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[Igel]

But wouldn't *your* employer try to put a gag order on you if you went to the press when you had a court case against him, if he could?

I'm not saying that nepotism and favoritism don't run wild in the FBI office; it's not a surprising state of affairs. And while more controllable, it's also largely unavoidable in the short term. Imagine if suddenly the FBI needed to hire 30 Sorbian specialists, all US citizens, clean backgrounds, with no connections to Germany. It'd be chaos.

But before I support someone, I'd like think I'm not backing a vendetta. I've done it before, and been embarrassed. Her situation could easily lend itself to that interpretation: freelancer passed over for a relative, but with little or no contract protection (I haven't a clue how her feedback was).

So I'm neutral. I don't believe that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. But I think y'all should know that few translation sections involving lesser-taught languages are without their problems, esp. when it comes to security clearances. And the implications of "contract employee" buried in the story.