CNN News:美法院裁定NSA收集通话记录违法

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Fridays are awesome. Also awesome that you`re taking 10 minutes for commercial-free current events on CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl Azuz.

周五是非常棒的。同样非常棒的是大家选择了收看不含商业广告的十分钟时事新闻。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.

昨天美国联邦上诉法院裁定国家安全机构爱国者计划中收集电话记录的行为违法。但是关于这一裁定有很多不同意见。

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.

首先爱国者计划。这一计划在2001年911事件发生之后美国总统W.布什通过并签署的。这一计划扩大了美国政府的调查权并有权对可以犯罪嫌疑人进行监视。这一计划经布什总统和奥巴马总统再次实施。

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.

其次国家安全局。在2013年美国政府前合同工斯诺登泄露了一份国安局关于秘密计划的文件信息。该信息显示国安局每天收集数百万份电话记录。记录内容不仅包括电话号码，还包括最近通话记录。

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.

奥巴马政府认为爱国者计划允许政府继续收集通话记录。但是联邦上诉法院的裁定称其做法超出了国会的授权。政府称爱国者计划的部分计划将于六月份到期。现在关于是否重新授权该计划议员们出现了不同意见。