美國泄密士兵被判35年監禁大綱
Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking classified U.S. government information to WikiLeaks, the culmination of a trial that posed tough questions about government secrecy and national security.
美國陸軍一等兵曼寧(Bradley Manning)因向維基解密(WikiLeaks)泄露美國政府機密信息被判入獄35年。此案曾引發有關政府機密和國家安全的棘手問題。
Wearing his Army dress uniform, Pfc. Manning stood impassively as the presiding judge, Col. Denise Lind, delivered a sentence that means the former intelligence analyst will likely spend at least eight more years behind bars before he could be freed.
主審法官林德上校(Col. Denise Lind)宣佈判決結果時，曼寧身穿軍裝，面無表情的站在那裏。這一判決意味着這名前情報分析員可能會在監獄中再呆上至少八年纔可能被釋放。
The trial raised awkward questions over whether leakers like Pfc. Manning provide a public service by revealing secrets or whether such efforts are outweighed by the potential damage to national security. That debate has accelerated in recent months amid the release by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of secret documents detailing America's expansive surveillance programs.
此案曾引發一些尷尬問題，諸如曼寧這樣的泄密者揭露祕密是否對公衆有益，或是這樣的行動是否抵不過對國家安全造成的損害。這場爭論最近幾個月有所加劇，因爲美國國家安全局(National Security Agency)承包商前僱員斯諾登(Edward Snowden)泄露了一些機密文件，其中詳細說明了美國的廣泛監控項目。
The punishment for Pfc. Manning, who downloaded some 700,000 classified military and diplomatic documents that he sent to WikiLeaks, came as a shock to his attorneys and antisecrecy advocates, who said it would have a chilling effect on whistleblowers looking to expose government wrongdoing.
對曼寧的量刑令他的律師和主張反保密的人士大爲震驚。他們說，這樣的懲罰將會對想要揭露政府不當行爲的揭密者造成寒蟬效應。曼寧下載了約70萬份機密的軍事和外交文件並交給了維基解密。
'The Manning prosecution has vividly demonstrated that, under our current legal system, there is little difference between the way we treat those who engage in espionage and those who disclose information to the press with the intent of informing public debate,' said Mary-Rose Papandrea, a professor at Boston College Law School.
波士頓大學法學院(Boston College Law School)教授帕潘德雷亞(Mary-Rose Papandrea)說，曼寧受到檢控清楚地顯示出，在我們當前的法律制度下，對於那些從事間諜行爲的人和那些出於引導公衆辯論的目的向媒體披露信息的人，我們給予的對待幾乎沒有分別。
Pfc. Manning's sentence was the longest meted out in recent history for a would-be whistleblower charged with espionage for sharing classified information in an effort to change U.S. national-security policies. But the scope of Pfc. Manning's leak was unprecedented.
對於因泄露機密信息而受到間諜行爲指控、但自稱旨在改變美國國家安全政策的揭密者來說，曼寧的判決是近期歷史上判定的最長刑期。但曼寧泄密行爲的規模也是史無前例的。
Over seven months in 2010, based on documents and data provided by Pfc. Manning, WikiLeaks released 250,000 diplomatic cables, nearly 400,000 military reports and video of a 2007 U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed two Reuters employees. The releases led to concerns that U.S. soldiers, diplomats and American allies could be jeopardized by the release of sensitive information about U.S. national security strategy.
2010年的七個月中，維基解密依據曼寧提供的文件和數據披露了25萬份外交電文、近40萬份軍事報告以及2007年美國對巴格達進行的一次空襲的視頻，那次空襲導致兩名路透社僱員身亡。維基解密披露的內容導致人們擔心，美國士兵、外交人員和盟友可能因有關美國國家安全政策的敏感信息外流而陷入危險境地。
