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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Washington
21 February 2007
The fate of former White House aide Lewis Libby now rests with a jury in Washington, D.C. Libby is accused of lying and obstructing1 justice in the investigation2 into who leaked the identity of former CIA covert3 officer Valerie Plame in 2003. National correspondent Jim Malone has more from Washington.
Lewis 'Scooter' Libby arrives at US Federal Court in Washington, 21 Feb 2007 |
Prosecutors5 contend Libby lied about his conversations with journalists concerning Valerie Plame. Plame is married to former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, a critic of the Bush administration's justification6 for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Defense7 attorneys argued that Libby is the victim of a bad memory and that there is no proof he deliberately8 lied to FBI agents and a grand jury investigating the Plame case.
James Gordon Meek9 has been covering the Libby trial for the New York Daily News. He spoke10 on the C-SPAN public affairs TV network.
"It seems like a simple case," he said. "Did the guy lie or not? But the way it has been presented in court every day is very confusing, even for those of us who have been covering the leak probe all along. The government has made an incredibly, I think, very solid case. And Libby's lawyers, who are very expensive and very talented, have done a hell of a job to defend their client."
Prosecutor4 Patrick Fitzgerald said Libby leaked Plame's CIA identity as part of a White House effort to discredit11 her husband.
Libby's defense attorney said Libby was preoccupied12 with national security matters in his role as Vice13 President Dick Cheney's chief of staff and was too busy to recall what he told journalists about the Plame matter.
Plame's name first surfaced in an article by syndicated columnist14 Robert Novak in July of 2003.
If convicted, Libby could be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison.
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阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 ); 堵塞; 阻碍; 阻止 | |
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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adj.隐藏的;暗地里的 | |
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4 prosecutor | |
n.起诉人;检察官,公诉人 | |
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检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人 | |
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6 justification | |
n.正当的理由;辩解的理由 | |
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n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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8 deliberately | |
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地 | |
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9 meek | |
adj.温顺的,逆来顺受的 | |
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10 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 | |
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11 discredit | |
vt.使不可置信;n.丧失信义;不信,怀疑 | |
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adj.全神贯注的,入神的;被抢先占有的;心事重重的v.占据(某人)思想,使对…全神贯注,使专心于( preoccupy的过去式) | |
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n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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