Why Is It Hard To Find An Arabic Interpreter With An Active TS/SCI Security Clearance?
Any Arabic interpreter who holds or gets an Active Security Clearance has to be subjected to a long and everlasting exhausting investigation. Security Clearance Investigations can take from one to three years depending on the clearance level an Arabic Interpreter is being processed for, and the scope of the investigation. Another factor is who is processing that clearance, is it issued by the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Justice (DoJ), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Director of National Intelligence (DIA), or National Security Agency (DIA). Each of these agencies has its own protocols.
When an Arabic Interpreter gets sponsored for clearance, he or she has to need to be processed for one, since the process is very tedious, long, exhausting, and intrusive. Adding to this, that a clearance can cost an exuberant amount reaching up-to $140,000. So, it is not only a time aspect but a financial liability on the United States government.
When the U.S. government processes an Arabic Translator or an Arabic Interpreter for a clearance, usually that is not for a one-time ad-hoc job or assignment. This is usually for long-haul jobs, cases that can take years to get a ruling or settled via a plea deal. Most Arabic Interpreters that end up getting a Security Clearance tend to support the United States or its entities, in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other locations in the Middle East or elsewhere. These are not the only locations where Arabic Interpreters Services are utilized. Cleared Arabic Interpreters with a Security Clearance are also used within the continental United States with cases that involve Terrorism and National Security.
Terrorism cases because they involve way, means, methods, and souces, have to have a Cleared Arabic Interpreter with an Active Clearance, since the Arabic Interpreter will be exposed to ample amounts of Classified Material, that he or she will need to hold secrets and not divulge any of that information, since cases that require the Arabic Interpreter to have a Secret (S), Top Secret, TS or Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmental Information (TS/SCI) Level of Clearance if he or she divulges any case information, that is classified in nature, that Arabic Linguist, can end up causing serious damage or harm to the United States National Security. For that reason among others, the investigative part of the clearance takes a very long time, and goes through the intricates or life for that interpreter, particularly if the Arabic Interpreter was born outside the United States, and has foreign relatives, friends, distant relatives, and acquaintances that live aborad.
Obtaining, maintaining, and keeping a Security Clearance is not an easy task, and can never be taken lightly. Arabic Interpreters who hold a Top Secret TS/SCI level clearance, each time they travel overseas, need to fill long and detailed forms submitted to their CSO (Court Security Officer) with the breakdown of where they went, how they traveled (means of travel, and if by air, what flights), transit stops they made, flight information, if applicable, who did they meet or see while traveling, the purpose of the trip, plus numerous other questions. Usually, if the travel of an Arabic Interpreter involves international travel, the CSO has to be notified a month ahead of the travel date. This means, an Arabic Language interpreter holding a High-Level Security Clearance, can’t just pack and go on a moment’s notice.
When an Arabic Interpreter gets a random assignment, as an Arabic Contractor Linguist. It is the entity that seeks his employment for that particular assignment that is solely responsible for verifying, validating his clearance, and if the interpreters’ clearance is current or active, and what level of clearance he or she is holding. If it’s an S, TS, or TS/SCI. This can be easily verified via the Jpass system, where clearances can be verified and transferred from one entity to another among U.S. government agencies.
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