美國已正式指控俄羅斯爲郵件門幕後黑手

In an unusual move that may have serious *implications for both the US presidential election and US-Russian relations, Washington has officially accused Moscow of *interfering in the showdown for the US presidency between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

日前，美國已正式指控俄羅斯在美國大選的關鍵時刻，干擾希拉里•克林頓和唐納德•特朗普之間的競選。而這個不尋常的舉動，可能將嚴重影響美國總統選舉和俄美關係。

Although the US Democratic Party said as early as June that Russian government hackers were behind the major leak of emails that embarrassed the Party leadership and Hillary Clinton, the White House did not immediately confirm the accusation, or join the *condemnation of Russia.

美國民主黨早在今年6月就曾表示，使黨內領導層和希拉里•克林頓陷入窘境的郵件門事件，其幕後黑手便是俄政府的黑客，然而白宮卻沒有立即明確表態，也沒有對俄羅斯進行譴責。

But on Oct 7, just two days ahead of the second US presidential debate between Trump and Clinton, the Obama administration made public the official accusations.

但到了10月7日，就在希拉里和特朗普將要進行第二輪美國總統大選辯論的前兩天，奧巴馬政府公開宣佈了官方指控。

The US Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian government directed the recent compromises of emails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations, said the administration in a statement. These *thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process.

美國情報局確信，俄羅斯政府操控了近期的美國政治組織、個人及機構的郵件信息泄露，美方在一份聲明中表示，這些盜竊和曝光行爲意圖干擾美國的選舉進程。

Russia has denied any involvement in the hacking.

對此，俄羅斯方面否認參與任何黑客行動。

Just hours after the accusations were published, whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from a Clinton campaign official, including some that contained *excerpts from speeches Clinton made to Wall Street banks.

而就在美方發佈指控幾個小時後，維基解密網公佈了一位希拉里競選團隊成員所收到的數千封電子郵件，其中包括希拉里在華爾街銀行演講的摘錄。

The *revelations are expected to bring *embarrassment to Clinton, despite currently leading Trump by a comfortable *margin in the polls.

儘管目前希拉里在民意調查中支持率略勝特朗普一籌，但這些披露預期將會使她深陷窘境。