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JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Nick, I want to switch now to another topic, another story you have been following. And that is these debilitating medical ailments. They have become known as the Havana Syndrome. Here we are six months in since this was first discovered. What steps is the Biden administration taking on this?
NICK SCHIFRIN: So, these are serious ailments reported by hundreds of people across government over the last five years for -- the first ones were in Havana. And the Biden administration says this is one of their top priorities. And so they have created new standards of care. That allows or ensures that people who report symptoms get proper treatment. They have created new processes for intelligence-sharing across the agency, so everyone can see details of possible cases. And they have lowered the reporting threshold to encourage possible victims to report their symptoms. But understanding the source, Judy, remains a real challenge. Last administration, CIA analyzed what device could exist that could possibly recreate some of these symptoms. And they had real challenges on the size of a device and a device needing line of sight to these hypothetical targets. They also had a review or a scrub of all intelligence, current and former, of any foreign entity talking about or deploying any of this kind of technology. And it came up empty. So this administration says those efforts have been reinvigorated, not only the reporting, the treating, but the technical hunt for the cause of this. And CIA has approached that hunt like it did the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Wow. So, are they any closer to figuring out the cause?
NICK SCHIFRIN: In a word, no. They don't know who, what or if anyone set out to target U.S. officials. There was a panel of medical experts last year that concluded that it could, could have been microwave radiation. And that panel of experts pointed out that the Russians have researched using microwave radiation in the past. But senior administration officials still say they do not know if this is a foreign actor's actions or perhaps some kind of inadvertent side effect of overly aggressive surveillance, or something else. And, partially, it's a range of apparent victims. Intelligence agents who work on Russia say they have had these symptoms, diplomats working in Europe, even a White House official late last year. And after that incident, there was a deputies meeting at the National Security Council. And they decided they simply did not have enough evidence to know what was really going on. And that conclusion remains today. Take a quick listen to Secretary of State Tony Blinken last month.
TONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State: We do not know who, if anyone, is actually responsible, state actor, individuals. This is exactly what we're trying to get to the bottom of.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Blinken's who, if anyone, angered a lot of people in Congress and victims. Look, there are still doubts about the cause. But this administration says they're focusing more resources to help the apparent victims and try and find the cause.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So interesting, after all these years, they still don't know.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Still don't know.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Nick Schifrin, we thank you.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Thank you.
重点解析
1.ailment 小病
No ailment was found, and he investigated again.
没有发现任何毛病，于是他又检查了一遍。
2.top priority 最优先的
Welfare reform is a top priority for the government.
福利改革是政府的当务之急。
3.inadvertent 无意的
The government has said it was an inadvertent error.
政府声称那是无意的过失。
4.side effect 副作用
Depression is a side effect of many medications.
抑郁是很多药物都会产生的副作用。
5.surveillance 监视
The police are keeping the suspects under constant surveillance.
警方正对嫌疑人实施不间断监视。
参考译文
朱迪·伍德乐夫：那么，尼克，我现在想谈谈另外一个话题，一个你一直在关注的话题，就是那些使人衰弱的医学疾病，众所周知的“哈瓦那综合症”。距离首次发现以来已经过去六个月了，拜登政府对此采取了什么措施？
尼克·斯齐弗林：在过去的五年里，政府各部门有数百人报告了有关这种疾病的严重症状，第一批病例发生在哈瓦那。拜登政府将该事件视为他们的首要任务之一，因此他们提升了护理标准，确保报告症状的人能够得到适当的治疗。他们为整个机构的情报共享建了新的程序，这样大家就都能看到案件的细节。他们降低了报告的门槛以鼓励可能的受害者报告他们的症状。不过朱迪，要想了解源头，仍然是个挑战。上一届政府，中情局分析了有什么设备可能会重现这些症状。他们在设备的尺寸上陷入了迷茫，该设备还需要能够瞄准假想目标。他们还对所有谈论或部署这类技术的外国实体的情报，无论是现在的还是以前的，进行了审查或删除，结果一无所获。所以，本届政府表示将重新开始调查，不仅从报告、治疗方面着手，还会从技术方面寻找原因。中央情报局就像在追捕奥萨马·本·拉登一样。
朱迪·伍德乐夫：哇哦，所以，他们有没有离真相更进一步呢？
尼克·斯齐弗林：两个字：没有。他们不知道是谁、是什么或者是否有人在针对美国官员。去年，有一个医学专家小组得出结论，说可能是“微波辐射袭击”。该专家小组指出俄罗斯人过去曾利用微波辐射进行过研究。但政府高级官员仍表示，他们不确定是对手国的阴谋还是过度监控无意造成的副作用，或者是其它什么原因。而且，某种程度上，受害人的身份特征是很明确的。在俄罗斯工作的情报人员、在欧洲工作的外交官，甚至去年年底的一名白宫官员都表示自己出现过这些症状。在那次事件之后，国家安全委员会召开了一次代表会议，他们认为自己只是没有足够的线索来解释到底发生了什么。至今还是如此。我们先来听听美国国务卿托尼·布林肯上个月的讲话。
托尼·布林肯，美国国务卿：我们不知道究竟是谁、哪个国家、或者哪个个人是该事件的罪魁祸首，这正是我们想要弄清楚的。
尼克·斯齐弗林：布林肯说的罪魁祸首(如果有那么个人的话)激怒了很多国会议员和受害者。听着，关于致因仍疑问重重。但本届政府表示他们将集中更多资源帮助严重的受害者并加大力度找出致因。
朱迪·伍德乐夫：太有意思了，这么多年过去了，他们还是没找到原因。
尼克·斯齐弗林：原因尚不可知。
朱迪·伍德乐夫：尼克·斯齐弗林，谢谢！
尼克·斯齐弗林：谢谢。
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