福克斯新闻 FBI局长启动对弗林调查的内部审查(1)

But we begin with Bloomberg Columnist¹ Eli Lake. Eli, a great story today, very interesting, cogent² read on what happened to Michael Flynn. Having dug into it to this extent, why do you surmise³ in the end that they went after Flynn that they felt that he was sort of a vulnerable person or pegged⁴ to sort of take out of the Jenga tower of this campaign? Well, some have speculated that Mike Flynn was the only person in Trump⁵'s inner circle that would have the experience in the intelligence community to know about the FBI's investigation⁶ into Trump-Russia collusion and to be able to sort of get to the bottom of it, and would have the authority in his position as National Security Adviser⁷ to do just that. But I also think that there was a sense that Donald Trump as well as Michael Flynn were too willing to pursue a reset⁸ if you will with Russia, after Russia's interference in the 2016 election. And while you know by the time there was the inauguration⁹ of President Trump, there was no evidence.

我们首先与彭博社专栏作家伊莱·雷克连线。伊莱，今天要说的是个非常有趣的故事，是发生在迈克尔·弗林身上的非常令人信服的事情。研究至今，你最后为什么推测他们攻击弗林，还会感觉他有点脆弱，或是会从这次运动的积木塔中抽出一些积木？一些人推测迈克尔·弗林是特朗普核心圈子中唯一一个情报界中知道联邦调查局在调查特朗普与俄罗斯勾结一事的人，而且他也能够查清楚，作为国家安全顾问的他有权这样做。但我还是认为，如果在将来可能与俄罗斯合作的话，唐纳德·特朗普和迈克尔·弗林就太想恢复原位了，这发生在俄罗斯干预2016年大选之后。而在特朗普总统宣誓就职时并没有迹象。

And as Mueller would never indict¹⁰ anybody for a conspiracy¹¹ between the Trump campaign and Russia, it was something that was being investigated and they hadn't turned up anything yet. But I think that that was also an element of it, which is that they really did not want to see an effort by the - in the new Trump administration to try to have a better relationship with Russia in the same way by the way that the Obama administration in 2009 pursued a reset of the relationship with Russia after the Russians had invaded the Republic of Georgia in 2008. So, I think that some of it was just driven by the idea that how could anybody think that a relationship with Russia would be a good thing. And I have to say as somebody who's hawkish¹² on Russia, I agree with that. But that's not the role in any possible sense of the FBI to try to go after incoming administration officials because they disagree with their foreign policy preferences that we adjudicate that through elections and congressional oversight¹³, not through the awesome¹⁴ powers of the FBI.

穆勒从未在特朗普竞选与俄罗斯之间存在阴谋上控诉过任何人，这是当时调查的事情，而且并没有什么发现。但我认为这是一个内容，他们的确不想看到特朗普政府努力与俄罗斯保持良好关系，这个方式与奥巴马政府在2009年寻求与俄罗斯重建关系的方式相同，在此之前的2008年，俄罗斯曾入侵格鲁吉亚。所以，我认为这件事的部分原因在于，怎么会有人认为与俄罗斯保持关系是一件好事。我必须要说的是，我赞成那些在俄罗斯问题上持有鹰派观点的人。但试图攻击新任政府官员并不是联邦调查局的工作，因为他们不同意他们的外交政策偏好，而我们是通过竞选和国会监督来对此进行判决的，并非通过联邦调查局的强大力量。

1 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

2 cogent   

adj.强有力的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• The result is a cogent explanation of inflation.结果令人信服地解释了通货膨胀问题。
• He produced cogent reasons for the change of policy.他对改变政策提出了充分的理由。

3 surmise   

v./n.猜想，推测

参考例句：

• It turned out that my surmise was correct.结果表明我的推测没有错。
• I surmise that he will take the job.我推测他会接受这份工作。

4 pegged   

v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的过去式和过去分词 )；使固定在某水平

参考例句：

• They pegged their tent down. 他们钉好了账篷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She pegged down the stairs. 她急忙下楼。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

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 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

8 reset   

v.重新安排，复位；n.重新放置；重放之物

参考例句：

• As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
• He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。

9 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

10 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

11 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。

12 hawkish   

adj. 鹰派的, 强硬派的

参考例句：

• My staff's advice that first day was amazingly hawkish. 在第一天，我的僚属们的意见是令人吃惊的鹰派意见。
• Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet. 反战团体担心巴拉克·奥巴马可以创建强硬派内阁。

13 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

14 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.