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华盛顿讯——科罗拉多州民主党众议员杰森·克劳周日表示，他对比尔·普尔特尔担任特朗普政府的情报负责人感到担忧。
“我每天都更担心美国民众面临风险，因为我们的情报机构负责人能力不足，”克劳在接受《与玛格丽特·布伦南会面》节目采访时说道。
特朗普总统提名的代理国家情报总监于周五上任，此举在国会引发强烈反对。图尔西·加巴德于5月宣布辞去该职位后，特朗普表示将任命住房金融官员普尔特尔出任代理国家情报总监。但民主党人以及部分共和党人对这一任命提出质疑，理由是他缺乏国家安全领域的工作经验。
这一任命最终导致民主党人在本月早些时候反对延长一项无 warrant 海外监视项目。上周，参议院共和党领导人试图通过快速确认特朗普长期提名的国家情报总监杰伊·克莱顿来打破僵局，但特朗普突然宣布取消确认听证会。
除了缺乏国家安全经验外，民主党人还抨击普尔特尔在调查特朗普政治对手事件中扮演的角色。作为众议院情报委员会成员，克劳表示，“显然，我担心此人是一名政治打手，他最大的‘资质’就是对唐纳德·特朗普忠心耿耿，愿意出手对付特朗普的政敌。”但他更直接的担忧是美国民众的安全。
“这是一个非常重要的职位。该职位统领我国所有情报机构，根据法律，国会规定该职位的任职者必须具备丰富的情报工作经验，因为他们必须确保我们能够保护美国民众的安全，而这恰恰是比尔·普尔特尔无法做到的，”克劳说道。
自普尔特尔获提名以来，民主党人拒绝延长《外国情报监控法》第702条，该条款赋予情报机构监视海外目标的广泛权力，导致这项法律条款于本月早些时候失效。延长《外国情报监控法》第702条的谈判本已紧张，两党部分议员都呼吁设置更严格的监管限制，并认为该项目可以在无 warrant 的情况下监听美国民众的通信内容。情报官员表示，该项目对国家安全至关重要。
当被问及民主党人是否判断失误时，克劳表示“完全没有”。
“我知道这项项目有多重要，但我不愿以牺牲美国民众的宪法权利、隐私和基本公民自由为代价，换取该项目的临时延期，”克劳说道。“这正是本届政府要求我们做的事情。他们说，‘放弃你的宪法权利，放弃美国民众的权利和隐私，我们就能确保保护你们的安全。’”
克劳补充道：“本届政府有什么值得我们信任他们会遵守法律的地方？”
南卡罗来纳州共和党参议员林赛·格雷厄姆周日也出现在《与玛格丽特·布伦南会面》节目中，他表示他认为参议院共和党人确认克莱顿出任国家情报总监的计划“应该推进”，该计划本有望打破民主党在《外国情报监控法》第702条问题上的僵局。
“我认为克莱顿应该出任新一任国家情报总监，”他说道。
格雷厄姆表示，他周五与总统进行了四个多小时的会谈，他透露特朗普“被告知民主党人不会支持《外国情报监控法》重新授权，他因此愤怒地退出了协议”。
“马克·华纳告诉我，有足够的票数支持《外国情报监控法》重新授权，我敦促特朗普总统让克莱顿参加听证会，”格雷厄姆说道，他指的是参议院情报委员会民主党最高议员。
这位南卡罗来纳州共和党人表示，他告诉总统“任何在美国面临巨大危险之际叫停《外国情报监控法》的民主党人都犯了一个巨大的错误——特朗普政府这么做也是一样。”
“无论哪一方这么做，我们都是在玩火，”格雷厄姆说道。“美国需要《外国情报监控法》重新生效。”
Rep. Jason Crow says he’s worried “Americans are at risk” with Bill Pulte as acting DNI
June 21, 2026 / 1:46 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado said on Sunday he’s worried that “Americans are at risk” with Bill Pulte serving as the Trump administration’s intelligence chief.
“I’m just more worried day-to-day that Americans are at risk because we have someone who’s incompetent at the head of this agency,” Crow said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
President Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, who assumed the role on Friday, has sparked intense pushback in Congress. After Tulsi Gabbard announced in May that she would resign from the post, Mr. Trump said he would install Pulte, a housing finance official, as acting DNI. But Democrats, and some Republicans, questioned the selection due to his lack of national security experience.
The move ultimately prompted Democrats to oppose an extension of a warrantless overseas surveillance program earlier this month. And as Senate GOP leaders tried to bring an end to the impasse by moving to quickly confirm the president’s long-term pick for DNI — Jay Clayton — last week, the president abruptly called for the confirmation hearing to be canceled.
In addition to Pulte’s lack of national security experience, Democrats have railed against the pick for his role in investigations into Mr. Trump’s political foes. Crow, who serves on the House Intelligence Committee, said he’s “obviously concerned that this is somebody who’s a political attack dog, and his single biggest qualification is that he’s loyal to Donald Trump and is willing to go after Donald Trump’s enemies.” But he said more immediately, he’s concerned about Americans’ safety.
“This is a really important position. This sits atop our intelligence agencies, and by law, Congress mandated that this person have significant intelligence experience because they have to make sure that we’re keeping Americans safe, which is not what Bill Pulte is capable of doing,” Crow said.
Since Pulte’s selection, Democrats have declined to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which grants intelligence agencies broad authority to spy on overseas targets, causing the legal provision to expire earlier this month. Talks on extending FISA Section 702 were already strained, with some members of both parties pushing for stricter guardrails and arguing the program can scoop up Americans’ communications without a warrant. Intelligence officials say the program is essential to national security.
Asked whether Democrats have miscalculated, Crow said “not at all.”
“I know how important it is, but I’m unwilling to trade Americans’ constitutional rights, privacy and essential civil liberties for temporary extension to this program,” Crow said. “That’s what this administration is asking us to do. They say, ‘give up your constitutional rights, give up Americans’ rights and privacy, and we’ll just make sure we keep you protected.’”
Crow added, “what about this administration would give us confidence that they’re going to follow the law?”
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who also appeared on “Face the Nation” on Sunday, said he thinks Senate Republicans’ plan to confirm Clayton as director of national intelligence, which was poised to end the impasse with Democrats on Section 702, “should happen.”
“I think Clayton should be the new DNI,” he said.
Graham, who said he spent more than four hours with the president on Friday, outlined that Mr. Trump “was told that Democrats were not going to support FISA reauthorization, and he got mad and pulled out of the agreement.”
“They will, Mark Warner told me that there are enough votes to get FISA reauthorized, and I would urge President Trump to let Clayton testify,” Graham said, referring to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The South Carolina Republicans said he told the president “that any Democrat that shuts down FISA at a time of great peril for the United States is making a huge mistake — the same would be true of the Trump administration.”
“We’re playing with fire here, no matter what side does it,” Graham said. “America needs FISA up and running.”
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