And did you see the previous article at that link that says the FBI won't hire Jews who are fluent in Arabic either? My gosh, what a mess. If you can't trust the translators, what will you do? Everyone has a bias in some small way. Maybe the Arab-Americans are at the top of the hiring process, and they fear that Jewish translators will come down too hard on their brethren.
This is all crazy.
re post no. 7541...
Click on the url below to read the article brief and all the other article links listed below.
The following is an exact quote:
http://internet-haganah.us/harchives/001375.html Internet Haganah
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January 07, 2004
Arab translators cheered Sept. 11 FBI Whistleblower: 'Questions of loyalty' tainted interpretation of al-Qaida chatter
WorldNetDaily:
WASHINGTON – In a shocking revelation, an FBI whistleblower claims some Arab-Americans translating Arabic intercepts for the FBI spoke approvingly of the terrorist attacks on America more than two years ago.
Former FBI translator Sibel D. Edmonds says translators of Middle Eastern origin working for the FBI's Washington field office maintain an "us"-versus-"them" attitude that's so strong it may be compromising al-Qaida investigations.
See also:
Jews need not apply to fight terror at FBI
Gitmo translator
tied to al-Qaida
Translator shortage
presaged Gitmo arrests
Arabic-language translator
charged with aiding enemy
Backlog of untranslated Arabic swamps FBI
FBI mandates Muslim-sensitivity training for agents
U.S. miscalculations
left troops vulnerable
Shortage of Arabic
translators called 'desperate'
Did translator
shortage backfire?
Posted by aaron at January 07, 2004 12:58 PM