美国国家公共电台 NPR Key U.S. Attorney, Swept Into Russia Investigation, May Prosecute WikiLeaks Case

 

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

One of the most intriguing¹ parts of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian election interference involves the role of WikiLeaks. Prosecutors³ are investigating the site, as well as its founder⁴ Julian Assange, who faces a conspiracy⁵ charge. As for the man who will end up prosecuting⁶ this case, NPR national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson says he has quite a backstory at the Justice Department.

CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE⁷: Zach Terwilliger used to mop the floors and stack boxes in this office of 140 prosecutors; now he's the guy who leads them.

ZACHARY TERWILLIGER: For me, this really is home.

JOHNSON: He grew up around law enforcement - his father was deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, FBI agents attended his family barbecues - but Terwilliger says it was watching the trial of two gang members who stabbed a witness and left her to die on a riverbank that sealed his own fate.

TERWILLIGER: And it was watching what the law could do to achieve justice for that victim and, frankly⁸, watching two people in court, as assistant United States attorneys, who just blew me away. And I just thought, if I'm going to work this hard to study the law and become a lawyer, that's where I want to put my efforts.

JOHNSON: He did - Terwilliger went on to prosecute⁹ gang members himself. Then, at the start of the Trump¹⁰ administration, he moved over to Justice Department headquarters. He expected to be busy. Then the president fired the FBI director. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein - Terwilliger's boss - appointed a special counsel, and Terwilliger spent a lot of nights on his office couch.

TERWILLIGER: Those were 18- to 20-hour days, and I had worked like that in lead up to trials but never in a sustained period, and you just learn to operate at a different level.

JOHNSON: Eventually, Virginia's two Democratic senators recommended Terwilliger to serve as U.S. attorney there; in August 2018, he was sworn in to the historic post. The top federal prosecutor²'s office in Alexandria, Va., dates to 1789. The first U.S. attorney there was John Marshall, who went on to become chief justice of the United States. Neil MacBride was the chief prosecutor in the place he calls EDVA in the Obama years.

NEIL MACBRIDE: EDVA has had a front-row seat in everything from Cold War espionage¹¹ cases to post-9/11 terrorism cases to some of the biggest financial fraud and extraterritorial cases from threats around the world.

JOHNSON: But the case that's getting the most attention these days involves Julian Assange.

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UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was finally holed out by British police from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

JOHNSON: Two weeks ago, American prosecutors finally unsealed their case against Assange; he faces a single charge - conspiracy to commit computer hacking¹². But authorities are continuing to investigate, and they could bring more charges in the coming weeks. Experts say those new charges could cover the disclosure of secret CIA hacking tools or the 2016 election. When I spoke¹³ to Terwilliger, he didn't want to get into specifics.

TERWILLIGER: The Justice Department and Lady Justice herself is patient, so we'll wait and watch this process play out. But I, for one, am happy that it's starting.

JOHNSON: Terwilliger's office has also picked up other offshoots from the special counsel investigation¹⁴ into Russian election interference. He indicted¹⁵ an accountant for the Internet Research Agency - that's the Russian troll farm accused of attacking the 2016 race. The Eastern District of Virginia is also prosecuting former business partners of onetime national security adviser¹⁶ Michael Flynn; that case is set for trial later this year. As for what's next for Zach Terwilliger, he says he can't imagine a better job than the one he has now.

TERWILLIGER: This is a dream come true for me.

JOHNSON: An idea that started in high school, when he was mopping the floors of the office he now runs.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

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1 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

3 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

6 prosecuting   

检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 )； 对某人提起公诉； 继续从事（某事物）； 担任控方律师

参考例句：

• The witness was cross-examined by the prosecuting counsel. 证人接受控方律师的盘问。
• Every point made by the prosecuting attorney was telling. 检查官提出的每一点都是有力的。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

9 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

10 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

11 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。

12 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

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 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。

15 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

16 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。