专业英语八级-阅读理解(八)
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twinkle是什么意思omeIf there's a nsitive investigation into the flaws of crime fighters, the man the feds often call in to do the job is William H. Webster. Over the decades, the former FBI and CIA chief has headed numerous high-profile investigations into public agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department's respon to the 1992 Rodney King riots and the FBI's failure to catch Soviet and Russian mole Robert Hansn.
But the probe into whether the FBI mishandled information about Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in Texas, could be Webster's trickiest assignment yet. The Nov. 5 shootings have raid a host of nettlesome issues regarding Hasan and his contacts with Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric in Yemen, and why the FBI decided not to rai the alarm about Hasan even though it had t
racked his **munications. In the aftermath of the shootings, critics have raid questions not only about intelligence-sharing, but also about whether the U.S. Army psychiatrist successfully ud the cloak of rearch as a smoke screen for his personal extremism and, perhaps, murderous intentions.
prevent的用法 At the heart of the inquiry is the troublesome revelation that the FBI knew that Hasan, who became more religiously devout after his parents' deaths, corresponded with al- Awlaki, an American-born imam who led a northern Virginia mosque where two of the Sept. 11 hijackers worshipped. After al-Awlaki departed the U.S. in 2002, eventually ending up in Yemen, his rmons and teachings—delivered in English—apparently became a source of inspiration for the Fort Dix six and some of the young men who eventually left the U.S. to join al-Shabaab, the Islamist group in Somalia.
E-mail surveillance turned up as many as 20 messages between al-Awlaki and Hasan, which an FBI-headed Joint Terrorism Task Force in Washington reviewed. At the time, the task force concluded that the correspondence matched Hasan's rearch into the mind-son the line
et of Muslim soldiers who turn on **rades and was insufficient evidence to launch an investigation. Separately, U.S. Army colleagues at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington have said they raid concerns with supervisors about Hasan, his statements about Islam and whether he was mentally stable or possibly even dangerous. The Army, however, did not share the information with the FBI.
It's not yet clear how wide-ranging Webster's probe will be, and opinions vary on its scope. Bill Burck, a former deputy counl to President George W. Bush, said that while Webster's previous probes tended to look for policy laps or fault, this review may be more difficult. The review could go to the heart of asssing threats pod by radicalized Americans, who have rights that terrorists from outside the country do not. "That prents a very difficult t of questions about how do you balance the traditional law-enforcement approach to deal with tho threats—which is typically how we've dealt with tho things in the past—with the reality that you're dealing with people that are much harder to deter," Burck says.
The FBI has already turned over to the White Hou a preliminary internal review of the agency's actions before the shootings. Director Robert Mueller appointed Webster, who headed the FBI from 1978 until 1987 before becoming CIA director, to perform an open-ended, independent review of FBI policies, practices and actions preceding the incident. That will include a review of the initial findings as well as any additional issues that Webster has the discretion to take up.
In a statement, Mueller said Webster would **plete access to necessary information and resources that Webster would coordinate with existing Department of Defen probes. "It is esntial to determine whether there are improvements to our current practices or other authorities that could make us all safer in the future," he said.
经济开发区英文1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Hasan?
A. He was mentally unstable.
B. He was a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army.
caneC. He kept in touch with a clergyman in Yemen.
D. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hoo
埃及王子插曲2. What can be inferred from the appointment of Webster to investigate the incident?
A. He headed the FBI and knew it well.
B. The Fort Hood incident is no easy ca.
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C. Director Robert Mueller had confidence in Webster.
D. He has headed many investigations into public agencies.
3. It can be inferred from the Fort Hood incident that
职称日语A. There was something wrong with Hasan's mentality.
B. The FBI did not have sufficient evidence to start a probe.
C. It could have been stopped if the FBI had taken some measures.
D. The Army did not share with the FBI the information about Hasan.
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4. What does "discretion" mean in Paragraph 6?
A. freedom B. judgment
C. responsibility D. ability
5. Which of the following has made Webster's probe more difficult?
A. It is lacking in evidence on Hasan's motives for the murder.
B. It is an investigation into the FBI policies, practices and actions.
C. It deals with terrorism from Americans which is even harder to stop.
D. It deals with a ca related to an imam in Yemen to whom it can do nothin
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