VOA标准英语2013--Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2013年(二月)
Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings 1
It was a bizarre twist in a case that has dragged on for years after the September 11 attacks in the effort to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused co-conspirators to justice.
Prosecutors 3 were working to portray 4 the proceedings as fair and transparent 5, but that was called into question for some when the judge, Colonel James Pohl, discovered this week that someone in the U.S. government was monitoring the proceedings on Tuesday and - for two minutes - cut off an audio feed to journalists and observers. It happened as a defense 6 attorney was talking about black sites, or secret U.S. prisons where the defendants 7 allege 8 they were tortured. The line has a 40-second delay designed to prevent the leak of classified information.
The judge on Thursday ordered that switches controlled by outside censors 9 be disconnected.
The attorney, David Nevin, on Thursday expressed concern that someone other than the judge had that power over the proceedings.
"Why is it that coming up on five years into this [that] not even the judge is aware of who's listening and who has the authority and the ability to shut it down so that you can't hear it? So that not one more word after right now, when I've decided 10 you've all heard enough, not one more word gets heard. What kind of a system is that?" he asked.
Officials did not identify the agency that was monitoring court proceedings.
The men, in some cases, have been held for nearly 10 years, and the U.S. government wants them tried as soon as possible.
Action on several motions has been pushed back, and chief prosecutor 2, Army Brigadier General Mark Martins, says there are lengthier 11 and more difficult issues to solve before a trial date can be set.
“And although it is wearying, it's necessary that we do this. That as we move toward judgment 12, we do it in a way that is in accordance with our values. That's what we're going to do. That's what we all swear an oath to do and that's what we will do," he said.
The incident has reignited the debate among some victims' family members on whether the trial should be here at Guantanamo Bay or moved to a federal civilian 13 court in the United States. With a law banning the transfer of the prisoners to the U.S., that is for now a moot 14 point.
- 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
- 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。
- It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
- Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？
- The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
- The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
- 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 courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
- As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 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。
- The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the President. 审查员删去了该书的精华以取悦于总统。
- The censors let out not a word. 检察官一字也不发。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
- He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。