美洲—利比在中情局特工泄密案中声称自己无罪

Libby Pleads Not Guilty in CIA Leak Case

利比在中情局特工泄密案中声称自己无罪

 

Former vice¹ presidential aide Lewis Libby pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal charges related to the leaking of a covert³ CIA officer's name two years ago.

 

Mr. Libby is recovering from a foot injury and hobbled into federal court in Washington on crutches⁵ to enter a plea of not guilty to all five of the criminal charges he faces.

 

Last week, a federal grand jury indicted⁶ Mr. Libby on charges of perjury⁷, making false statements and obstruction⁸ of justice in connection with a nearly two-year old investigation⁹ into who leaked the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame.

 

Ms. Plame is married to former ambassador Joseph Wilson, who became a critic of the intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify¹⁰ the U.S. led invasion of Iraq. Mr. Wilson has accused top White House officials of leaking his wife's name as part of a campaign of political retaliation¹¹, a charge Bush officials deny.

 

Following Mr. Libby's court appearance Thursday, his lawyer, Ted² Wells, made a brief statement to reporters.

 

Ted Wells: In pleading not guilty, he has declared to the world that he is innocent. He has declared that he intends to fight the charges in the indictment¹² and he has declared that he wants to clear his good name and he wants a jury trial.

 

Special Prosecutor¹³ Patrick Fitzgerald says Mr. Libby lied to a grand jury and investigators¹⁴ about conversations he had with journalists concerning Valerie Plame. Mr. Libby testified he learned about her identity from journalists. Prosecutor Fitzgerald says Mr. Libby was told about Ms. Plame by government officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney.

 

Divulging¹⁵ the identity of a covert CIA officer under certain circumstances is a violation¹⁶ of law.

 

Opposition¹⁷ Democrats¹⁸ have seized on the Libby indictment to call for more scrutiny¹⁹ of how the Bush administration may have twisted intelligence to win public support for the ouster of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

 

Democrats are also calling on Vice President Cheney to replace any aides who may have been involved in discussions about Valerie Plame. Harry²⁰ Reid of Nevada is the Senate Democratic leader.

 

Harry Reid: You would think that in the face of this disclosure and the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff, we would see a new approach for this administration. But here they go again. The vice president refuses to answer any questions. He refuses to bring in a new team [of aides]. He refuses to apologize and admit his people did anything wrong.

 

Prosecutor Fitzgerald said Vice President Cheney did nothing wrong in discussing Valerie Plame's CIA status with other government officials.

 

The vice president is among several administration officials who could be called to testify in Lewis Libby's trial. That, in turn, could refocus attention on how Mr. Cheney and others in the administration shaped intelligence on Iraq to build public support for the U.S. led invasion.

 

Congressional Republicans are already warning Democrats not to try to put Vice President Cheney on trial as part of the case against Mr. Libby. Senator Trent Lott, Republican from Mississippi spoke²¹ on Fox News.

 

Trent Lott: I think there will be some who will try to do that and I think they will fail miserably²². Vice President Dick Cheney is, you know, I think, the most outstanding vice president we have ever had. He had every right to know some of these things.

 

Lewis Libby's next court date has been set for February, but there is no word yet on when a trial would begin.

 

Meanwhile, President Bush's top political aide, Karl Rove, also talked to reporters about Valerie Plame and remains²³ under investigation.

 

Jim Malone, VOA news, Washington.

 

注释：

hobble [5hCbl] v. 蹒跚

crutch⁴ [krQtF] n. （跛子用的）拐杖

perjury [5pE:dVEri] n. 伪证

obstruction [Eb5strQkFEn] n. 阻塞，妨碍

covert [5kQvEt] adj. 隐蔽的

retaliation [ri9tAli5eiFEn] n. 报复，报仇

divulge²⁴ [dai5vQldV] vt. 泄露，暴露

scrutiny [5skru:tini] n. 详细审查

ouster [5austE(r)] n. 驱逐，夺取

disclosure [dis5klEuVE] n. 揭发，败露

1 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

3 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。

4 crutch   

n.T字形拐杖；支持，依靠，精神支柱

参考例句：

• Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后，她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
• He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confidence.他缺乏自信心，总把妻子当作主心骨。

5 crutches   

n.拐杖, 支柱 v.支撑

参考例句：

• After the accident I spent six months on crutches . 事故后我用了六个月的腋杖。
• When he broke his leg he had to walk on crutches. 他腿摔断了以后，不得不靠拐杖走路。

6 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。

7 perjury   

n.伪证；伪证罪

参考例句：

• You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
• She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

8 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

9 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。

10 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？

11 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 indictment   

n.起诉；诉状

参考例句：

• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
• They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

13 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。

14 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》

15 divulging   

v.吐露，泄露( divulge的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The soldier was shot for divulging the plans to the enemy. 这个士兵因向敌人泄密被击毙。 来自互联网
• Gives itself a small seat. Divulging heartily. 给自己一个小位子。尽情的宣泄。 来自互联网

16 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。

17 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

18 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

20 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

21 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。

22 miserably   

adv.痛苦地；悲惨地；糟糕地；极度地

参考例句：

• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。
• It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp. 外面下着毛毛细雨，天气又冷又湿，令人难受。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

24 divulge   

v.泄漏(秘密等)；宣布，公布

参考例句：

• They refused to divulge where they had hidden the money.他们拒绝说出他们把钱藏在什么地方。
• He swore never to divulge the secret.他立誓决不泄露秘密。