美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-06-17

 Even to this day,like right now while I¡¯m giving you this interview, if I was just slipped upand say one of these pieces of information that I'm not supposed to talk about,I'm in jeopardy¹ of going into prison for as many as five years.

For six years, NickMerow was known in courtroom documents as John Dow. He was living a doublelife, suing the US Government over some of its National Security Policies.

Almost a decadelater, I am married and I have a small child, and I'm still not at liberty todiscuss the facts of this case with my wife today.

Welcome to CNNRadio News day. I'm Tony Andreas. Coming up later in the show, we sit down withNick to learn more about his heroin² story and find out what it means in thewake of the NSA leak scandal.

But first, let'sbring in CNN's Jonathan Bender who brings us today's top stories. Welcome Jon.

Hey, Tommy.

So you've gotanother big scandal out of Washington on our hands, right?

Yes, so the storyis that State Department and diplomatic officials may have covered up or evenstopped investigations⁴ of inappropriate or possibly criminal misconduct by itsstaff. This brewing⁵ scandal comes from, of course, an internal memo⁶. Thealleged incidents include soliciting⁷ sexual favors from prostitutes, in somecases, children, also allowing a drug ring to operate near the U.S. embassy inIraq, and even buying drugs from it.

Now RepresentativeEd Royce, who is the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, just askedhis staff to begin an investigation³. What's troubling to him is that a properinvestigation not only hasn¡¯t happened but wasn¡¯t allowed to happen.

It appears theinvestigators themselves were influenced, were leaned on, they had theirinvestigations called off and as a result on eight separate occasions, the willof the political pointees trumped⁸ the ability of the compound to be here to dotheir job, to investigate.

For now the StateDepartment has denied covering up or stopping any investigations and hasn¡¯t competedon individual cases.

Onto the nextscandal where the director of the National Security Agency was on Capitol Hilltoday, General Keith Alexander testified before a Senate hearing, that phonerecords the government obtained through the formerly⁹ secretive surveillanceprogram disclosed last week, helped prevent, quote, ¡°dozens of terroristevents.¡±

Alexander alsorejected the claim that the former intelligence contractor¹⁰ Edward Snowden couldtap into American's phone calls or computers, telling lawmakers that, quote, ¡°Iknow of no way to do that.¡±

Now to Rome. Insome of his surprising statement Pope Francis says a, quote, ¡°gay lobby¡± existsin the Vatican. The comments came from a meeting Francis had with the Latin Americanand Caribbean Religious Group on Sunday. However hints that the Holiestcontained a network of gay clergy¹¹ surfaced last year in a report about a seriesof embarrassing leaks to Italian journalists.

Now to the U.S.where two major wild fires continue to blaze across Colorado. Today a statecorrectional facility had to transport more than 900 prisoners to anotherfacility as a precaution. And unfortunately because of the combination of lowhumanity, hot temperatures and wind, the fires are spreading quickly.

And finally anupdate from Ohio this morning while wearing a bright bronze jumpsuit ArielCastro pleaded not guilty. Castro is the man assured of holding three womenagainst their will for almost a decade. Along with more than 300 other chargesagainst him. However there are signals that the defense¹² may seek a, quote,¡°resolution¡± to avoid a trial.

1 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

2 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

3 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。

4 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

5 brewing   

n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量 动词brew的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
• She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。

6 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

7 soliciting   

v.恳求( solicit的现在分词 )；（指娼妇）拉客；索求；征求

参考例句：

• A prostitute was soliciting on the street. 一名妓女正在街上拉客。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• China Daily is soliciting subscriptions. 《中国日报》正在征求订户。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

8 trumped   

v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去分词 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他，使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

10 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

11 clergy   

n.[总称]牧师，神职人员

参考例句：

• I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
• All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。

12 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。