2006年VOA标准英语-Source: Rove Testifying for 5th Time in CI

By Jim Malone
Washington
26 April 2006

 
Karl Rove arrives at federal court in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2006
  
President Bush's top political adviser¹, Karl Rove, provided more testimony² Wednesday before a grand jury investigating who leaked the identity of former covert³ CIA officer Valerie Plame three years ago. 

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Grand jury testimony is held in secret and there was no comment on the substance of Rove's testimony either from Rove or prosecutors⁵ following his appearance at a federal court building in Washington.

But Rove's attorney did release a statement that said Rove testified voluntarily and that his status in the case has not changed.  Special prosecutor⁴ Patrick Fitzgerald has not given any indication whether Rove will be charged or cleared in connection with the investigation⁶.

This is the fifth time Karl Rove has given testimony in the case involving Valerie Plame.  Her covert CIA status was revealed in July of 2003, just days after her husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, accused the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence in the lead-up to the war in Iraq.

The administration has denied Wilson's claim.

Special prosecutor Fitzgerald is investigating whether the White House secretly disclosed Plame's covert status to reporters as a way of punishing her husband, Ambassador Wilson.

Under certain circumstances, disclosing the identity of a covert CIA officer is a violation⁷ of federal law.

At the White House, presidential spokesman Scott McClellan had little to say about Rove's latest appearance before the grand jury.

"I have no new information on that matter and even if I did have new information, I would not be in a position to share it with you, as you know," he said.  "This administration remains⁸ focused on the priorities of the American people."

Rove remains involved in the Plame investigation because the special prosecutor wants to know why he initially⁹ failed to reveal that he had talked to a journalist from Time magazine about the Plame matter.  Rove has said he forgot about the meeting.

Rove last appeared before the grand jury in October.

Two weeks after that appearance, the grand jury indicted¹⁰ former vice¹¹ presidential aide Lewis Scooter Libby on charges of lying, perjury¹² and obstruction¹³ of justice in connection with the Plame case.  Libby goes on trial early next year and his lawyers say they will call Karl Rove as a witness.

1 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。

2 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。

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 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

9 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

10 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。

11 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。

12 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。

13 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。