MORE EVIDENCE OF INEPTITUDE IN HIGH PLACES:

Accusations by an FBI contract linguist fired after complaining about suspected security breaches and misconduct in the bureau’s post-September 11 foreign language translation program “had some basis in fact” and are supported by documents and other witnesses, a report said yesterday. . . .

“The allegations, if true, had potentially damaging consequences and warranted a thorough and careful review by the FBI, which did not occur,” said Inspector General Glenn A. Fine.

This doesn’t make her charges true, I guess, but it does make the FBI look bad. Maybe Porter Goss could go there next?