毁灭性的两年内战导致数十万人丧生、数百万人流离失所 维克利夫·穆亚 37分钟前 一名埃塞俄比亚裔美国公民已认罪，承认向埃塞俄比亚传递高度机密情报，其中包括他希望能帮助在该国2020年内战期间锁定并击毙武装分子的信息。
The devastating two-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions Wycliffe Muia 37 minutes ago An Ethiopian-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to passing highly classified intelligence to Ethiopia, including information he hoped would help target and kill fighters during the country's 2020 civil war.
美国司法部表示，前美国承包商亚伯拉罕·特克卢·莱马承认，在两年多的时间里向埃塞俄比亚高级官员共享了数十份机密文件和照片。
Abraham Teklu Lemma, a former US contractor, admitted sharing dozens of classified documents and photographs with senior Ethiopian officials over more than two years, the US Department of Justice said.
美国检察官珍妮·费里斯·皮罗说：“他这样做，背叛了誓言、同事和国家，同时危及了我们的国家安全。”
"In doing so, he betrayed his oath, his colleagues, and his country, while jeopardizing our national security," said US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
这名54岁的被告根据认罪协议面临最高22年监禁，定于明年4月宣判。
The 54-year-old faces up to 22 years in prison under a plea agreement, with sentencing scheduled for next April.
亚伯拉罕曾在国务院、司法部和国家侦察局担任承包商，该局负责美国情报卫星。
Abraham had worked as a contractor at the State Department, Justice Department and National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for US intelligence satellites.
检方称，亚伯拉罕在2021年至2023年8月被捕期间，与埃塞俄比亚政界、军界和情报界的高层人物合作。
Prosecutors said Abraham worked with senior figures in Ethiopia's political, military and intelligence establishments between 2021 and his arrest in August 2023.
他秘密将机密材料从安全的政府设施中带出，有时将敏感信息抄录在手写笔记上带出大楼。他利用IT管理员的职位提取电子情报文件。
He secretly removed classified material from secure government facilities, sometimes copying sensitive information into handwritten notes that he carried out of the buildings. He used his position as an IT administrator to extract electronic intelligence files.
检方称：“莱马与埃塞俄比亚政府分享的大量高度机密信息涉及埃塞俄比亚的一场武装冲突。”
"Much of the highly classified information Lemma shared with the Ethiopian government concerned an armed conflict in Ethiopia," prosecutors said.
这些信息包括卫星图像和军事活动详情，他通过加密消息传递给埃塞俄比亚官员。
The information included satellite imagery and details of military activities, which he passed to Ethiopian officials through encrypted messages.
联邦调查局表示，埃塞俄比亚官员随后在军事行动中使用了亚伯拉罕提供的情报。
The FBI said Ethiopian officials subsequently used intelligence supplied by Abraham in military operations.
检方称，他希望这些信息能帮助埃塞俄比亚军方识别并击毙准军事武装分子。
Prosecutors said he hoped the information would help Ethiopia's military identify and kill paramilitary fighters.
“Lemma 对美国进行了极其严重的背叛，”美国国家安全助理司法部长约翰·艾森伯格（John Eisenberg）说。
"Lemma betrayed the United States to an extraordinary degree," said John Eisenberg, the US assistant attorney general for national security.
法庭文件显示，2021年12月，他在给一名埃塞俄比亚官员的信息中写道：“我们必须彻底解决这些人，否则埃塞俄比亚永远不会有和平。”
In one message to an Ethiopian official in December 2021, he wrote: "We have to finish these people once and for all, otherwise there will never be peace in Ethiopia," court papers showed.
当天晚些时候，他又分享了更多情报，并敦促该官员：“请派遣无人机[Dro[nes]]。” 这些披露揭示了在一场导致数十万人丧生、数百万人流离失所的毁灭性内战期间，敏感的美国情报是如何被传递给埃塞俄比亚当局的。
Later that day, he shared further intelligence and urged the official: "Please send Dro[nes]." The revelations shed light on how sensitive American intelligence was passed to Ethiopian authorities during a devastating civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.
2023年8月，他在马里兰州被捕，此前当局对他处理机密情报的方式进行了调查。
He was arrested in Maryland in August 2023 following an investigation into his handling of classified intelligence.
当时，检方指控他从情报报告中移除安全标识，并将信息分享给一名外国情报官员。
At the time, prosecutors alleged that had removed security markings from intelligence reports and shared information with a foreign intelligence official.
在一次交流中，该官员请求他继续提供协助，Lemma 回复道：“收到！”美国检察官皮罗（Pirro）表示，亚伯拉罕滥用了其接触美国一些最敏感情报的权限。
In one exchange, the official asked him to continue providing assistance, to which Lemma replied: "Roger that!" Pirro, the US attorney, said Abraham had abused his access to some of America's most sensitive intelligence.
她指控他背叛了同事和国家，检方称他“将受到法律的最大程度起诉”。亚伯拉罕承认串谋向外国政府传递国防信息罪名成立。他的量刑定于2027年4月14日进行。
She accused him of betraying his colleagues and country with prosecutors saying he "will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law". Abraham pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit national defence information to a foreign government. His sentencing is scheduled for 14 April 2027.
这场持续两年的冲突始于2020年11月，交战双方为埃塞俄比亚联邦军队及其盟友与北部提格雷地区的武装人员。
The two-year conflict, which began in November 2020, pitted Ethiopian federal forces and their allies against fighters from the northern Tigray region.
该冲突伴随着大规模暴行指控，包括大屠杀、性暴力和针对平民的袭击。
It was marked by widespread allegations of atrocities, including massacres, sexual violence and attacks on civilians.
2022年11月签署的一项和平协议结束了主要战斗，尽管紧张局势和不安全感依然持续。
A peace agreement signed in November 2022 ended the main fighting, although tensions and insecurity have persisted.