2006年VOA标准英语-US Confirms Existence of Secret Overseas CIA Pr

By VOA News
07 September 2006
 
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President Bush delivers a speech on terrorism in the East Room of the White House

President Bush has acknowledged for the first time that U.S. intelligence agents interrogated¹ terror suspects at secret overseas prisons and moved 14 of them to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Mr. Bush, speaking Wednesday, said one of the transferred men is Khalid Sheik Mohammed -- the alleged² mastermind of the September 11th attacks on the United States in 2001.

Mr. Bush urged Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to try such detainees. He says the secret Central Intelligence Agency detention³ centers saved countless⁴ lives and were a vital tool in the war against terror.

Other suspects moved to Guantanamo include alleged September 11th plotter Ramzi Bin⁵ Al-Shibh, and two imembers of Indonesia's al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, Hambali and Zubair.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman says their interrogations may continue at Guantanamo, but under new rules that protect all U.S. military detainees from abuse.

The Pentagon would not say where the men were held before or which part of Guantanamo's facility will be their new home.

Wednesday's announcement came as part of a series of speeches President Bush is giving about the fight on terrorism ahead of Monday's anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

Opposition⁶ Democrats⁷ say he is politicizing that fight in hopes of helping⁸ members of his party running for Congress in November. The White House says the speeches are not political and are meant to keep Americans informed about a serious threat.

Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters

1 interrogated   

v.询问( interrogate的过去式和过去分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询

参考例句：

• He was interrogated by the police for over 12 hours. 他被警察审问了12个多小时。
• Two suspects are now being interrogated in connection with the killing. 与杀人案有关的两名嫌疑犯正在接受审讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

3 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

4 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

5 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

6 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。

7 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》

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。