访谈录 希拉里用个人邮箱处理公务遭批 被指视安全于无物

 …with that breaking news overnight. The NYT’s revealing that Hillary Clinton used only a private email account, not a government account, as Secretary of State. Let’s go straight to John Karl at the White House. And John, the Clinton team said she preserved and turned over all emails required by law, but this report does raise questions about security and transparency. 

It sure does, George, and it will also likely become a big issue in the upcoming presidential campaign. 

This morning, Hillary Clinton is in the hot seat after bombshell revelations first reported by the NYT overnight. The Times reports Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as Secretary of State, noting she didn’t even have a government email address during her four-year tenure¹. The State Department officials confirmed this is true. 

It is very unusual for a high-level official to solely² use a private email account to transact³ government business. 

I, Hillary Rodham Clinton…

That raises serious issues. For one, federal law requires that all official communications including email must be preserved by the government to allow future access for historians, journalists and for Congress. The Times reports the emails first came to light as result of a special Congressional committee investigating the 2012 attack on the US consulate⁴ in Benghazi in Libya. Overnight, the State Department told ABC News Clinton did hand over tens of thousands of emails at their request late last year. But the Times reports Clinton’s advisers⁵ reviewed those emails first, picking and choosing which ones to send. And legality isn’t the only issue. There’s also security. Was Clinton’s private email account encrypted against possible security breaches⁶? Overnight, Jeb Bush tweeted “Transparency matters. Unclassified Hillary Clinton emails should be released.”

In response to the Times story, a Clinton spokesperson said that she abided by both the letter and spirit of the law, and George, while her emails were not preserved at the time by the government, the spokesperson said that Mrs. Clinton preserved her own emails and when asked, years after she left the State Department, she did turn over those emails. 

Ok, meantime, also in Washington, John, of course, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Congress today that showdown with President Obama and ahead of that, both the president and the PM trying to say, hey, this is not personal, the US-Israel relationship is strong, we just disagree over this Iran nuclear deal.

This is gotten real hot, so both sides are trying to turn the temperature down, saying, look, Israel and the US remain the closest of allies, but George, as you know, there still is a huge fundamental disagreement between Bibi Netanyahu and the president on and around nuclear deal.

1 tenure   

n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期

参考例句：

• He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
• Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。

2 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

3 transact   

v.处理；做交易；谈判

参考例句：

• I will transact my business by letter.我会写信去洽谈业务。
• I have been obliged to see him；there was business to transact.我不得不见他，有些事物要处理。

4 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。

5 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

6 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。