愛德華·斯諾登曾是美國中央情報局的技術分析員,2013年6月,將美國國家安全局的監聽項目的秘密文檔披露給了英國《衛報》,美國依據反間諜法,指控斯諾登三項重罪。美國國家安全局到底監聽並攔截了我們那些通訊內容?國際律師團能否成功為斯諾登辯護?媒體能否持續報導?斯諾登又被迫去到了哪裡?
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【Line 1】 On June 21, 2013, the US government charges Snowden with three felonies, two under the Espionage Act, and asks Hong Kong to extradite him. 2013 年6月21日,美國依反間諜法,指控斯諾登三項重罪,並要求香港引渡斯諾登。
★ charge v.指控
★★★ felony n.重罪
★★★ espionage n.間諜活動
★★★ extradite vt.引渡(外國的罪犯),送還
【Line 2】 We』ve managed to get him out of Hong Kong, but when he landed in the Moscow airport, the America government had canceled his passport. So formally, he hasn’t entered into Russian territory. He is in a transit area of the airport. And one of our people is accompanying him. 我們已成功將他帶離香港,但當他在莫斯科機場降落時,美國政府已註銷了他的護照。所以嚴格來說,他還沒有進入俄羅斯的領土,他還在中轉區,我們的人正和他在一起。
★ cancel vt.註銷
★ passport n.護照
★ territory n.領土
★★★ transit area 中轉區
★ accompany vt.陪同
【Line 3】 So, as you know, in June, Snowden was in charge with three legal violations felonies, principally under a world war one era criminal law called the Espionage Act. 大家都知道,六月份的時候,斯諾登被控告三項重罪罪名,主要是依據從一戰開始有的一個叫反間諜法的刑法。
★★ violation n.違反
★★★ felony n.重罪
★ principally ad.主要地
★★★ Espionage Act 反間諜法
【Line 4】 The Espionage Act is an extremely broad criminal prohibition against the sharing or dissemination of what’s called national defense information. It was only used to prosecute people who had been accused of acting with foreign power, spies, not whistleblowers. 反間諜法是一項範圍相當廣的犯罪禁令,旨在反對散布宣傳所謂的國防信息,它是用來起訴那些和國外勢力有關係的人,間諜,但不用來起訴告密者。
★ prohibition n.禁令
★★★ dissemination n.傳播,散布
★★ prosecute v.起訴,控告
★ accuse v.指控
★ spy n.間諜
★★★ whistleblower n.告密者
【Line 5】 The Espionage Act does not distinguish between leaks to the press in the public interests and selling secrets to foreign enemies for personal profit. So, under the Espionage Act, it’s not a defense if the information that was disclosed should not have been withheld in the first place, that it was improperlyclassified. 因公眾利益而向媒體洩密和為私人利益向國外勢力出賣秘密,在這兩者上,反間諜法並沒有區分,所以根據反間諜法,洩露的信息本身不應該隱瞞或保密級別不當,不能成為一個辯護理由。
★★★ Espionage Act 反間諜法
★ distinguish v.區分
★ leak n.洩露
★ press n.新聞報導,出版物
★ in the public interests 為了公眾利益
★ defense n.辯護
★ disclose v.洩露
★★ withhold v.扣留,封鎖
★ improperly ad.不適當地
【Line 6】 It’s not a defense if the dissemination was in the public interests that it led to reforms. Even if a court determines that the programs that were revealed were illegal or unconstitutional, that’s still not a defense. 為了捍衛公眾利益或尋求改革而洩露訊息也不能成為辯護理由,即使法庭判決遭到信息洩露的項目是非法的或者違憲的,它仍然不能成為一個辯護理由。
★★★ dissemination n.傳播,散布
★ determine vt.判決
★ unconstitutional a.違反憲法的
【Line 7】 Under the Espionage Act, the government doesn’t have to defend the classification. It doesn’t have to demonstrate harm from the release. All of this is irrelevant. 根據反間諜法,政府是不需要對信息的保密級別分類作出解釋的,也不需要證明洩露的信息所具有的危害,所有這一切都是無關的。
★ classification n.分類
★ demonstrate v.證明
★ release v.公布
★★ irrelevant a.不相關的
【Line 8】 So when we say that the trial wouldn't be fair. We are not talking about what human rights lawyers think of as fair trial practices. We are saying the law, the statute itself eliminates any kind of defense that Snowden might be able to make, and essentially would equate him with a spy. 所以說這個審判一定是不公平的,我們現在所談論的公平審判,不是人權律師概念中的那種公平審判。我們所談的法律法規,它本身就排除了所有斯諾登可能可以使用的辯護理由,最終可能把他等同於一個間諜。
★ trial n.審判
★★ statute n.法規
★ eliminate v.排除,消除
★★ equate with 把…和…等同看待
★ spy n.間諜
【Line 9】 Mr. Snowden has been charged of fair serious crimes and he should be returned to the United States where he will be granted full due process and every right available to him as a United Statescitizen facing our justice system under the constitution. 斯諾登先生因嚴重罪行而被控告,根據司法制度,他必須回到美國,進行法定訴訟程序。我們將給予他所有美國公民的權力,在憲法的監督下,進入司法程序。
★ grant v.給予
★ due process 法定訴訟程序
★ justice system 司法系統
★ constitution n.憲法
【Line 10】 After 40 days spent in the transit zone of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Snowden receirves political asylum in Russiafor one year. 在莫斯科Sheremetyevo機場中轉區逗留了40天後,斯諾登獲得俄羅斯政府為期一年的政治庇護。
★★ transit zone 中轉區
★★★ asylum n.庇護
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