Good morning. Yesterday I updated the American people on the immediate steps we took -- the increased screening and security of air travel -- to keep our country safe in the wake of the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. And I announced two reviews -- a review of our terrorist watch list system and a review of our air travel screening, so we can find out what went wrong, fix it and prevent future attacks. 早上好。昨天我向美国人民通报了我们采取的紧急措施——加强航空旅行的安检与安保——以在圣诞日发生恐怖袭击未遂事件后保障我国的安全。我还宣布了两项审查——一项针对我们的恐怖分子观察名单制度，另一项针对我们的航空旅行安检程序——以便我们查明问题、加以纠正并防止未来的袭击。
Those reviews began on Sunday and are now underway. Earlier today I issued the former [sic] guidelines for those reviews and directed that preliminary findings be provided to the White House by this Thursday. It's essential that we diagnose the problems quickly and deal with them immediately. 这些审查已于周日启动，目前正在进行中。今天早些时候，我为这些审查发布了指导方针，并指示在本周四之前向白宫提交初步调查结果。我们必须迅速诊断问题并立即加以处理，这至关重要。
Now, the more comprehensive, formal reviews and recommendations for improvement will be completed in the coming weeks, and I'm committed to working with Congress and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security communities to take all necessary steps to protect the country. 更为全面、正式的审查与改进建议将在未来几周内完成，我承诺与国会以及我们的情报、执法和国土安全部门合作，采取一切必要措施保护国家。
I wanted to speak to the American people again today because some of this preliminary information that has surfaced in the last 24 hours raises some serious concerns. It's been widely reported that the father of the suspect in the Christmas incident warned U.S. officials in Africa about his son's extremist views. It now appears that weeks ago this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community, but was not effectively distributed so as to get the suspect's name on a no-fly list. 今天我再次向美国人民讲话，是因为过去24小时内浮现的一些初步信息引发了严重关切。据广泛报道，圣诞日事件嫌疑人的父亲曾就其子的极端主义倾向警告过驻非洲的美国官员。如今看来，几周前这一信息已被传递给我们情报系统的某一部门，但并未被有效分发，以致未能将嫌疑人列入禁飞名单。
There appears to be other deficiencies as well. Even without this one report there were bits of information available within the intelligence community that could have and should have been pieced together. We've achieved much since 9/11 in terms of collecting information that relates to terrorists and potential terrorist attacks. But it's becoming clear that the system that has been in place for years now is not sufficiently up to date to take full advantage of the information we collect and the knowledge we have. 似乎还存在其他缺陷。即便没有这一份报告，情报系统内部也有零散的信息本可以、也本应该被拼凑起来。自9·11以来，我们在收集与恐怖分子和潜在恐怖袭击相关信息方面取得了长足进展。但日益明显的是，沿用多年的现有系统已经不够现代化，无法充分利用我们所收集的信息和所掌握的知识。
Had this critical information been shared it could have been compiled with other intelligence and a fuller, clearer picture of the suspect would have emerged. The warning signs would have triggered red flags and the suspect would have never been allowed to board that plane for America. 如果这一关键信息被共享，它本可与其他情报汇整，从而浮现出对嫌疑人更完整、更清晰的画像。那些警示信号本应触发红色警报，嫌疑人也就绝不会被允许登上飞往美国的航班。
The professionalism of the men and women in our intelligence, counterterrorism and law enforcement and homeland security communities is extraordinary. They are some of the most hardworking, most dedicated Americans that I've ever met. In pursuit of our security here at home they risk their lives, day in and day out, in this country and around the world. 我们的情报、反恐、执法和国土安全部门男女工作人员的专业精神是非凡的。他们是我所见过的一些最勤奋、最敬业的美国人。为了维护我们本土的安全，他们日复一日地在本国和世界各地冒着生命危险。
Few Americans see their work, but all Americans are safer because of their successes. They have targeted and taken out violent extremists, they have disrupted plots and saved countless American lives; they are making real and daily progress in our mission to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and other extremist networks around the world. And for this every American owes them a profound and lasting debt of gratitude. 很少有美国人能看到他们的工作，但所有美国人都因他们的成功而更加安全。他们锁定并消灭了暴力极端分子，他们挫败了阴谋，挽救了无数美国人的生命；他们在我们打击、瓦解并击败基地组织及全球其他极端主义网络的任务中正取得切实而日复一日的进展。为此，每一个美国人都应向他们致以深沉而持久的感激之情。
Moreover, as Secretary Napolitano has said, once the suspect attempted to take down Flight 253 -- after his attempt it's clear that passengers and crew, our homeland security systems and our aviation security took all appropriate actions. But what's also clear is this: When our government has information on a known extremist and that information is not shared and acted upon as it should have been, so that this extremist boards a plane with dangerous explosives that could cost nearly 300 lives, a systemic failure has occurred. And I consider that totally unacceptable. 此外，正如纳波利塔诺部长所言，一旦嫌疑人企图炸毁253号航班——在他的企图失败之后，乘客与机组人员、我们的国土安全系统和航空安保显然采取了所有适当的行动。但同样清楚的是：当我们的政府掌握了一名已知极端分子的信息，而该信息却没有按照应有的方式被共享和处置，以致该极端分子携带可夺去近300条人命的烈性炸药登上飞机时，就发生了系统性失败。我认为这完全不可接受。
The reviews I've ordered will surely tell us more. But what already is apparent is that there was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential catastrophic breach of security. We need to learn from this episode and act quickly to fix the flaws in our system, because our security is at stake and lives are at stake. 我所下令的审查无疑会让我们了解得更多。但已然明显的是，人为失误与系统性失误交织在一起，共同导致了这次潜在的灾难性安全漏洞。我们必须从这一事件中汲取教训，并迅速采取行动修补我们制度中的缺陷，因为我们的安全岌岌可危，生命岌岌可危。
I fully understand that even when every person charged with ensuring our security does what they are trained to do, even when every system works exactly as intended there is still no one hundred percent guarantee of success. Yet, this should only compel us to work even harder, to be even more innovative and relentless in our efforts. 我充分理解，即便每一位负责保障我们安全的人员都恪尽其职，即便每一个系统都完全按照设计运行，也仍无法百分之百保证成功。然而，这只会促使我们更加努力，在我们的工作中更加创新、更加不懈。
As President I will do everything in my power to support the men and women in intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security to make sure they've got the tools and resources they need to keep America safe. But it's also my job to ensure that our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security systems and the people in them are working effectively and held accountable. I intend to fulfill that responsibility and insist on accountability at every level. 作为总统，我将竭尽所能支持情报、执法和国土安全领域的男女工作人员，确保他们拥有保护美国安全所需的工具和资源。但同时，确保我们的情报、执法和国土安全系统及其中的工作人员有效运作并接受问责，也是我的职责。我打算履行这一责任，并在各个层面坚持问责。
That's the spirit guiding our reviews into the attempted attack on Christmas Day. That's the spirit that will guide all our efforts in the days and years ahead. 正是这种精神指引着我们对圣诞日未遂袭击事件的审查。也正是这种精神，将指引我们在未来岁月里的一切努力。
Thank you very much. 非常感谢大家。
