When I was in the military many years ago....the Sergeant walked out of his office, and announced to assembled “masses†who wants to go Russian Language school....
I studied Russian in High School with the specific idea of applying to one of the alphabet agencies. But second year wasn’t offered so that was a non-starter (then I changed my life goals).
Just depends on the situation. There really aren’t enough native born Arabic speakers. There are literally millions of native born Chinese speakers though.
Makes me wonder if this story isn’t quite what it seems. Assume for a moment that NSA isn’t quite as stupid as they are presented here and let that thought lead you to it’s logical conclusion.
All I’m going to say here.