美国有线新闻 CNN 2014-01-04

 Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to the podcast. Two bombings rescue questions about security the out coming Winter Olympics, also the New York Times David Pxx in his extensive investigation¹ to Bengazi. Let's get started.  

 

We begin tonight with terror attacks that have shaken Russian and sent chills through out the world just 6 weeks before the Winter Olympics begin in Sochi. They happened in a city that seen epic² bloodshed before, upwards³ of million people killed just in few months during the Second World War. 

 

Today, Stalingrad, now known as Volgograd is on the front lines of another war. And Sunday, people there got hit first at the central train station. That's surveillance camera footage, capturing the second it happened even at distance it was horrific.  There's also video from inside shows the security checkpoint, where the bomb went off seconds before and splits seconds after. Now the equivalent, say authorities, of about 22 pounds of TNT. A suspected female suicide bomber⁴ setting off the device, killing⁵ 17 people including a police officer and a nine-year-old girl. Then, earlier today, another bombing also in the same city, apparently⁶, also a suicide attack. This time aboard a trolley⁷ bus, at least 14 people  killed in that one.  No one claiming responsibility for either bombing. However, back in July, a terrorist group caucuses⁸ axx, a Chechnya separatist group, vowed⁹ to unleash¹⁰ maximum force  to disrupt the Winter Olympics in Sochi just 400 miles and 6 weeks away.

 

Former CIA officer Robert Baer and national security analyst¹¹ Fran Txx who during the her time with the George W. Bush administration worked for the Greek government on security for the 2004 summer games. She's currently sits on the CIA home and security department external advise boards. 

 

From back to back attacks, now what do you make of this?

 

Well, look, you know, Uxx, the leader of this Northern Caucasus ixx group, has demonstrated his capability¹², both in the past and now. He called for these attacks in 2010 and 2011, bombings in the Moscow airport and also on buses. Then there was a moratorium¹³ during the protests against Vladimir Putin. And then in July he calls for resumption of the attacks and directly trying to disrupt the Olympic games. The biggest sort of important factor, I think, about two attacks, is the second one. The fact that within 24 hours in Volgograd, where the city is teeming¹⁴ with police, investigators¹⁵, security officials that they are able to acturally pull it off, is very telling. And it is a poke¹⁶ in the eye. It ought undermine people's confidence in Russian security services. 

 

And Bobi, if it does turn out to be the work of Chechen rebels from the Caucasus, you were  assigned to that region when you were in the CIA. You've called it a black hole that Putin's never going to subdue¹⁷. Explain what do you mean by that.

 

Well, Anderson, the Russian's never got a grip intelligence wise on the Northern Caucasus. It's a very complicated area. They took back rosily¹⁸ by sheer force. They flattened¹⁹ the city, they made these people run for it. But there's no sense that they had really truly dominated the North Caucasus in terms of knowing what's going on.And there are still large military sided groups that are moving around. And Fxx is absolutely right the fact that they could hit two targets in two days suggest a capable military organization which will strike almost surely during the Olympics. 

 

You were involved in the planning for the Athens Olympics when the Bush family went over there. Explain what goes into security around something like the Sochi again?

 

Right, so the bilateral²⁰ discussions between the United States and the host country begin a year, a year and a half before. American officials, I've spoken to sources in counter terrorism community. They've been to Sochi, they've walked to the venues²¹. They've talked to Russian officials. And there's a standard list of things that you offer them in terms of assistance if they want it. Well, you know, you can't force it. It's a sovereign country, but you offer them things, intelligence cooperation. In Athens, we had  a joint²² threat center where we passed information back and forth²³ and we helped the Greeks resolve threats. After these sort of attacks, you go back and you say we have this capability, are you sure we can't help you?But here's the problem, a lot of these discussions go  bilaterally, so it's between the host country Russia and their various partners. It goes on behind the scenes. Much of it they won't accept. And Bob knows as well as anybody, the intelligence relationship here where you'd really like there to be a fulsome²⁴ sharing information has been scratchy in the best of times.

1 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。

2 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

3 upwards   

adv.向上，在更高处...以上

参考例句：

• The trend of prices is still upwards.物价的趋向是仍在上涨。
• The smoke rose straight upwards.烟一直向上升。

4 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 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。

7 trolley   

n.手推车，台车；无轨电车；有轨电车

参考例句：

• The waiter had brought the sweet trolley.侍者已经推来了甜食推车。
• In a library,books are moved on a trolley.在图书馆，书籍是放在台车上搬动的。

8 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网

9 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

10 unleash   

vt.发泄，发出；解带子放开

参考例句：

• They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases,pests,and invasive species.他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
• Changing water levels now at times unleash a miasma of disease from exposed sewage.如今，大坝不时地改变水位，从暴露的污水释放出了疾病瘴气。

11 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

12 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

13 moratorium   

n.(行动、活动的)暂停(期)，延期偿付

参考例句：

• The government has called for a moratorium on weapons testing.政府已要求暂停武器试验。
• We recommended a moratorium on two particular kinds of experiments.我们建议暂禁两种特殊的实验。

14 teeming   

adj.丰富的v.充满( teem的现在分词 )；到处都是；（指水、雨等）暴降；倾注

参考例句：

• The rain was teeming down. 大雨倾盆而下。
• the teeming streets of the city 熙熙攘攘的城市街道

15 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》

16 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

17 subdue   

vt.制服，使顺从，征服；抑制，克制

参考例句：

• She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。
• He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。

18 rosily   

adv.带玫瑰色地，乐观地

参考例句：

19 flattened   

[医]（水）平扁的，弄平的

参考例句：

• She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
• I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。

20 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

21 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

22 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

23 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。

24 fulsome   

adj.可恶的，虚伪的，过分恭维的

参考例句：

• They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
• Newspapers have been fulsome in their praise of the former president.报纸上对前总统都是些溢美之词。