CNN 2012-07-22

 Hey, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to the podcast, the tenuous¹ evidence, the lips of logic² behind the inflammatory claim that Islamist extremes or infiltrating³ the US government. Keep them honest, pass the ridiculous, let's get started.

We begin tonight, keep them honest with  5 members of  congress were claiming that Muslim extremes have infiltrated⁴ the highest level in the US government, even maybe working side by side with Secretary Hillary Cliton, the evidence they point to, however, it's questionable⁵ adviced, represent Michele Bachmann and 4 from republican colleagues in Congress are calling for investigation⁶ because what she turns the possible deep penetration⁷ her words-Muslim extremes into the Us government. These lawmakers have laid out teir case in letters to inspector's general for 5 different government's security agencies, and the last 24 hours, we've been digging into one of their most serious claim, they point finger at this woman, Huma Abedin, secrectary of state Hillary Cliton's deputy chief staff, she may be somehow working on behalf of the muslim brotherhood⁸ and questioning how she got security clearance⁹. Now you would think, to make a charge like that, for sitting members of Congress to make a charge like that, that they would have some actual evidence, right? you would think that, but the truth is they don't have any direct evidence, what they have are allegations or pass collections of relatives of hers, their tenuous advice. Democratic Congressmen Keith Alison we interview tonight who's muslim has called for Bachmann to produce credible¹⁰ evidence, so Bachmann produces a 60-page letter that she sends the Congressmen, stay with me now, because we are gonna walk through the logic that she lays out in this particular case. Bachmann says that Huma Abedin's mother, brother and late father are connected to the muslim brotherhood, here is how she figures it, let's start with Abedin's father, a man named S Abedin, who is dead by the way, a professor of social science and a founder¹¹ of the institute muslim manority affairs in jihad authority Arabia decades ago.  Now Bachmann attributes this information to 2002 law review article at Bremgen University, according to that article, professor Abedin is instituted, had the support of another man, named doctor Wuma AL who is a former general secretary of another group called the muslim whirling, Bachmann says that according to the pure form, the muslim whirling has a history of quote been closely allied¹² and part rang with the muslim brotherhood, so that's how many degrees of separation Bachmann's claim is based on, Huma Abedin's deceased father who started an organization decades ago had the support of a guy who had another organization that might have had the support of another organization-the muslim brotherhood, and because of that, HUma Abedin might be some sort of spy or infiltrator¹³ and deserves to be investigated. As for Abedin's mother and brother, Bachmann never gives any evidence of their allegations to the muslim brotherhood, we do know Bachmann and her fellow lawmakers repeatedly signed their source, the work of group pulled the center security policy,a pretty serious sounding name, it's website is muslim brotherhood into america.com. The man who runs the group is Frank G who says the muslim brotherhood is inflitrating every aspect of American life in order to improverish a law, now the suddent public law center calls G that quote the anti-muslim movements most paranoid propaganded, before G was focusing on Huma Abedin by the way, he was pointing fingers to suspicion, a conservative * who's married to a muslim woman, those allegations by the way were condemned¹⁴ by number of conservative groups, G was actually not allowed to seapark one year because of these allegations. Now we should also point out this is not the first time the Bachmann had relied on questionable sources and lips of logic, you may remember  2 yars ago right here in this program, Congressmen Bachmann made pretty egregious¹⁵ claims about the cause of the trip president was taking to India, saying that it would cost tax pay, 200 million dollars a day, wasn't true, totally false, and it turned out the source of her unsubstantial claim was an Indian news report tha quoted an anonymous¹⁶ Indian source allegedly an Indian government prevention offcial, now how would Indian prevention offcial would even know how much the president of the US trip cost, doesn't make sense, it was apparently¹⁷ never even questioned about the Congresswoman. Among these cast here, all of we've come up with this program, wo should point out Bachmann is not the only who has a history of making unsupported claim, one of the 4 other congressmen calling for an investigation to rule out infiltration¹⁸ in the US government is Luious Gowmer from Texas, now this is not first time congressmen Gowmer spoke¹⁹ about dangerous conspiracies²⁰ without providing concrete evidence, in 2002, he was sounding alarm over where we turn, excuse me, 2008, he was sounding alarm over where we turn terror babies, a terror baby conspiracy²¹, making this explosive claim that pregnant foreigners were coming to America to give bith to future terrorist babies with US citizenship²² until 14, who would then be taken back to middle east, raised for about 20 years,trained overseas in terrorist, and then be able to come back to United States, because they had US passport and citizenship, right? In a speech on the house floor congessmen Gowmer actually presented all these facts, saying former FBI agent told the FBI he's been looking into this problem, later in he decided²³ a second source, a Humas living grandmother on a plane in the middle east, and actually I had a lot of questions for the Congressmen. 

1 tenuous   

adj.细薄的，稀薄的，空洞的

参考例句：

• He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他对现实认识很肤浅。
• The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.距离地面十公里的空气十分稀薄。

2 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

3 infiltrating   

v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Be vigilant against the danger of enemy agents infiltrating the government and boring from within. 要警惕敌特渗入政府内部进行暗中破坏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The metastatic melanoma is seen here to be infiltrating into the myocardium. 图示转移性黑色素瘤浸润到心肌。 来自互联网

4 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• 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。

7 penetration   

n.穿透，穿人，渗透

参考例句：

• He is a man of penetration.他是一个富有洞察力的人。
• Our aim is to achieve greater market penetration.我们的目标是进一步打入市场。

8 brotherhood   

n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊

参考例句：

• They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
• They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

9 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

10 credible   

adj.可信任的，可靠的

参考例句：

• The news report is hardly credible.这则新闻报道令人难以置信。
• Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?是否有可以取代核威慑力量的可靠办法？

11 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

12 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

13 infiltrator   

n.渗透者，渗入者

参考例句：

• Infiltrator(#): Careful team, I hear something. 妙手：且慢！似乎有东西正在靠近。 来自互联网
• Radio: The Infiltrator (#) can open locked doors like this one for the squad. 讯息：妙手的解锁技能一流。 来自互联网

14 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

15 egregious   

adj.非常的，过分的

参考例句：

• When it comes to blatant lies,there are none more egregious than budget figures.谈到公众谎言，没有比预算数字更令人震惊的。
• What an egregious example was here!现摆着一个多么触目惊心的例子啊。

16 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

17 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

18 infiltration   

n.渗透；下渗；渗滤；入渗

参考例句：

• The police tried to prevent infiltration by drug traffickers. 警方尽力阻止毒品走私分子的潜入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A loss in volume will occur if infiltration takes place. 如果发生了渗润作用，水量就会减少。 来自辞典例句

19 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• 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。

20 conspiracies   

n.阴谋，密谋( conspiracy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was still alive and hatching his conspiracies. 他还活着，策划着阴谋诡计。 来自辞典例句
• It appeared that they had engaged in fresh conspiracies from the very moment of their release. 看上去他们刚给释放，立刻开始新一轮的阴谋活动。 来自英汉文学

21 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

22 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

23 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• 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。