Here are the real details regarding the Abu Bakar trial and how it got screwed up.
Ah yes...involving Fred Burks, not to be confused with our very own Fred Nerks!
I checked out his Secret Negotiations page and lets just say, more than a few things don't seem plausible or accurate to me (as you can imagine, his site goes downhill rapidly from there). I don't know how this guy ever got hired in the first place. The US Embassies in the area have their own people who can translate. Since they are good enough for the local CIA station chiefs to use, I guess they should have been used in this case.
Oh, btw, thanks for the earlier ping to the "Atlas Shrugs and Atlantis Beckons" articles on your blog... I sure can relate to those experiences (especially part 2).