[upchuck]

From the article:

Pacepa's longtime translator, Wayne Barnes, confirmed the endorsement after Schiffer's campaign released it.

This guy has been here sine the 1970s, is a US citizen and still needs a translator? Why is that? I have Romanian friends who have been here around five years and they speak great English.

[PallMal]

Yeah, It's hard to fathom why he needs a translator at this stage.

I don't know about Romania, but in other non-English speaking European countries, finding someone who speaks English is not such a hard task.

Heck, you can find garbage men in those countries speaking some English, so it's surprising that someone who is living in America for this length of time, and is a former spy doesn't speak English.

[Moseley]

This guy has been here sine the 1970s, is a US citizen and still needs a translator? Why is that

Because he is afraid of ending up dead by a Putin hit squad, like the Russian spy who died in London.

I don't think he really needs a translator. I think he just doesn't want to be in the public eye and die mysteriously.