And the American Civil Liberties Union urged the D.C. Court of Appeals on Wednesday to reinstate the case of former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, saying that the government is abusing the “state secrets privilege” to silence employees who expose national security blunders. Edmonds was hired by the FBI after Sept. 11 to translate intelligence gathered before the attacks. Based on the documents she saw, Edmonds charges the FBI knew that Al Qaeda was planning to attack the U.S. with airplanes.