From Pete's link:
"Also in question is just how far the enemy has penetrated our critical foreign-language program -- not just at Gitmo, but across the entire national security and intelligence complex.
Many Arabic linguists are contractors who rotate in and out of the federal security agencies leading the War on Terror.
To prevent future betrayal,
the government must reevaluate its security-clearance and hiring procedures for contract and military linguists.
Post-hiring, it must institute periodic security interviews, polygraph exams and database-access audits for each translator."
IMO, the security issue is the key here. I fully agree that the polygraph is just a tool and CAN be manipulated but it's at least a start. Trust but verify.
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Guess we should have had Terps checking Terps to cross ref the info.
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Absolutely! Everything should be QC'd for accuracy and completeness. I'm actually surprised it hasn't been.