Washington, D.C. December 13, 2006.  The National Whistleblowers Center, a nationally recognized FBI Watchdog group, has released to the public extensive sworn and documentary evidence concerning the FBI’s actual response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. The documents include the sworn deposition of every major FBI manager responsible for the creation the FBI’s post September 11 counterterrorism division and the implementation of the FBI’s “War on Terror.”  Sworn depositions of Director Robert Mueller, former Director Louis Freeh and numerous executive assistant directors and assistant directors for the bureau’s counterterrorism program are included.

The NWC is making this unprecedented release in order to give the American public the inside and uncensored view of the domestic response to the September 11 attacks. The NWC strongly encourages every American concerned with the prevention of the next September 11 to carefully evaluate this documentation and use the materials to insist the U.S. government defend our democracy from a new attack.

The depositions and FBI documents were obtained as a result of a lawsuit filed by Bassem Youssef, a Unit Chief currently employed in the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. Prior to holding his current position, Mr. Youssef coordinated the national counterterrorism investigation into the Islamic Group (the organization responsible for the first World Trade bombing), was the recipient of the prestigious “Director of Central Intelligence” award and was tapped by former FBI Director Louis Freeh to establish the FBI’s field office serving seven Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait. Mr. Youssef is the highest ranking Arab-American agent employed by the FBI.  In July 2006, the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility concluded that the FBI illegally retaliated against Mr. Youssef because Mr. Youssef had made whistleblower disclosures to the Director of the FBI and a Member of Congress.

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