由于特朗普第二任预算削减和裁员, 中央情报局将在64年后结束《世界实况手册》。
The CIA is ending the World Factbook after 64 years due to budget cuts and staff reductions under Trump’s second term.
中央情报局宣布它将停止出版《世界实况手册》,这是1962年以来广泛使用的一个参考工具,提供了关于各国经济、军事、人口和基础设施的详细数据。
The Central Intelligence Agency has announced it will discontinue the World Factbook, a widely used reference tool since 1962 that provided detailed data on countries' economies, militaries, populations, and infrastructure.
它最初被归类为情报官员,在1970年代公开提供,1997年上网后每年吸引数百万次访问。
Originally classified for intelligence officers, it became publicly available in the 1970s and drew millions of annual visits after going online in 1997.
决定是根据中央情报局局长John Ratcliffe的一项指示作出的,即在特朗普总统第二任期的最初几个月,在中央情报局和国安局裁减人员的同时,将重点集中在核心任务上。
The decision follows a directive from CIA Director John Ratcliffe to focus on core missions amid staffing reductions at the CIA and NSA during the early months of President Trump’s second term.
该机构没有就关闭作出具体解释,也没有对评论请求作出答复,标志着60多年来公众接触资源的机会的结束。
The agency provided no specific explanation for the closure and did not respond to requests for comment, marking the end of over six decades of public access to the resource.