re: #342 Guanxi88

I think the firing of the gay translators is absolutely stupid - for Pete’s sake, we NEED folk who know the lingo.

As for the “compromised” translators and interpreters, I wonder if they shared any commonalities, any similar patterns of facts of biography, with the Gitmo detainees? Frankly, THAT is a real security problem, and not where, whether, and with whom they may sleep.

Really is a complex issue. When language becomes closely tied to tribe and region, in some ways you want someone as close as possible to the detainees. But then you end up with this situation. Not really sure what the right answer is.