[Calpernia]

Excellent article. Good find NW_AZ!

[Calpernia]

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[Gibtx]

much to do about nothing.... you should have seen the back log with the ole soviet union stuff..... and the china stuff.... and the drug lord stuff... and ...

you can never buy or get enough translators..... never .... it s like hard disk size what ever size you have you will need more..

[Calpernia]

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[AlGone2001]

I believe that the US should offer a program that teaches Arabic to US military members that are separating from the military.

They should be paid very well.

[NewJerseyJoe]

Instead of desperately trying to find new hires who just happen to speak Arabic languages -- and hoping that they are also good Americans -- the FBI should recruit for GOOD people and then pay for their linguistic training.

When I was in the Navy, everybody had to do what was called "cross-training" -- you learned something other than your primary duty. This was not intended to make one an expert in the new subject, but it did assure that someone else would have some idea of what to do in the event of catastrophic circumstances.

[mabelkitty]

The reason it wasn't picked up is because Richard Clarke told Sandy Burger about this problem while Clinton was President back in 1998. As such, that would mean Sen. Kerry was well aware of it, but since Sandy Berger was caught stealing documents relating to this communication, I'm sure the editors decided it would just be too sticky for Sen. Kerry and gave him a pass on it.

Links to all of this information on FR.