<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Do you know or speak Ebonics? If so, the Department of Justice needs you<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/do-you-know-or-speak-ebonics-if-so-the-department-of-justice-needs-you/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| August 23, 2010 at 2:17 PM | Tags: DEA <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/dea/>, Department of Justice<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/department-of-justice/>, Ebonics <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/ebonics/>, linguists<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/tag/linguists/>| Categories: Uncategorized <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/> | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-2mV
<http://scottystarnes.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/sealdoj.jpg> You can't make this shit up... <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/do-you-know-or-speak-ebonics-if-so-the-department-of-justice-needs-you/> The Department of Justice is seeking to hire linguists fluent in Ebonics to help monitor, translate, and transcribe the secretly recorded conversations of subjects of narcotics investigations, according to federal records. A maximum of nine Ebonics experts will work with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Atlanta field division, where the linguists, after obtaining a “DEA Sensitive” security clearance, will help investigators decipher the results of “telephonic monitoring of court ordered nonconsensual intercepts, consensual listening devices, and other media” The DEA’s need for full-time linguists specializing in Ebonics is detailed in bid documents related to the agency’s mid-May issuance of a request for proposal (RFP) covering the provision of as many as 2100 linguists for the drug agency’s various field offices. Answers to the proposal were due from contractors on July 29. In contract documents, which are excerpted here<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/dea-ebonics-contract>, Ebonics is listed among 114 languages for which prospective contractors must be able to provide linguists. The 114 languages<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/dea-ebonics-contract?page=1>are divided between “common languages” and “exotic languages.” Ebonics is listed as a “common language” spoken solely in the United States. Continue reading...<http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/justice-department-seeks-ebonics-experts> Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/do-you-know-or-speak-ebonics-if-so-the-department-of-justice-needs-you/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/9109/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com>| Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com&b=ujCqKZ9_snU68DU%25LubkAfSvARE%7CLY3zpKK04LL_a>| Reach out to your own subscribers with WordPress.com.<http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
