alibis if necessary - using shadows, newspaper headlines and Google street view to establish when who was where. True, it’s fairly uncommon to be able to do so now, but I suspect that won’t always be the case.
CNET blog- Surveillance State - check out Chris Soghoian’s blog Surveillance State for lots of interesting and informative reading on privacy and surveillance issues.
UnSecureFlight.com- Homeland Security’s Data Vacuum Cleaner In Action - DHS is collecting and storing information on what books Americans are reading, their race, their profession, their associates, etc. Visit the full article directly here.
Boston.com- Interactive advertising: A good thing? datamining, privacy, surveillance, etc. links post.
a couple which may have gotten buried during the Spitzer scandal distraction circus:
NY Times- To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You - a valuable NYTimes article on datamining by the major internet players. Archived versions of the charts, etc. linked on my blog. Go directly to the NY Times piece here and see also the related article How do they track you? Let us count the ways.
Wall Street Journal- NSA’s Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data visit the article directly here
on Sibel Edmonds (find out all you can about her- the most gagged person in US history according to the ACLU and then pass it on, b/c the media won’t and it’s important)
Dallas Morning News breaks US MSM silence on Sibel Edmonds (only 9 blog views on a story I sumitted to digg which has gotten 1749 diggs so far). Sure it’s old news to some now, but it’s still news to most due to the continuing US MSM blackout on her recent revelations. Spread it around and digg it up some more.
in the rants type category:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury on media monopolies and social proof and how they affect the political “discourse”.
Image text recognition redux: privacy advocate’s nightmare, dataminer’s wet dream? fictional scenario
posts on solutions
idealist.org networking, volunteer opportunities, etc. visit the site directly @ http://www.idealist.org/ reminds me of
WiserEarth.org - Toward a Just and Sustainable World Created by Community visit @ http://wiserearth.org/
HAUTE*NATURE - looks like a great resource blog visit @ http://hautenature.blogspot.com/
some new links - localization, algae, etc., some updates and a few links - solutions type websites and links
and of course readers can always use my tags/categories to find topics and posts of potential interest as well.