[CatoRenasci]

They probably let him work anyway because of a desparate shortage of native arabic speakers for translation. We've done the same thing with native speakers of other langauges while we trained our own.

[Consort]

FOX News said he was sent to GITMO because it was a controlled environment.

[Ichneumon]

They probably let him work anyway because of a desparate shortage of native arabic speakers for translation.

Actually, I've been wondering all along whether they put him there a) to eavesdrop on what the "detainees" would say to someone they thought was "one of them", and b) so they could trace who/what/how/where he passed along the information.

Think how valuable it would be to find out who the prisoners were trying to sneak messages to, and how. It would provide a new motherlode of leads to follow to the terrorists' nests.

[Herodotus]

Makes me wonder whether firing those dozen Arabic-language trained soldiers in 2002 because they were gay was such a good idea. If the need is there, we're going to have to turn to people who are less-likely to be trustworthy.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I doubt it. It was most likely fear of being reprimanded for not being "culturally sensitive" enough.

[Tom Bombadil]

They probably let him work anyway because of a desparate shortage of native arabic speakers for translation.

I felt from the beginning of this story that they set him up. The "controlled environment" theory really flies for me. Anyway, they got him.