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Stonium
(BEE-OTCH)
10-04-04 04:21
No 534351
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FBI swamped by terror tapes

Struggling bureau has more than 120,000 hours of wire-tapped conversations awaiting analysis

Friday 1st October 2004
Julian Borger in Washington

More than 120,000 hours of wiretapped conversations between terrorist suspects and sympathisers since the September 11 attacks have not been translated because of the FBI’s lack of linguists, according to an official report.

The report, by the justice department’s inspector-general, also found that many sensitive intercepts have been wiped automatically from the memory of the FBI’s outdated computers to save hard-drive storage space.

An 18-page executive summary of the report says that the FBI, criticised for its failure to track down the al-Qaida plotters before they struck three years ago, is still struggling to come to terms with its new role as a counterterrorist agency.

The report also represents a glitch for President George Bush’s election campaign, which is built on the promise to keep Americans safe.

"What good is taping thou sands of hours of conversations of intelligence targets in foreign languages if we cannot translate promptly, securely, accurately and efficiently?" Patrick Leahy, a Democratic senator, was quoted as asking in the New York Times.

The justice department’s inspector-general, Glenn Fine, depicted the FBI as overwhelmed by its switch from crime investigation to terrorism prevention.

"The FBI cannot translate all the foreign language counter terrorism and counterintelligence material it collects," Mr Fine concluded in his report.

"In fact, despite the infusion of more than 620 additional linguists since September 11 2001, the FBI reported that nearly 24% of ongoing FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] counterintelligence and counterterrorism intercepts are not being monitored."

The linguistic problem applied even to wiretaps carried out as part of specific al-Qaida investigations. Under FBI policy, these are supposed to be translated within 12 hours, but the justice department found that the translations did not meet that deadline more than a third of the time.

In 50 cases, it took more than a month.

Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ conversations on September 10 2001, which included comments like "tomorrow is zero hour", were not translated until several days after the attacks.

The FBI director, Robert Moeller, said he agreed that "more remains to be done in our language services programme, and we are giving this effort the highest priority".

An FBI statement insisted the bureau had made progress in recruiting qualified linguists.

However, it added: "It is difficult to identify and recruit linguists who qualify for security clearance and who have sufficient competency."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C1315111%2C00.html

_{Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
-Howard Zinn}

Unobtainium
(Minister of Propaganda)
10-04-04 04:37
No 534353
User Picture       Re: "It is difficult to identify and...

"It is difficult to identify and recruit linguists who qualify for security clearance and who have sufficient competency."

Especially since everyone that speaks Arabic is considerred a terrorist.

Milk rots your brain.

Osmium
(Stoni's sexual toy)
10-04-04 09:50
No 534370
User Picture       > Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ ...

> Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ conversations on September 10 2001, which
> included comments like "tomorrow is zero hour", were not translated until
> several days after the attacks.

So 9/11 wasn't really a surprise huh? The Eff-Bee-Eye was already watching them closely and tapped their phones. Or does that mean that the FBI conducts routine taping of phone conversations in foreign languages? So how do they know which conversations to tape? Might they even be listening in on a rather big percentage of ALL phone conversations, even those by upstanding American patriots on their mission to root out evil?

BUSH/CHENEY 2004! After all, it ain't my country!
www.american-buddha.com/addict.war.1.htm

Organikum
(Wonderful Personality)
10-04-04 14:27
No 534386
      Yes. Of course all telephone conversation in...

Yes. Of course all telephone conversation in the USA is tapped since quite some time. Thats so obvious it hurts somebody can believe something else.

Example: The man planting a bomb at the Olympic Games soem years ago was caught because he was on video using a public phone. This call was "accidentially" tapped. LOL.

Thats not bad btw.
Its to much information to get happy with. Like the german "Rasterfahndung" this is dead-born. Dont critisize it! Support it!

so near, so far......

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		Stonium (BEE-OTCH) 10-04-04 04:21 No 534351				FBI swamped by terror tapes
						FBI swamped by terror tapes Struggling bureau has more than 120,000 hours of wire-tapped conversations awaiting analysis Friday 1st October 2004 Julian Borger in Washington More than 120,000 hours of wiretapped conversations between terrorist suspects and sympathisers since the September 11 attacks have not been translated because of the FBI’s lack of linguists, according to an official report. The report, by the justice department’s inspector-general, also found that many sensitive intercepts have been wiped automatically from the memory of the FBI’s outdated computers to save hard-drive storage space. An 18-page executive summary of the report says that the FBI, criticised for its failure to track down the al-Qaida plotters before they struck three years ago, is still struggling to come to terms with its new role as a counterterrorist agency. The report also represents a glitch for President George Bush’s election campaign, which is built on the promise to keep Americans safe. "What good is taping thou sands of hours of conversations of intelligence targets in foreign languages if we cannot translate promptly, securely, accurately and efficiently?" Patrick Leahy, a Democratic senator, was quoted as asking in the New York Times. The justice department’s inspector-general, Glenn Fine, depicted the FBI as overwhelmed by its switch from crime investigation to terrorism prevention. "The FBI cannot translate all the foreign language counter terrorism and counterintelligence material it collects," Mr Fine concluded in his report. "In fact, despite the infusion of more than 620 additional linguists since September 11 2001, the FBI reported that nearly 24% of ongoing FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] counterintelligence and counterterrorism intercepts are not being monitored." The linguistic problem applied even to wiretaps carried out as part of specific al-Qaida investigations. Under FBI policy, these are supposed to be translated within 12 hours, but the justice department found that the translations did not meet that deadline more than a third of the time. In 50 cases, it took more than a month. Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ conversations on September 10 2001, which included comments like "tomorrow is zero hour", were not translated until several days after the attacks. The FBI director, Robert Moeller, said he agreed that "more remains to be done in our language services programme, and we are giving this effort the highest priority". An FBI statement insisted the bureau had made progress in recruiting qualified linguists. However, it added: "It is difficult to identify and recruit linguists who qualify for security clearance and who have sufficient competency." http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C1315111%2C00.html _{Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. -Howard Zinn}



		Unobtainium (Minister of Propaganda) 10-04-04 04:37 No 534353				Re: "It is difficult to identify and...
						"It is difficult to identify and recruit linguists who qualify for security clearance and who have sufficient competency." Especially since everyone that speaks Arabic is considerred a terrorist. Milk rots your brain.



		Osmium (Stoni's sexual toy) 10-04-04 09:50 No 534370				> Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ ...
						> Intercepts of terrorist suspects’ conversations on September 10 2001, which > included comments like "tomorrow is zero hour", were not translated until > several days after the attacks. So 9/11 wasn't really a surprise huh? The Eff-Bee-Eye was already watching them closely and tapped their phones. Or does that mean that the FBI conducts routine taping of phone conversations in foreign languages? So how do they know which conversations to tape? Might they even be listening in on a rather big percentage of ALL phone conversations, even those by upstanding American patriots on their mission to root out evil? BUSH/CHENEY 2004! After all, it ain't my country! www.american-buddha.com/addict.war.1.htm



		Organikum (Wonderful Personality) 10-04-04 14:27 No 534386				Yes. Of course all telephone conversation in...
						Yes. Of course all telephone conversation in the USA is tapped since quite some time. Thats so obvious it hurts somebody can believe something else. Example: The man planting a bomb at the Olympic Games soem years ago was caught because he was on video using a public phone. This call was "accidentially" tapped. LOL. Thats not bad btw. Its to much information to get happy with. Like the german "Rasterfahndung" this is dead-born. Dont critisize it! Support it! so near, so far......

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