Subj : [ANSI] Languages and the Intelligence Community
To   : All
From : warmfuzzy
Date : Fri Jan 18 2019 19:32:49


There's a true story oft repeated by those who are inv
olved in the IC aboutcurrent President of 
Russia, V. Putin.  H
e wanted to join the KGB when he wasa kid and we
nt to the KGB's HQ and expressed his interest i
n working therewhen he was older.  The respo
nse he got was to learn languages and study law.
He did both of those things and went from being just some guy to the 
autocratof a major world power.  But what la
nguages should you learn?  I suppose theansw
er to that is where you would like to live.  If you a
re against a countrythan learning its language would be of b
enefit as you may work insinuatedinto that country as a 
Non-Official Cover (NOC
) officer.  It occurs to methat there ar
e two main reasons for studying a foreign language, the f
irst ishow many people in the world speak it (its
 total speakers), and to focusspecifically on act
ions against a nation that you have something against.  
The third option is just because you love that country so much, 
but thishappens less than the first two.  R
ussia's FSB/SVR officers don
't learnEnglish because they love us; 
it is mostly out of usefulness in learningEnglis
h, rather than some sort of odd affection.
Diplomats tend to learn other languages so that they can get along 
in theircountry of residence, but with many count
ries their diplomatic core is simplya front for intelligence
 gathering operations.So what languag
es am I studying and the reasons for that?  I
'm currentlyworking on Hebrew and S
panish.  I'm studying Hebrew because of
 a love for thecountry and its people (I'
m a Christian, and Jesus Chri
st was a Jew).  And asfor Sp
anish I love it because it makes more sense than my native 
English andbecause there are more Spanish sp
eakers than English speakers in the world.  
The obvious question that would come up would be, well you wr
ite as an Editorand you are studying Hebrew 
and Spanish... are you going to spy against these
nations?  Certainly not!  The Hebrew
 thing is from a deep respect for apeople who endured the 
Holocaust, who have a beautiful spoken language
(though I'm not so fond of their written script yet
).  As for Spanish, itsal
ways good to have a second or third language "under one
's belt."  Meaningthat it might b
e useful in getting a new career down the road.  I s
tudy withPimsleur Audio in audio form
.  When I'm going to and from school on the bu
s Ijust turn on the MP3 player, 
get comfortable and get an education during thecommute
.  The up-and-coming Fi
shingnet BBS will have free Pimsleur Audio
(licensed) language lessons available.  L
ook out for that when its finallygot its polishing done
.The most used languages by number of
 speakers is as follows:1. M
andarin, 2. Spanish, 3
. English, 4. Hindi, 
5. Arabic, 6. Portuguese
,7. Bengali, 8. 
Russian, 9. Japanese, 
and 10. PunjabiCheers
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