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    This week, a U.S. military judge    (1)    in the case of Army Private Bradley Manning. The soldier was found guilty of espionage for providing secrets to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The court also found him guilty of several other charges. The punishment for these crimes could add up to more than 100 years in prison. The Oklahoma native was found not guilty of aiding the enemy. That charge could have resulted in a life prison sentence.

    Manning had admitted to what is called the largest leak of secret U.S. documents in history. The documents included secret    (2)    messages and military reports about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    The case was tried at Fort Meade, Maryland, close to the grounds of the National Security Agency. That is where intelligence contractor Edward Snowden once worked. He recently    (3)    secret documents on government efforts to collect information about American citizens.

    On Wednesday, members of Congress met with intelligence and law    (4)    officials. The officials said the U.S. government’s information gathering does not violate the privacy of citizens. And they said these activities help to identify and defeat terrorist threats.

    The officials spoke after the Obama administration released documents that    (5)    the government’s telephone data collection programs.

    Patrick Leahy is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

    “The patience of the American people is beginning to wear thin. But what has to be of more concern in a democracy is, the trust of the American people is wearing thin.”

    On Wednesday, the administration released what once were secret documents about the government’s collection of    (6)    . Deputy Attorney General James Cole spoke to the Senate committee.

    “These are telephone records maintained by the phone companies. They include the number the call was dialed from, the number the call was dialed to, the date and time of the call and the length of the call. The records do not include the names or other    (7)    . They do not include cell site or other location information, and they do not include the content of any phone calls.”

    The government must have special court approval to get names or addresses    (8)    phone numbers. It also needs a court order to listen to phone calls.

    Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse questioned the lack of    (9)    by the government.

    “We have a lot of good information out there that helps the American public understand these programs. But it all came out late. It all came out in response to a leaker [Edward Snowden]. There was no organized plan for how we rationally declassify this, so that the American people can participate in the debate.”

    The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that supports individual rights, has criticized the government for collecting so much information.    (10)    under the U.S. Constitution.


上期活动答案：
1. equivalent
2. invented
3. shared
4. received
5. lives
6. vice president
7. visibility and recognition
8. surveillance programs
9. constant attention
10. there is no foreseeable end to the demand for the technology that he and his co-winners developed