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| Arab-American Agent Sues FBI for Not Being Promoted |
| 2005-06-21 |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Arabic is hard! |
| Posted by: FBI Barbie 2005-06-21 17:40 |
| #6 Just do a google news search - this story is gaining traction stateside. I think this guy's case has merit based on the other articles I read. It points to the FBI culture of "the good old boys network" being alive and well. Some of the reponses of FBI leadership, under oath, as they answer questions posed by the FBI Muslim agent show how useless the FBI leadership is. It's the same old same old, well, the 9/11 attack was like any other crime scene, we gather evidence, blah, blah. One guy- Bald ( spelling ?)-actually implied that all you need is leadership expertise ( look at my spanking new MBA everybody) to penetrate the network of extremist Muslims but knowledge of the Muslim culture or Arab languages, well, it would be nice (???) but not essential to conducting a good "police investigation" ( police investigation is my summation of what this idiot thinks is the answer to tracking down terrorists in this country). |
| Posted by: Thotch Glesing2372 2005-06-21 14:22 |
| #5 Very true, dread. However, I do take news from that source with a grain of salt. But, I'm sure if it was truly over his ethnicity, arabnews would've made a big deal about it. You're right though, something's amiss in the FBI and it isn't right that experience leads to promotions. I'd especially think we'd want MORE experience/ethnicities in that arena to infiltrate the jihadis among us. |
| Posted by: BA 2005-06-21 13:18 |
| #4 BA, Normally I would be right with you, but this guy doesn't appear to be saying that he was passed over because of his ethnicity. He's telling us that the promotion process in the FBI is based on something other than competence in your field. I think we all know that something isn't right in the FBI, hasn't been right in sometime, and it doesn't appear that anything is being done about it. I believe we are beginning to see the true impact of not firing anyone after 9/11. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2005-06-21 12:46 |
| #3 Gee, expecting a counterterrorism agent to actually have knowlegde of the terrorists...what a novel idea...yes, I guess it would be nice. |
| Posted by: jawa 2005-06-21 10:47 |
| #2 If this guy was truly legit, I'd agree with his case. However, we know of stories in the past of moose limbs working for the FBI that refused to interrogate or investigate fellow moose limbs after 9/11. Reading the article, it sounds legit in my mind, but again it's on arabnews.com. |
| Posted by: BA 2005-06-21 09:28 |
| #1 Watson couldnât describe the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, the two major groups of Muslims. âNot technically, no,â Watson answered when asked the question. Very simple, agent Watson. The former believe in killing Jews, or anybody who disaggrees with them. The later believe that Jews, or anybody who disaggrees with them, must be killed. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2005-06-21 08:06 |