Doesn't mean they can't do a good job translating for you ~ just that there's not enough money in the world to do a clearance on them.
Translation is some of the most sensitive work there is. All I implied was that I could see why the FBI did it. The story doesn't say how many actually were hired, or talk about the specific reasons why the others weren't hired.
And it's *not* difficult to do a clearance on someone in NYC who not only has family throughout the Arab world, but also traveled around there and may have spent time in "schools" (aka madrassas)?!