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How a domestic violence scandal exposed security risks in the White House
家暴丑聞暴露了白宮安全系統的問題
EVERY FEBRUARY, THE NATION’S TOP INTELLIGENCE officials appear in public on Capitol Hill
每年2月，國家最高智力官員出現在國會山上，
to brief Americans on the biggest global threats facing the country.
向全國人民介紹美國面臨的最大全球威脅。
This year their testimony hit closer to home: two miles down Pennsylvania Avenue in the West Wing of the White House.
今年，他們的證詞偏向了家庭，也就是白宮西翼的賓夕法尼亞大道下兩英里處的。
Nearly 13 months into Donald Trump's presidency, dozens of his advisers reportedly still hold only temporary security clearances.
唐納德·特朗普擔任總統已經快13個月了，據報，他的幾十位顧問仍然只持有臨時安全許可。
At least two of the most senior aides have had access to the nation’s highest secrets,
至少有兩位最資深的助手能夠獲得國家最高機密，
including Rob Porter, who resigned on Feb.7 amid allegations of domestic abuse, which he denies.
其中包括羅布·波特，2月7日，他因被控家暴而辭職，但他否認這一指控。
That, says Trump’s own intelligence chief, is a problem.
特朗普自己的情報負責人說，這是一個問題。
“The system is broken,” declared Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, during congressional testimony on Feb.13.
國家情報局局長丹·科茨在2月13日的國會證詞中宣稱：“安全系統被破壞了，”
For people working in the government on interim security clearances,
對于政府工作人員只有臨時安全許可證一事，
Coats said, “access has to be limited in terms of the kind of information they can be in the position to receive.”
科茨表示，“訪問限制必須根據他們能夠接收的信息的種類來制定。”
To make matters worse, Trump’s handpicked FBI director, Chris Wray,
更糟的是，特朗普精心挑選的聯邦調查局局長克里斯·沃雷，
testified at the same panel that the White House had known about Porter’s problems for months.
當著同一群陪審員作證，說白宮幾個月前就已經知道波特有家暴問題了。
The scandal threatened to topple Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, who defended Porter’s character.
這一丑聞可能會迫使特朗普的幕僚長，為波特的人格辯護過的約翰·凱利下臺。
On Feb.14, the GOP-led House Oversight Committee announced that it would open an investigation into the matter,
2月14日，共和黨領導的眾議院監督委員會宣布將對此事展開調查，
and a senior National Economic Council official who couldn’t obtain a permanent security clearance reportedly resigned.
據報道，某位無法獲得永久性安全許可的資深國民經濟委員會官員已經辭職。
Most important, the episode revealed a striking carelessness by the Administration of a President
最重要的是，這一事件揭露了一位總統執政中的一次重大的粗心舉動。
who regularly called for the jailing of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
而這位總統還經常呼吁監禁民主黨總統候選人希拉里·克林頓，
for her alleged mishandling of classified information while Secretary of State.
其理由是后者在擔任國務卿期間涉嫌機密信息處理不當。
