奧巴馬稱 美國情報機構將繼續監聽外國政府
The US intelligence service will continue to spy on foreign governments, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Saturday, although he assured Chancellor Angela Merkel that he would not let intrusive surveillance harm their relationship. Related Stories
據法新社報道，美國總統奧巴馬18日表示，美國情報機構將繼續監聽外國政府。The frank admission comes a day after Obama curtailed the reach of mass US National Security Agency phone surveillance sweeps, but said bulk collection of data would go on to protect America from terrorists.
奧巴馬對德國第二電視臺（ZDF）說：“我們的情報機構，和德國情報機構以及所有其他情報機構一樣，將會持續對世界各國政府的意圖感興趣，那不會改變。”In Friday's long-awaited speech aimed at quelling international furore over the widespread eavesdropping revealed by Edward Snowden, Obama also said he had halted spy taps on friendly world leaders.
他表示，情報工作並不是像《紐約時報》和德國《明鏡》週刊報道的那樣，而是弄清目標對象在想什麼，在做什麼。
But Obama told German television ZDF's heute-journal that intelligence gathering on foreign governments will continue."Our intelligence agencies, like German intelligence agencies, and every intelligence agency out there, will continue to be interested in the government intentions of countries around the world. That's not going to change," he told heute-journal.
儘管如此，奧巴馬說，他不會讓監控損害他與德國總理默克爾的“友誼和信任”。“我不需要也不希望監控機制損害我們的關係，破壞我們之間的溝通和信任，”奧巴馬說，“我可以這麼說，只要我依然擔任美國總統，德國總理就無須爲此煩心。”"And there is no point in having an intelligence service if you are restricted to the things that you can read in the New York Times or Der Spiegel."The truth of the matter is that by definition the job of intelligence is to find out: Well, what are folks thinking? What are they doing?", he rtheless, Obama said he would not allow the surveillance to harm his relationship of "friendship and trust" with Merkel."I don't need and I don't want to harm that relationship by a surveillance mechanism that somehow would impede the kind of communication and trust that we have," he said.
奧巴馬錶示，默克爾和他在外交議題上或許不會總是意見相同，但那不能成爲竊聽的理由。"And so what I can say is: as long as I'm president of the United States, the chancellor of Germany will not have to worry about this," he added.
去年有情報文件披露，美國國家安全局實施大規模監聽行動，包括竊聽德國總理默克爾的手機通訊，引發德國強烈不滿。
