re: #139 ggt

Well, we would have people in the Intelligence world who could actually read and translate documents. Something we were woefully lacking on 9/11.

That has a lot to do with how the American security apparatus is set up. The FBI (who conducts background checks) generally won’t fly outside of the US to interview people. Which can make it hard to interview a first (or even second) generation immigrant’s family as is the security protocol requires.