VOA标准英语2008年-Senate Panel Examines Detainee Interrogation Po
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Deborah Tate
Capitol Hill
10 June 2008
A former agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1 says U.S. interrogators' use of coercive techniques against suspected terrorists has not produced reliable intelligence and may have helped recruit a new generation of jihadists intent on attacking the United States again. His dire 2 warning came during a Senate hearing to examine U.S. interrogation policies. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.
Prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison (2004 photo)
The images of abused detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq shocked the world when they surfaced in 2004.
The scandal sparked a debate in the U.S. about controversial interrogations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the use of waterboarding, or simulated drowning, and other techniques that critics say amount torture.
The use of extreme interrogation methods was the focus of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, chaired by Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat:
"It is absolutely essential that we obtain reliable and usable intelligence to successfully fight the war on terror," she said. "I believe it is wrong to use coercive interrogation and torture to try to accomplish that goal. I believe we must stop it."
Among those testifying was Jack 3 Cloonan, a former FBI agent assigned to the division investigating the whereabouts Osama bin 4 Laden 5. He said coercive techniques have not produced reliable intelligence, and may have helped recruit a new generation of terrorists.
"Based on my experience talking to al-Qaida members, I am persuaded that revenge, in the form of a catastrophic attack on the homeland is coming, that a new generation of jihadist martyrs 6 - motivated in part by the images of Abu Ghraib, is, as we speak, planning to kill Americans and that nothing, gleaned 7 from the use of coercive interrogation techniques will be of any significant use in forestalling 8 this calamitous 9 eventuality," he said.
Cloonan, who is now president of a security firm, said a rapport-building approach to questioning detainees is best.
"Gaining the cooperation of an al-Qaida member is a formidable task, but it is not impossible," he explained. "I witnessed al-Qaida members who pledged bayat [allegiance] to bin Laden, cross the threshold and cooperate with the FBI because they were treated humanely 10, understood what was due process was about, and were literally 11 seduced 12 by our legal system, as strange as that may sound."
Cloonan's testimony 13 came at hearing to consider a Justice Department inspector 14 general report, which found that top Bush administration security officials ignored FBI concerns over abusive treatment of terrorism suspects.
Inspector General Glenn Fine said senior officials in the Justice Department made their concerns known to the Pentagon.
"They raised their concerns with the Department of Defense 15, but the Department of Defense, from what we were told, dismissed those concerns and that no changes were made in the Department of Defense's strategy," he said.
The technique is harsh, even when simulated. Some say it is torture, others [say it is] necessary in the war on terror. It is called waterboarding and it feels like drowning.
Fine noted 16 that FBI agents take part in terrorism interrogations, but that Director Robert Mueller directed agents in 2002 not to participate in coercive questioning.
Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the committee, said Mueller's action did not go far enough.
"It seems to me it is not sufficient not to participate in improper 17 or illegal conduct. But if they see it, they see it they ought to blow the whistle and do what is necessary to stop it," he said.
The Pentagon stopped authorizing 18 abusive techniques in 2003. President Bush in March vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other abusive techniques. Although the CIA banned waterboarding in 2006, the Bush administration has said interrogators might be able to use it again, but only if authorized 19 by the president.
- 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。
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- 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。
- the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
- They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- These figures have been gleaned from a number of studies. 这些数据是通过多次研究收集得来的。
- A valuable lesson may be gleaned from it by those who have eyes to see. 明眼人可从中记取宝贵的教训。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- We are exposed to the most calamitous accidents. 我们遭受着极大的灾难。 来自辞典例句
- Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life. 事物的细微变动，人生的狡猾，倏忽无常，一一都在光中显露出来。 来自辞典例句
- Is the primary persona being treated humanely by the product? 该产品对待首要人物角色时是否有人情味？ 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- In any event, China's interest in treating criminals more humanely has limits. 无论如何，中国对更人道地对待罪犯的兴趣有限。 来自互联网
- He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
- Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
- The promise of huge profits seduced him into parting with his money. 高额利润的许诺诱使他把钱出了手。
- His doctrines have seduced many into error. 他的学说把许多人诱入歧途。
- 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。
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
- 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。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
- Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。
- 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。
- 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。