一名联邦法官周三裁定，特朗普政府必须移交一份司法部（DOJ）备忘录，该备忘录在法律上授权五角大楼在加勒比海和太平洋实施致命船只打击。
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled the Trump administration must turn over a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that legally authorizes the Pentagon’s lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.
美国地区法官保罗·恩格尔迈耶在一份66页的意见书中驳回了政府为保密该文件提出的三项论据中的两项，要求政府在两周内提交备忘录供其机密审查。
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer rejected two of the administration’s three arguments to keep the document secret in a 66-page opinion, requiring that the government submit the memo within two weeks for his confidential review.
三个法律组织——美国公民自由联盟、纽约公民自由联盟和宪法权利中心——去年根据《信息自由法》提起诉讼，要求公开该备忘录及其他与这些打击相关的记录。
Three legal organizations — the American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights — filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year to demand the release of this memo and other records related to these strikes.
据《纽约时报》报道，来自司法部法律顾问办公室的这份备忘录据称超过40页，阐述了为这些打击提供正当性的法律标准。
The memo from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel is reportedly over 40 pages long, according to The New York Times, and addressed the legal standards justifying these strikes.
自2025年9月2日军事行动开始以来，加勒比海和东太平洋的至少70次船只打击已造成230多人死亡。
Over 230 people have been killed in at least 70 boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since the military campaign's start on Sept. 2, 2025.
特朗普总统为这些打击进行了辩护，称其为保卫美国免受非法毒品流入、瓦解西半球“毒品恐怖分子”网络的必要措施。
President Trump has defended the strikes as necessary measures to defend the U.S. from the flow of illicit drugs and dismantle “narco-terrorist” networks in the Western Hemisphere.
几位民主党议员对此提出异议，并指责特朗普和国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯下达了非法命令。
Several Democratic lawmakers have disputed this argument and accused Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of giving illegal orders.
在周三的意见书中，恩格尔迈耶驳回了政府基于决策过程特权和律师-委托人特权的论据，但未就总统通信特权主张是否证明保密该文件的决定合理作出裁决。
In his Wednesday opinion, Engelmayer rejected the administration’s arguments of deliberative process and attorney-client privileges, but he did not rule on whether the claim to presidential communications privilege justifies the decision to keep this document secret.
法官指出，总统特权保护总司令及其高级顾问的机密决策，不同于其他两项论据，它源于宪法而非普通法。恩格尔迈耶的裁决并不一定意味着整份司法部备忘录将被公开。
The judge noted that the presidential privilege, which protects the confidential decision-making of the commander-in-chief and his senior advisers, differs from the other two arguments in that it originates from the constitution, not common law. Engelmayer’s ruling does not necessarily mean that the entire DOJ memo will be made public.
审查程序将允许法官确定文件中有多少内容受到保护。《国会山报》已联系司法部置评。
The review process would allow the judge to determine how much of the document is protected. The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment.