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Christopher_C_Lapp@cup.portal.com writes:

> I noticed a full page advertisement recruiting for the National
> security agency in the American Translators Association bulletin.
> Why would the NSA want language types?  I thought they did alot
> number-crunching and your average translator has had little or
> no math background.  Also, don't they have a whole much of
> Defense Language School types who have been drilled in every 
> language imaginable?  Is the NSA just fishing?  Are they desparate
> for talent or what?

My guess is that since they relied on the military for many of those 
functions, they may need to build up their own staff due to cutbacks in 
the military. Much of the NSA's monitoring is supposed to be open 
sources that need to be translated before being passed on to the 
analysts.


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