希拉里“邮件门”是俄罗斯背后捣鬼?

 　　The US Intelligence Community is confident the Russian government was behind recent hacks¹ against the Democratic National Committee that compromised thousands of emails from top DNC members.

　　美国情报局坚称俄罗斯政府是入侵民主党黑客事件的幕后真凶，此次入侵使得民主党重要成员的上千封邮件遭到破坏。

　　The Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security said in a joint² statement:

　　美国国土安全部和美国国家情报总监选举安全办公室在一份联合声明中称：

　　邮件门

　　The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations.

　　美国情报局坚信俄罗斯政府最近入侵了美国个人，组织机构，包括来自政府部门的邮件。

　　The joint statement continues, saying Russian officials have used similar tactics across Europe and Eurasia to influence public opinion. Given the scope and sensitivity of the hacks, US officials believe only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized³ the attacks. Although US intelligence officials do not come out and say that Russia was trying to manipulate the 2016 presidential election, they do clearly state Russia has tried to influence elections in other areas of the world.

　　联合声明继续称，俄罗斯早就使用类似的手法和技巧，在欧洲和欧亚大陆影响公众舆论。基于这些黑客活动的影响和敏感程度，只有俄罗斯最高级的官员才能授予这些活动。尽管美国情报局没有证据证明俄罗斯试图操纵2016年美国大选，但是他们明确表示俄罗斯已经试图影响世界其他地方的选举。

　　The intelligence community’s assessment⁴ of Russia’s involvement in the DNC hacks leaves President Obama with a difficult choice in his final months as leader of our country. He could publicly accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible for the attack, but such an accusation⁵ would send an already deteriorating⁶ relationship into the gutter⁷.

　　这份俄罗斯入侵民主党的黑客事件的情报评估使得奥巴马最后几个月执政面临非常困难的选择。他公开指责俄罗斯总统普京是此次黑客事件的主使，这一指责让美俄两国本来就很紧张的关系雪上加霜。

　　The white house declined to say whether the formal attribution would trigger sanctions against Russia. A senior Obama administration official said the US would respond “at a time and place for our choosing” but ant retaliation⁸ may not take place in the open.

　　白宫拒绝对这一指责是否会引起对俄制裁进行评论。奥巴马政府的一个高级行政官员说美国一定会“在我们选择的某个时间和地点”有所行动，但是报复行动不一定会公开执行。

　　As terrible as it sounds, hacking⁹ another country’s political parties is a fairly regular occurrence. The US has been caught collecting information from allies such as Germany and also frenemies like Russia for more than a decade. The difference, however, is that those findings are never published publicly.

　　可怕的是，黑客入侵其他国家政党经常发生。美国已经被其他盟友国家比如德国和友敌国俄罗斯收集信息超过十年之久。然而不同的是，这些信息从未公之于众。

1 hacks   

黑客

参考例句：

• But there are hacks who take advantage of people like Teddy. 但有些无赖会占类似泰迪的人的便宜。 来自电影对白
• I want those two hacks back here, right now. 我要那两个雇工回到这儿，现在就回。 来自互联网

2 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。

3 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。

4 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

5 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

6 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

7 gutter   

n.沟，街沟，水槽，檐槽，贫民窟

参考例句：

• There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
• He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活，并成为贵妇。

8 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 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。