纪录片《深入暗网》 第32期 错误行为

Among those dead were two journalists from Reuters,

死者中包括两名路透社记者

Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen.

赛义德·查马哈和纳米尔·努尔-艾丁

The Americans investigated,

美国人展开了调查

but say there was no wrong-doing

但结果却说没有任何错误行为

yet this footage would never have become public

然而如果驻扎伊拉克的美国承包商切尔西·曼宁

if Chelsea Manning, a US contractor¹ in Iraq, hadn't leaked it.

没有披露这段录像 那它永远不会被公开

Chelsea Manning has said that to the court,

切尔西·曼宁在法庭上说

that he used Tor amongst a number of other things

在众多应用中他选择使用洋葱网络

to submit documents to WikiLeaks.

上传文件给维基解密

Obviously, we can't comment on that,

显然 我们不能就此作出评论

because we have an obligation to protect our sources.

因为我们有义务保护我们的线人

The release of the documents provided by Manning,

曼宁提供的泄密文件中

which culminated² in 250,000 cables,

包含二十五万份密电

seemed to reveal the power of anonymity³ through encryption.

似乎揭露了加密匿名的威力

Because with encryption,

因为有了加密技术

two people can come together to communicate privately⁴.

两个人可以进行秘密交流

1 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

2 culminated   

v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers 一场造成两名警察死亡的枪战
• The gala culminated in a firework display. 晚会以大放烟火告终。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 anonymity   

n.the condition of being anonymous

参考例句：

• Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
• Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。

4 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。