@emptywheel Fortunately, I don't think ISIS has as many Arabic speakers as it should, or that could be a major problem.
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@makomk Yeah, I suspect Paris attackers plotted in French. But it might be relevant for Sinai attack.
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@emptywheel I seem to remember we drummed a number of them out of the military because they were gay. -
@CathyGellis And there were indications that they don't have enough translators of many languages (Hausa was my fav) from Snowden docs. - 1 more reply
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@emptywheel We need a backdoor into the language.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel I wonder if FBI uses the dragnet to trawl for "informers" who can serve as de facto translators for comms within a community.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel They should have the common decency to speak English, this is America (listening in)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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