CNN News:美法院裁定NSA收集通話記錄違法

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周五是非常棒的。同樣非常棒的是大家選擇了收看不含商業(yè)廣告的十分鐘時事新聞。我是Carl Azuz。

A U.S. federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the National Security Agency`s collection of telephone records is illegal under the Patriot Act. Lots of different parts to this.

昨天美國聯(lián)邦上訴法院裁定國家安全機構愛國者計劃中收集電話記錄的行為違法。但是關于這一裁定有很多不同意見。

First, the Patriot Act. It was passed and signed by President George W. Bush after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. It expanded the government`s ability to investigate and keep tabs on suspected terrorists. It was renewed by President Bush and President Obama.

首先愛國者計劃。這一計劃在2001年911事件發(fā)生之后美國總統(tǒng)W.布什通過并簽署的。這一計劃擴大了美國政府的調查權并有權對可以犯罪嫌疑人進行監(jiān)視。這一計劃經(jīng)布什總統(tǒng)和奧巴馬總統(tǒng)再次實施。

Second, the National Security Agency. In 2013, former U.S. government contractor Edward Snowden leaked information that the NSA had a secret program. It gathers up millions of phone records on a daily basis. Not what people say but the numbers involved and the link of the calls are collected.

其次國家安全局。在2013年美國政府前合同工斯諾登泄露了一份國安局關于秘密計劃的文件信息。該信息顯示國安局每天收集數(shù)百萬份電話記錄。記錄內容不僅包括電話號碼，還包括最近通話記錄。

The Obama administration has argued that part of the Patriot Act allows the government to continue to collect that information. But it lost its case with an appeals court ruling that the NSA`s program goes beyond what Congress authorized. The part of the Patriot Act that the government said authorizes the NSA program expires in June. Lawmakers are divided over whether to reauthorize it.

奧巴馬政府認為愛國者計劃允許政府繼續(xù)收集通話記錄。但是聯(lián)邦上訴法院的裁定稱其做法超出了國會的授權。政府稱愛國者計劃的部分計劃將于六月份到期。現(xiàn)在關于是否重新授權該計劃議員們出現(xiàn)了不同意見。