他给内政部长打了个电话，结果你看，不到一个小时囚犯就给释放了。

He called the minister of the interior and, lo and behold, within about an hour, the prisoners were released.

前内政部长查尔斯·帕斯夸因卷入安哥拉非法军火交易，本周被判一年监禁(缓刑两年)。

A former interior minister, Charles Pasqua, was this week sentenced to a year in prison (and a suspended sentence of two years) for involvement in arms trafficking to Angola.

第二天，他的内政部长就此道歉并承认没有选好时机，却认为那份声明仅仅是例行公事。

The next day his minister of interior apologised, conceding that the timing was unfortunate, but said that the announcement was merely a “routine, technical” step.

内政部长约翰·里德，估计MI5 -军情五处，MI6 -军情六处和警察总共发现了大约20起类似的阴谋。

John Reid, the home secretary, reckons that in total around 20 such conspiracies have been discovered by MI5, the domestic intelligence service, MI6, the foreign intelligence service, and the police.

新内政部长赫尔曼·巴尔加斯•列加斯撤消了他前任的一项法案，这个法案本将终结总检察长的独立性。

German Vargas Lleras, the new interior minister, withdrew a bill presented by his predecessor that would have ended the independence of the attorney-general.