2006年VOA标准英语-Court Papers Say Bush Authorized Disclosur
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（四月）
By Jim Malone
Washington
06 April 2006
Court documents made public in Washington Thursday contend that President Bush personally authorized 1 the disclosure of classified information on Iraq's weapons program to rebut 2 critics of the U.S.-led invasion. The court papers were filed by prosecutors 4 investigating who leaked the identity of a covert 5 CIA officer to journalists in 2003.
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Lewis "Scooter" Libby
The court papers filed by prosecutors contain grand jury testimony 6 from Lewis Scooter Libby, the former top aide to Vice 7 President Dick Cheney.
Libby testified that Vice President Cheney told him that President Bush himself had authorized the release of classified intelligence information on Iraq's weapons program. Libby was supposed to secretly relay that information to journalists in order to counter critics of the Iraq war.
A White House spokesman declined to comment on the release of the court papers, citing a policy of not commenting on ongoing 9 legal proceedings 10.
Lewis Libby faces five counts of perjury 11, lying and obstruction 12 of justice in allegedly misleading officials who are investigating the outing of former CIA covert officer Valerie Plame.
Plame is married to former Ambassador Joseph Wilson who emerged as a prominent critic of the Iraq war after casting doubt on Iraq's reported efforts to buy uranium from Niger as part of an effort to build nuclear weapons.
Wilson contends that Libby was part of an administration effort to punish and discredit 14 him by revealing his wife's covert status with the CIA.
The court papers do not allege 13 that either President Bush or Vice President Cheney authorized Libby to reveal Valerie Plame's identity to reporters.
The court filing by special prosecutor 3 Patrick Fitzgerald does not suggest that the president broke any law by authorizing 15 the leaks of classified material.
But critics point out that both President Bush and Vice President Cheney have long objected to leaks of classified information and in some cases have supported criminal investigations 16 to find out who did the leaking.
Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat 17 from New York, said both the president and vice president should inform the public about what role if any they had in authorizing the leaking of classified information.
"Now the president has said he would fire anyone who would leak this kind of information. But it now seems that he authorized leaks just like this in the first place. The American people deserve the truth," he said.
Legal analysts 18 say the revelations about President Bush's purported 19 role in authorizing the release of the information could make it more likely that both he and Vice President Cheney could be called as witnesses when Lewis Libby goes on trial.
Libby's lawyers are seeking the release of a large number of classified documents as part of his defense 20.
Libby has denied misleading investigators 21 and says Valerie Plame's covert CIA status was not a major focus of his confidential 22 discussions with journalists.
New York Times reporter Judith Miller 23 testified that she spoke 8 with Libby about the Plame matter in July of 2003. The newly released court documents indicate that meeting took place just after Vice President Cheney told Libby that the president had authorized the disclosure of some classified information about Iraq.
In his testimony to the grand jury, Libby described the president's authorization 24 as, in his words, unique in his recollection.
- An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
- He attempted to rebut the assertions made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳控方证人所作的断言。
- This open letter is to rebut the argument of abstractionism.这封公开信是反驳抽象派论点的。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
- The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
- 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。
- 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。
- The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
- Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
- Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
- They no longer try to discredit the technology itself.他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。
- Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
- Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。
- His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
- He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
- The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- 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》
- He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.他不让秘书处理机密文件。
- We have a confidential exchange of views.我们推心置腹地交换意见。
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
- Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
- You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。