美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-29

 What did federal authorities know about thetwo brothers, especially the older one, who, as you know, traveled to Russialast year, and was on the radar¹ Russian intelligence a year before that. We'vebreaking news tonight from Joe Johnson that's on chief political planner. Joe, we knew the FBI was approached by theRussians in early 2011 to check out the older brother, Timberlan, saying he wasinterested in or flirting² with extremism. Now you are here in the CIA was alsoapproached later that year by the Russians. What happened?

That's true Anderson. We are told the CIAbasically got the same information the FBI got, but the CIA says it essentiallyput this guy's name up on its candidate for a terror database watch listsystem. CIA, we understand, also shared information with other agencies anddepartments, departments we understand to be the state department, HomelandSecurity, FBI International Counter-terrorism Center and gave out a bunch of,say, spellings of his name and two possible dates of birth, Anderson. Glory, what's the quality of thatinformation coming into for the Russians?

Well, my intelligence sources say that thequality of the information was quite thin. They say, generally, the Russiansare very formal and more irregular with the information they share. They'renot, they don't expect them to share their sources with them. And then when theofficials and the investigators³ here went back to the Russians, I was told,quote, they do not get a case report back to us.

So, Joe, do we know, at this point, what pickthe Russians¡¯ interest at the first place? I mean, if Timberlan is over here,how would the Russians know that he was interested in Radicalism⁵ Islambgy, howdid they?

We have a little bit on that, Anderson. Andit's pretty much based on the FBI's narrative⁶. Russia, apparently⁷, hadinformation that Sonia was planning to travel there and he was going to join upwith some unspecified underground groups, and they saw they made the requistbecause he was a follower⁸ radical⁴ Islam, strong believer, but he changeddrastically since 2010. What we don't know is why Russian officials didn't takehim away when he was there. Even he was in the region for six months. And also Joe, just so I'm clear. As far as we know, did any Russian officials actually talked to him while he was there,or followed him? And when he returned, as far as we know, no U.S. officials followed up with him, correct?

That's right. I don't know about Russia.And I have asked a lot of those questions. I don't know what happened when hewas there. But when he came back here, as my understanding, that the FBIessentially had already checked him out. They didn't have anything on him atall. And so, they pretty much let him go as a free man.

So, Glory, you've got some information andthat's about the kinds of questions the investigators are now asking about thebrothers and their family members. What do you there...

Yes, they are asking a lot of questionsabout the family members. As you report the earlier, their parents now comingto this country. One question the investigators want to know about is silence.I mean, these parents got silence in United States. Then they returned toRussia from a place. They have been persecuted⁹ while their children were stillin their tins. So there's lots of question about why you would do that. Theywant to know about the wife. They have questions about what she's known. Didshe know anything? How do you hide something like this? From your stops, theywant to know where you got their income? They want to know about what theRussians knew, quite honestly. Then understand they should have been in a redflag for them. So there are, there are lots of issues they have left uncovered,and people on Capital Hill, as well as people within the intelligence agencieswant to know the answers to these questions.

1 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

2 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 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》

4 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

5 radicalism   

n. 急进主义, 根本的改革主义

参考例句：

• His radicalism and refusal to compromise isolated him. 他的激进主义与拒绝妥协使他受到孤立。
• Education produced intellectual ferment and the temptations of radicalism. 教育带来知识界的骚动，促使激进主义具有了吸引力。

6 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

7 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。

8 follower   

n.跟随者；随员；门徒；信徒

参考例句：

• He is a faithful follower of his home football team.他是他家乡足球队的忠实拥护者。
• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。

9 persecuted   

（尤指宗教或政治信仰的）迫害(~sb. for sth.)( persecute的过去式和过去分词 )； 烦扰，困扰或骚扰某人

参考例句：

• Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs. 人们因宗教信仰而受迫害的情况贯穿了整个历史。
• Members of these sects are ruthlessly persecuted and suppressed. 这些教派的成员遭到了残酷的迫害和镇压。