Just for the record, my dad works for the NSA, and they DO recruit people who speak Arabic.
They do not, however, hire Arabic-speaking people to TRAIN anti-terrorist infiltration groups because that has nothing to do with linguistic ability. They just ain't connected. If you speak Arabic, or whatever, it does not allow you to suddenly know how to deal with terrorists. They usually do translation, I believe.
And despite LKH's so-vewy-darkity-dark-and-cynical view of the government, they would NEVER hire someone like Olaf for any kind of even mildly sensitive work. I have no rosy-glassed views of ANY government, but does it make any sense for any government agency to hire such a huge security risk -- not only to their own people, but for the fact that Olaf is a sociopath who presumably could be bribed with a few petite brunetes? Hell, he's a security BREACH that just hasn't happened yet.
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They do not, however, hire Arabic-speaking people to TRAIN anti-terrorist infiltration groups because that has nothing to do with linguistic ability. They just ain't connected. If you speak Arabic, or whatever, it does not allow you to suddenly know how to deal with terrorists. They usually do translation, I believe.
And despite LKH's so-vewy-darkity-dark-and-cynical view of the government, they would NEVER hire someone like Olaf for any kind of even mildly sensitive work. I have no rosy-glassed views of ANY government, but does it make any sense for any government agency to hire such a huge security risk -- not only to their own people, but for the fact that Olaf is a sociopath who presumably could be bribed with a few petite brunetes? Hell, he's a security BREACH that just hasn't happened yet.
Methinks LKH did some more calendar research.