Intelligence, military officials often unable to read texts, emails
(NEWSER) - Nearly eight years have passed since 9/11, but national security agencies remain disturbingly low on translators for crucial dialects, the Washington Times reports. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives email and text-message each other freely in languages the CIA largely ignored before 2001. "I can't explain it," says a congressman. "No. 1, Congress has been pestering them. No. 2, you would think it's important for them to do their job." More»
