美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-08

I’m Anderson Cooper. Welcome to the podcast. For the first time, we could know why the FBI hasn’t yet to set foot in Libya where terrorists killed four Americans, also back home, the ridiculous. Let’s get start. 

We begin tonight on this Friday once again with breaking news that you will only see right here on 360. After being the first to tell you that FBI investigators¹ still have not set foot in the ruins of the American consulate² in Benghazi, Libya. Tonight, we were the first to tell you why. Tonight, we have the likely reason and we have it from a top law enforcement official. Four Americans as you know were murdered in the assault, one American ambassador, Christopher Stevens, that was two and a half weeks ago. Two and a half weeks that have seen the administration first described this as a spontaneous outburst even though our reporting revealed that officials knew within 24 hours that it was not. Only much later, did them back away from that assessment³. 

 

Today, the firector of national intelligence, James Clapper, put out a statement explaining that early evidence supported that theory so that’s why they told the White House and Congress. Clapper says that throughout the investigation⁴, his agency made it clear that the assessment was preliminary and could change. Neither his statement nor our sources specify⁵ a time frame for the DNI’s change of view. Again, our sources tell us that law enforcement officials knew within 24 hours that this was a terror attack. Our reporting also reveals that even though the administration says the investigation is going smoothly⁶, the FBI has hit a bump in the road to the crime scene. Tonight, we’ve got reporting that could explain why that is. A senior law enforcement official telling Fran Townsend the FBI wanted the U.S. military to provide perimeter⁷ support in Benghazi, protection in other words, but that request was not granted. Fran’s a former White House homeland security advisor⁸. She served in the George W. Bush administration, currently she sits on the CIA external advisory⁹ panel and recently visited Libya with her employer, McAndrews and Forbes. Also joining us, a former FBI assistant director, Tom Fuentes. So Fran, so the FBI sought military protection to go into Benghazi, why didn’t they get it?

 

Well, the answer to that question, Anderson, I think is not really clear. So it’s unusual when you want to set up a security perimeter you may look to the host country. If the host country is unable or unwilling¹⁰ to provide it, we don’t know what the answer to that is, you may ask if you think you need it for U.S. military support, but that’s got to go through a process, right? So, it needs state department and NSC support. The U.S. military would have to make an assessment about how big a security package that would entail¹¹. And lastly, and perhaps most importantly, you need host government. The Libyan government, in this case, support to allow U.S. military boots on the ground to provide sort of the defensive¹² security perimeter around the Benghazi compound. Now, I spoke¹³ to a senior administration official who said they have been having regular meetings twice daily, secure video teleconferences on updates of the investigation. There has been regular Deputy Committee meetings hosted by Dennis McDonough, the deputy national security advisor and discussions regarding Libyan support and cooperation. My law enforcement source was quite clear it’s not that the Libyans haven’t been cooperative. There have been discussions that the Libyans were concerned that they themselves couldn’t provide the sort of comprehensive security to protect the FBI team and that there were concerns on the Libyan part about having a U.S. military presence on the ground. 

 

All of that said, Anderson, as you point out, 18 days later after the attack, the FBI today sort of indicated to me through a senior law enforcement official they’re having serious debates as to whether or not with the passage of so much time, whether it makes sense to take the risk at all even if they could have gotten the kind of support early on. Now, what will they gain by going to Benghazi and taking the security risk. They may decide not to go at all. 

 

So just to be clear, we’re not sure at this point where the breakdown¹⁴ occurred in terms of who said, who wouldn’t, I mean, whether it was the Libyans, whether it was or state department, we don’t know where the breakdown occurred. 

 

No, that’s right. And Anderson, it may, could have been something as simple as this sort of when the interagency discussion at the U.S. government writ¹⁵ large decided¹⁶ that if that’s what you’re required for your perimeter security, that indicated itself it was too dangerous and that they shouldn’t be bothered, they shouldn’t go at all. It’s not even clear to us yet whether or not his request was put to the Libyan government.

 

And Fran, you say not only FBI investigators not gone to Benghazi yet, but that some are not even in Libya. 

 

That’s right. Anderson, whenever there’s an international terrorism investigation, there’s a protocol¹⁷ where FBI agents with palletized cargo¹⁸ and equipment pre-deploy in the region to get closer. In this case, that did happen, there were agents in Germany where they conducted interviews of U.S. personnel who were coming out of Libya, and there are also in another country, a third country in the region where they pre-deployed also to be nearby, but many of those still remain in that third country awaiting visas to get into Tripoli.

1 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

3 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

6 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

7 perimeter   

n.周边，周长，周界

参考例句：

• The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
• Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

8 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

9 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

10 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

11 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

12 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

13 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

14 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

15 writ   

n.命令状，书面命令

参考例句：

• This is a copy of a writ I received this morning.这是今早我收到的书面命令副本。
• You shouldn't treat the newspapers as if they were Holy Writ. 你不应该把报上说的话奉若神明。

16 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

17 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

18 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。