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MPs seek to censor the media议会议员寻求媒体审查Britains security agencies and police would be given unprecedented and legally binding powers to ban the media from reporting matters of national security, under proposals being discussed in Whitehall.英国安全机构和警察将获得前所未有的和具有法律约束力的权力,以禁止媒体报道有关国家安全的事件,这一方案目前正在白厅的讨论之中。The Intelligence and Security Committee, the parliamentary watchdog of the intelligence and security agencies which has a cross-party membership from both Houses, wants to press ministers to introduce legislation that would prevent news outlets from reporting stories deemed by the Government to be against the interests of national security.情报和安全委员会,情报和安全委员会的议会监督部门,参众两院的两党成员,希望新闻部长能够将这一提案提交给立法机构以阻止新闻媒体报道那些被政府认为对国家安全的利益产生了损害的事件。The committee also wants to censor reporting of police operations that are deemed to have implications for national security. The ISC is to recommend in its next report, out at the end of the year, that a commission be set up to look into its plans, according to senior Whitehall sources.委员会还希望审查那些被认为影响到了国家安全的警方行动的报道。据某些英国政府的高级官员称，ISC准备在在下次报告中建议,能够在今年年底,成立一个委员会来调查这些计划,。The ISC holds huge clout within Whitehall. It receives secret briefings from MI5, MI6 and GCHQ and is highly influential in forming government policy. Kim Howells, a respected former Foreign Office minister, was recently appointed its chairman. Under the existing voluntary code of conduct, known as the DA-Notice system, the Government can request that the media does not report a story. However, the committees members are particularly worried about leaks, which, they believe, could derail investigations and the reporting of which needs to be banned by legislation.ISC在白厅拥有着巨大的影响力。它接收来自军情五处,军情六处和GCHQ的秘密简报,这形成政府政策亦有很大的影响力。金豪厄尔斯,一位非常受尊敬的前外交部部长,最近被任命为了ISC的主席。而根据现有的自愿行为准则,即被称之为国防告诫系统,政府可以要求媒体不去报道一个事件。然而,委员会的成员们尤其担心泄密,因为他们相信,这些报道可能会破坏调查过程并且需要被立法禁止。Civil liberties groups say these restrictions would be very dangerous and damaging for public accountability. They also point out that censoring jou