Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2835-1002729200-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:54:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 16407 invoked by uid 510); 10 Oct 2001 15:53:14 -0000 Received: from n4.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.54) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 10 Oct 2001 15:53:14 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2835-1002729200-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n4.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Oct 2001 15:53:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 10 Oct 2001 15:53:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 51222 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2001 15:53:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 10 Oct 2001 15:53:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 10 Oct 2001 15:53:20 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id IAA04407 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:53:20 -0700 Message-Id: <200110101553.IAA04407@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 08:53:20 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:No.Spooks,.Please..We're.Academics] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Time October 15, 2001 No Spooks, Please. We're Academics By Jodie Morse The best hope for finding and stopping Osama bin Laden, Donald Rumsfeld has said, is "a scrap of information." But it remains to be seen whether government officials would know how to translate that scrap. In the days following the attacks, the FBI appealed to speakers of Arabic and Afghan languages to sign up for its $ 27-to-$ 38-per-hour translator gigs. One reason for the shortage? The dearth of top-notch, well-funded Arabic departments at U.S. colleges. In the past year, the Defense Department has been quietly working with Congress and universities to ease this language barrier. A solution gaining favor is the creation of ROTC-style language academies at several campuses across the country. In exchange for free instruction in Arabic and other languages key to intelligence gathering, students would be required to serve in national-security jobs. But the idea hasn't been welcomed on all fronts. The University of Michigan declined an invitation last spring to participate in the fledgling Pentagon program. "We didn't want our students to be known as spies in training," says Carol Bardenstein, an assistant professor of Arabic language and culture at Michigan. "By intertwining intelligence and academics, we'd essentially be recruiting Arabs to later inform on members of their own community." The advocates of the program will pitch Michigan again next month. Perhaps Sept. 11 will bring a change of heart. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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