But it's such a boring task.You have probably read about the FBI's failure to translate thousands of hours of wiretap wiretap n. using an electronic device to listen in on telephone lines, which is illegal unless allowed by court order based upon a showing by law enforcement of "probable cause" to believe the communications are part of criminal activities. recordings from counterintelligence coun·ter·in·tel·li·gence n. The branch of an intelligence service charged with keeping sensitive information from an enemy, deceiving that enemy, preventing subversion and sabotage, and collecting political and military information. and counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. investigations. 123,000 of these hours are, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an audit by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, Glenn Fine, "in languages primarily related to counter-terrorism activities," including Arabic. What you may not know is that this problem is not something that only became clear after 9/11. In fact, the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993 might have been prevented if the FBI had been doing timely translations of its wiretaps. Evidence of the plotting of that event from as early as 1990 was un wiretaps not translated until after the bombing. |
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