英闻天下——401 Audio of Bradley Manning's Statement Leaked

 　　The Freedom of the Press Foundation has posted the 68-minute recording¹ of Bradley Manning's voice on its website.

 

　　The audio excerpt² from his testimony³ features Manning discussing his motivations behind releasing the cables and logs to WikiLeaks.

 

　　"I believe that if the general public, especially the American public, had access to the information contained within the CIDNE-I and CIDNE-A tables, this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general as it related to Iraq and Afghanistan."

 

　　The 25-year-old was arrested in 2010 while serving in Iraq.

 

　　He was charged with downloading thousands of intelligence documents, diplomatic cables and combat videos, and forwarding them to WikiLeaks.

 

　　Manning's case is connected to the biggest leak of state secrets in U.S. history.

 

　　Spectators and the media have been prohibited from recording Manning's pre-trial hearings.

 

　　In response to the audio leak of Manning's testimony, the US Army has notified the military judge that there was a violation⁴ of the "Rules for Court."

 

　　However, the Freedom of the Press Foundation says the recording marks the first time that the world has heard Manning's voice since he was arrested nearly 3 years ago.

 

　　The organization has kept their source anonymous⁵.

 

　　Trevor Timm, Executive Director and founder⁶ of the Foundation, hopes that the US Army will bring more transparency to the Manning proceedings⁷.

 

　　"This trial, which centers around freedom of information and government secrecy⁸, is one of the most secretive trials in the modern era itself."

 

　　Manning has said he would plead guilty to 10 less serious charges of the 22 against him, but he would deny aiding America's enemies, a crime which carries a life sentence.

 

　　The court has agreed to accept his plea on the lesser⁹ allegations -- for which Manning faces 20 years in military custody¹⁰.

 

　　But the prosecution¹¹ still intends to pursue the 12 remaining charges.

 

　　Manning's case is set to begin on June 3.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Zhang Shuangfeng.

1 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

2 excerpt   

n.摘录，选录，节录

参考例句：

• This is an excerpt from a novel.这是一部小说的摘录。
• Can you excerpt something from the newspaper? 你能从报纸上选录些东西吗？

3 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

4 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

5 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

6 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。

7 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

8 secrecy   

n.秘密，保密，隐蔽

参考例句：

• All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
• Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。

9 lesser   

adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地

参考例句：

• Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
• She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。

10 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

11 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。