2006年VOA标准英语-Allegations of Secret US Prisons in Europe
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（六月）
By Peter Fedynsky
Washington, DC
08 June 2006
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There have been vehement 1 rejections 2 in Europe and the United States of a report asserting the existence of secret U.S prisons in Europe. A Council of Europe investigation 3 alleges 4 the existence of what it terms a global "spider web" of secret U.S. detentions 6 and transfers of terrorist suspects. Investigators 8 have no direct proof but point to what they call "coherent and converging 9 elements" of secret detention 5 centers in Europe.
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'Spider web' map
A map released by the Council of Europe suggests a so-called spider web of illegal transfers of prisoners from Washington to Islamabad and to points in between. The lead investigator 7, Senator Dick Marty of Switzerland, also accuses 14 European countries of colluding with U.S. intelligence.
Senator Dick Marty
"In addition to the concept of the spider web, we have created the notion of the veil of silence,"Marty said. "Today, we are even more convinced than in January that such a system is impossible without participation 10 -- and I consciously use the neutral term 'participation' not necessarily implying complicity -- participation from the states affected 11 by the spider web."
The Marty report acknowledges there is no actual proof of secret prisons anywhere in Europe. Nonetheless, the report holds European leaders "responsible" for failure to investigate allegations of secret prisons in Romania and Poland.
Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz rejects Marty's report as slander 12. "There is no point in replying to accusations 13 that aren't based on any evidence or facts," Marcinkiewicz said.
The official response from the United States is similar. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, "This would appear to be a rehash of the previous efforts by this group. There seem to be a lot of allegations but no real facts behind it.”
Senator Marty said the movements of a plane registered to the CIA, which landed briefly 14 in Romania in January 2004, "bear all the characteristics of a detainee transfer or drop-off point." He also expressed gratitude 15 to Romanian authorities for confirming the flight. Marty notes that not all CIA flights participate in renditions, which are forced international transfers of suspected terrorists.
Michael Scheuer
The report frequently cites Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA unit charged with finding Osama bin 16 Laden 17. Scheuer said rendition has been controversial since its initiation 18 during the Clinton administration. "We pointed 19 out when this assignment, the rendition program, was assigned to us by President Clinton, Sandy Berger, and Dick Clark, that taking them [suspects] to a third country was not a preferable option for human rights reasons and for access reasons."
Scheuer said, "Their decision was that's where they should go. The agency at the end of the day is a service organization for the executive branch, and that's what we did."
State Department Spokesman Sean McCormick, however, says rendition is an internationally recognized legal practice, that has been used many times, for example, in the case of Carlos the Jackal, who waged a terror campaign in Europe in the 1970s and '80s.
- She made a vehement attack on the government's policies.她强烈谴责政府的政策。
- His proposal met with vehement opposition.他的倡导遭到了激烈的反对。
- Most writers endure a number of rejections before being published. 大部分作家经历无数次的退稿才守得云开，作品得到发表。
- Supervise workers and monitors production quality to minimize rejections. 管理工人，监控生产质量，减少退货。
- 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。
- The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
- Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。
- 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。
- Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
- Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。
- He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
- The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
- 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》
- Plants had gradually evolved along diverging and converging pathways. 植物是沿着趋异和趋同两种途径逐渐演化的。 来自辞典例句
- This very slowly converging series was known to Leibniz in 1674. 这个收敛很慢的级数是莱布尼茨在1674年得到的。 来自辞典例句
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- The article is a slander on ordinary working people.那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
- He threatened to go public with the slander.他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
- She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。
- 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。
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
- her initiation into the world of marketing 她的初次涉足营销界
- It was my initiation into the world of high fashion. 这是我初次涉足高级时装界。