PBS高端访谈:FBI证实正在调查特朗普团队与俄罗斯的关系

 　　JUDY WOODRUFF: An unusually newsy day in the nation's capital, even by Washington standards, that make up our two leads: A House committee delves¹ into a possible Russian role in the campaign that elected Donald Trump², and a Senate panel begins hearings on the man chosen by President Trump to serve on the Supreme³ Court.

　　We begin with the Russia file, and Lisa Desjardins, who has been watching it all.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: In a rare open hearing of the House Intelligence Committee, a rare admission from the FBI director.

　　JAMES COMEY, FBI Director: I have been authorized⁴ by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere⁵ in the 2016 presidential election.

　　And that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination⁶ between the campaign and Russia's efforts.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Beside Comey sat National Security Agency Chief Michael Rogers. Both stood by the intelligence community's earlier report that Russian President Vladimir Putin clearly favored the candidacy of Donald Trump.

　　JAMES COMEY: Putin hated Secretary Clinton so much, that the flip⁷ side of that coin was he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Committee Democrats⁹ and Republicans pursued sharply different lines of questioning:

　　REP. ADAM SCHIFF, D-Calif.: In early July, Carter Page, someone candidate Trump identified as one of his national security advisers¹¹, travels to Moscow on a trip approved by the Trump campaign.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Ranking Democrat⁸ Adam Schiff listed contacts between Trump advisers and Russian officials and raised concern.

　　REP. ADAM SCHIFF: Many of Trump campaign personnel, including the president himself, have ties to Russia and Russian interests. This is, of course, no crime. On the other hand, if the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it aided or abetted¹² the Russians, it wouldn't only be a serious crime. It would also represent one of the most shocking betrayals of democracy in history.

　　FBI证实正在调查特朗普团队与俄罗斯的关系

　　LISA DESJARDINS: But committee Chairman Devin Nunes and other Republicans pushed to show that Russians didn't directly change vote totals.

　　REP. DEVIN NUNES, R-Calif.: Admiral Rogers, do you have any evidence that Russia cyber-actors changed vote tallies¹³?

　　ADM. MIKE ROGERS, National Security Agency Director: No, I do not.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: The president soon after tweeted that: "The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia didn't influence electoral process."

　　But, back at the hearing, Democrat Jim Himes pounced¹⁴, saying a lack of manipulating votes directly is different than no influence at all.

　　REP. JIM HIMES, D-Conn.: So, it's not too far of a logical leap to conclude that the assertion that you have told the Congress that there was no influence on the electoral is not quite right?

　　JAMES COMEY: Right. It certainly wasn't our intention to say that today, because we don't have any information on that subject. That's not something that was looked at.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: More than anything, Republicans raised alarm over leaks and stories with reportedly classified information and names in the investigation¹⁵.

　　REP. TREY GOWDY, R-S.C.: I thought it was against the law to disseminate¹⁶ classified information. Is it?

　　JAMES COMEY: Oh, yes. Sure, it's a serious crime.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: South Carolina Congressman¹⁷ Trey Gowdy went farther, warning that unless the leaks are stopped, a key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, may not be reauthorized by Congress this year.

　　REP. TREY GOWDY: Trust me, you and I both want to see it reauthorized. It's in jeopardy¹⁸ if we don't get this resolved.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: The hearing hit extraordinary territory. Democrats pushed on President Trump's charges that President Obama wiretapped him.

　　JAMES COMEY: With respect to the presidents tweets about alleged¹⁹ wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, I have no information that supports those tweets.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Republican Chairman Nunes agreed, but didn't rule out that other measures could have been involved.

　　REP. DEVIN NUNES: It's still possible that other surveillance activities were used against President Trump and his associates.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: President Trump and his aides have refused to back off the surveillance charge. They say it's veracity²⁰ is for the investigation to determine.

　　Meanwhile, today, White House spokesman Sean Spicer defended the president and his campaign, but he also seemed to downplay the campaign role of two key players known for their ties to Russia, former campaign adviser¹⁰ Michael Flynn and former campaign manager Paul Manafort.

　　SEAN SPICER, White House Press Secretary: Even General Flynn was a volunteer of the campaign. And then, obviously, there's been discussion of Paul Manafort, who played a very limited role for a very limited amount of time.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: At the hearing, over it all was Russia, a country the NSA chief said changed its tactics in 2016.

　　ADM. MIKE ROGERS: I would say the biggest difference, from my perspective, was both the use of cyber, the hacking²¹ as a vehicle to physically²² gain access, to information to extract that information and then to make it widely publicly available without any alteration²³ or change.

　　JAMES COMEY: The only thing that I would add is that they were unusually loud in their intervention²⁴. It's almost as if they didn't care that we knew what they were doing or that they wanted us to see what they were doing.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: FBI Director Comey gave a warning.

　　JAMES COMEY: They will be back. They will be back in 2020. They may be back in 2018. And one of the lessons they may draw from this is that they were successful, because they introduced chaos²⁵ and division and discord²⁶.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: Chairman Nunes closed the hearing with a stark²⁷ verdict on the five-hour session.

　　REP. DEVIN NUNES: There is a big, gray cloud that you have now put over people who have very important work to do to lead this country. And so the faster you can get to the bottom of this, it's going to be better for all Americans.

　　LISA DESJARDINS: For PBS NewsHour, I'm Lisa Desjardins at the Capitol.

1 delves   

v.深入探究，钻研( delve的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• That delves the grave duly. 误不了你的洞房。 来自互联网
• The exhibition delves deep into the physics, aromatics and even the timbre of flatulence. 此次展览向人们介绍了人体物理、气味甚至肠胃胀气的声音等各方面知识。 来自互联网

2 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。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

5 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

6 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

7 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

8 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

9 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 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。

11 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

12 abetted   

v.教唆（犯罪）( abet的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；怂恿；支持

参考例句：

• He was abetted in the deception by his wife. 他行骗是受了妻子的怂恿。
• They aided and abetted in getting the police to catch the thief. 他们协助警察抓住了小偷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 tallies   

n.账( tally的名词复数 )；符合；（计数的）签；标签v.计算，清点( tally的第三人称单数 )；加标签（或标记）于；（使）符合；（使）吻合

参考例句：

• Cash on hand tallies with the figure in the accounts. 现款跟账上的数目没有出入。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分记了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 pounced   

v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）

参考例句：

• As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 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。

16 disseminate   

v.散布；传播

参考例句：

• We should disseminate science and promote the scientific spirit.普及科学知识，弘扬科学精神。
• We sincerely welcome all countries to disseminate their languages in China.我们真诚地欢迎世界各国来华推广本国语言。

17 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

18 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

19 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

20 veracity   

n.诚实

参考例句：

• I can testify to this man's veracity and good character.我可以作证，此人诚实可靠品德良好。
• There is no reason to doubt the veracity of the evidence.没有理由怀疑证据的真实性。

21 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

22 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

23 alteration   

n.变更，改变；蚀变

参考例句：

• The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。
• He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。

24 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

25 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

26 discord   

n.不和，意见不合，争论，（音乐）不和谐

参考例句：

• These two answers are in discord.这两个答案不一样。
• The discord of his music was hard on the ear.他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。

27 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。