Posted on 03/18/2006 10:24:23 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Joseph Shahda of Randolph earns his living as an engineer. But in his spare time, he's an intelligence agent, working to ferret out the truth about the regime of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
When the US government on Thursday began publishing captured Iraqi government documents on the Internet, Shahda eagerly began to translate the files into English and publish them on a conservative website.
''I feel a sense of duty," said Shahda, a native of Lebanon who supports President Bush's decision to invade Iraq. ''I think it's a duty for people who know Arabic to translate the documents."
US officials hope that thousands of other Arabic speakers feel the same. Goaded by Congress, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte has begun to release millions of pages of captured files online in an unprecedented effort to harness the Internet to disseminate raw intelligence material. There, anybody with a knowledge of Arabic can download the files and translate them for the world.
It's the same ''open source" principle that drove the successful development of the Internet and of powerful free software like the Linux operating system. Instead of hiring a team of brilliant professionals to analyze Iraqi documents in secret, the open source systems will use hundreds of clever amateurs, who'll publish their work for anyone to analyze and improve upon.
''Workers control the means of production, but without all that tedious communism," said Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee and author of ''An Army of Davids," a book that shows how the Internet encourages public activism.
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Let me add that interpreting duties are a large part of the duties.
exactly....even if there was a video of sadaam claiming credit for 9-11 it wouldnt matter to teh left..the yhave too much invested in bush and the US defeat in Iraq
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If I had the skill I'd sign up for that duty!
You're right, most of Congress was silent on this. It was Hoekstra and a few other Bush loyalists who were pushing for the data dump.. I don't think there are any democrats on record as favoring this.
Thank you so much for your dedication. I am going to keep you in my prayers while you go about this task. God bless you!
God bless America.
I need the link on this. I work with Arabic speakers.
I've been neck deep in a project all day yesterday and today, so I am a late-comer to this thread.
Thank you so very much for your contribution and hard work! You are truly a patriot! May God bless you in your endeavors.
God bless our brave troops.
AMEN! :^)
Take care, friend. Call on us if you need someone to watch your six in your area. I'll bet there are some Freepers around who have had some experience at it, and have some free time.
I found these posted on one of the threads.
You welcome. Our brave troops deserve the real thanks.
Actually, more like a Tsunami !!
Thanks!! Keep the translations coming!!!
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