For the many people who live in countries without a free press or civil society, it can be the only source of information they have on this issue.

对于生活在没有自由媒体或公民社会的国家中的许多人，这份报告可能是他们了解这个问题的唯一信息来源。

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If just a few of the copycat organisations manage to provide useful information to the public, Assange's positive contribution to global civil society might be more widely acknowledged.

虽然这些山寨组织中仅有少部分打算为公众提供有用的信息，但阿桑奇对于全球化公民社会的积极贡献似乎获得了更广泛的认可。

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It takes years to establish well-functioning civil registration systems but there are interim measures that countries can use to gather information.

要建立完善的民事登记系统需数年的时间，但国家可以使用临时措施来采集信息。

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Now,as in those far-off Civil War days, getting information by the grapevine remains something of a game.

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"He has improved information-sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheld civil liberties, and he played a key role in our effort to update and reorient our intelligence community to meet the threats of our time."

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The BBC's Robert Peston says all four bidders were given erroneous information by civil servants.

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The process really started in 2006, when amendments to the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure allowed electronic information, such as spreadsheet, emails, audio and video clips, to be covered by the pre-trial discovery process.

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You can try for small penalties, but once outside the program, the IRS may assess the civil fraud penalty, information return penalties or even pursue criminal prosecution (although that has evidently not happened to anyone yet).

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