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February 11, 2004
Celebrating 9/11 at the FBI

Can this be true? A report alleges infiltration of the FBI's Arabic desk by terrorist sympathisers, quite apart from gross and systematic incompetence in translating documents and wiretaps. If it is true, it might explain quite a lot.

Posted by melanie at February 11, 2004

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Is it true that GCHQ has outsourced Arabic translation work to North Africa; or that BBC World Service is a bit light on Arabic linguists ?

I wonder just how many Americans are studying Arabic 101 as opposed to "realty" and "Media" ?

Posted by: Timbuktoo at February 11, 2004 01:05 PM