美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-09-29

 Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to podcast. Charities that have promised to be helping¹ veterans accused of lining² their pockets instead, new developments, keep them honest. Also the ridiculous. Let's get started.

Another "Keep Them Honest" report from months now, we've been telling about the Disabled National Veterans Foundation, how it's been under investigation³ by the Senate Finance Committee as a result by reporting showing, little if any of the millions, tens of millions that received the donations over the years actually went to help disabled veterans. Well, tonight we now know that the DBNF is part of even larger investigations⁴ involving its chief fundraising company. Quadriga Art, that's a company based right here in the New York and it says it's one of the world leaders in servicing charities. But so far no one from Quadriga Art will to appear on camera and answer our question. Stew⁵ Griffin has aksed repeatedly, take a look.

"I am standing⁶ out, but what I want to know is, am I going to get a 9 p.m interview, all right, ok, so the bottom line is that you are not going to get an interview. It's Stew Griffin, G-R-I-F-F-I-N."

 

"Sorry he is not here, there is nobody."

 

"Oh, I'm trying to reach Mr.Shewlott."

 

"Sorry, he is not here."

 

"Oh, he is not here."

 

Now Quadriga Art has called our reporting bias⁷, they say we ignored the good they are doing for their clients, but they will not going  camera. Tonight, they may have a lot more than CNN to worry about. Stew has been investigating the trial of donated money and as of reporting, the stakes have just gotten a lot higher. Stew, what do you do?

 

Anderson we have learned that the charity's bureau of New York State, attorney general's office has begun its own investigation of Quadriga Art. So too has California's attorney general. Now we've learned the state of Florida also looking into all of this. The investigation is begining after CNN exposed the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, this charity has raised 70 million dollars since 2007 in the name of disabled veterans. And as far as we can tell Anderson, has given very little, if any money to the actual disabled vets⁸, it has gone mostly to Quadriga Art, this fundraising company.

 

And that...I mean, almost from the very begining, this whole charity was in some sort of trouble, I mean, you know that. This is a very complex story that my producer David Fits Patric and I have digging into, but what had really happened is that they are accused of trying to jump-start itself by making them look like another charity. You might consider it identity theft of a charity. Back in 2005, before there was a Disabled Veterans National Foundation, DVNF, there was another charity, with a very similar name, the Disabled Living Memorial Fund, DVLMF, its sole purpose was to raise enough money for a memorial on this site near Capitol Hill in Washington. The executive director of that group was this guy, his name is Larry Rivers, he is a retired⁹ marine¹⁰ officer. The memorial foundation, Anderson, raised enough money to build the memorial and essentially¹¹ stop raising money. But here is what happened next, the president of the newly formed DVNF in 2007, went to that marine officer for advice, Larry Rivers was being paid by Quadriga Art as a consultant¹². He referred DVNF to his private company who is being paid by Quadriga Art. Soon thereafter, according to documents obtained of by CNN, the newly formed charity DVNF and Quadriga were accused of, in effect, stealing the identity of that charity that wanted to build a memorial by using the mailing list of its donors¹³ and the logo of the DVLMF. But DVNF, it seems like this is all about increasing the mailing list to get more donors, they can raise more money, and so forth¹⁴, because this contract and a lot of money seems to be going to Quadriga Art, the senate's investigating is, I mean, if there are still money out there, what do we know?

 

The root problem here, Anderson, is the money that Americans are given, to many many charities are not going to the people that they believe going to. So in other words, if I give money for Disabled Vets, it's going to Quadriga Art, I don't give that money because it's going to be used to build a mailing list. If you said to me, give us ten dollars, so our charity can eventually build a mailing list that in ten years from now, we might give money to disabled vets. that's, that's , that's the problem. We went to Rodger Crafer who is a non-profit, fundraising expert in this building, we asked him what he thought about this. Here is what he had said.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

3 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。

4 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

5 stew   

n.炖汤，焖，烦恼；v.炖汤，焖，忧虑

参考例句：

• The stew must be boiled up before serving.炖肉必须煮熟才能上桌。
• There's no need to get in a stew.没有必要烦恼。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。

8 vets   

abbr.veterans （复数）老手，退伍军人；veterinaries （复数）兽医n.兽医( vet的名词复数 )；老兵；退伍军人；兽医诊所v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的第三人称单数 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• I helped train many young vets and veterinary nurses too. 我还帮助培训了许多年青的兽医和护士。 来自互联网
• In fact, we've expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets. 实际上，我们已经扩大了退伍军人的心理健康咨询和服务。 来自互联网

9 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

10 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

11 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

12 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

13 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。