奥巴马政府面临舆论压力(2/2)
概述：美联社称奥巴马政府秘密获取了其职员的电话记录,政府对此做出了回应。Hints:
AP
Justice Department
Yemen
al-Qaida
White House Press Secretary
Jay Carney
Obama
Attorney General
Holder
Benghazi
Libya
Chris Stephens
Republicans
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/769827/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201305/201305210835089156441.mp3The AP said on Monday that the government secretly obtained two months of phone records for some of its reporters and editors.
Administration officials say the Justice Department is investigating who may have provided information for an AP story last year. The story described an American intelligence operation in Yemen that stopped an al-Qaida bomb plot.
On Tuesday, reporters questioned White House Press Secretary Jay Carney about the phone records. He said President Obama supports the constitutional right of freedom of the press.
Attorney General Holder said he had no direct involvement in the Justice Department's examination of the phone records. He said the seizure was part of an investigation into what he called a grave national security leak. President Obama said he makes "no apologies" for a criminal investigation into national security leaks.
Also this week, the administration released 100 pages of e-mails about the attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Ambassador Chris Stephens and three other Americans died in the attacks last September 11th.
Administration officials first described the events in Benghazi as a spontaneous attack, with no sign of a plot. But they later called it an act of terrorism. Republicans say the administration wanted to avoid admitting it was terrorism while Mr. Obama was seeking re-election.美联社周一表示，政府秘密获取了美联社一些记者和编辑两个月的电话记录。
政府官员表示，司法部正在调查去年给美联社提供新闻线索的嫌疑人。该新闻泄漏了美国在也门粉碎了一个基地组织炸弹阴谋的行动。
周二，记者就电话记录一事询问了白宫新闻秘书杰·卡尼。他称，奥巴马总统支持宪法规定的新闻自由的权利。
司法部长霍尔德称，他并没有直接参与到司法部对电话记录的调查行动中。他表示，这次调取电话记录是针对一起严重的国家安全泄露事件进行调查的一部分。奥巴马总统表示，他不会对国家安全信息泄露的刑事调查做出道歉。
同时在这周，政府发布了关于美国驻利比亚的班加西领事馆遭遇袭击的100页电邮。美国外交大使克里斯·斯蒂芬斯和其他三名美国人死于去年9月11日的袭击事件中。
政府官员最初描述班加西的袭击事件是一起自发行动，没有阴谋迹象，但随后称这是一起恐怖袭击。共和党人称，当时奥巴马政府正在寻求连任，所以政府最初想避免承认这是一起恐怖主义袭击。
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