2026年3月31日 / 美国东部时间下午2:57 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿—— 美国国家档案与记录管理局总监察长得出结论，去年州长竞选期间新泽西州州长米基·谢里尔的大量未编辑军方档案被不当泄露，系人为失误所致，而非政治策划。这一结论平息了数月来的党派猜忌。
尽管根据1974年《隐私法》和《信息自由法》，谢里尔个人信息的泄露引发了担忧，但档案监管机构的调查人员发现，提交给国家档案与记录管理局的申请程序合规。他们得出结论，失误发生在后续环节：一名档案管理技术人员误发了档案，且未遵守既定规程。
谢里尔和其他资深民主党人曾暗示，这一事件带有其共和党对手与特朗普政府盟友勾结的痕迹——这一猜忌在新泽西州长竞选期间持续发酵。谢里尔最终击败共和党对手杰克·恰塔雷利，成功连任州长。
但调查发现，泄露档案并无政治动机。事件本质上是一次官僚管理失误。
代表恰塔雷利竞选团队的史密夫斐尔律师事务所律师马克·谢里丹表示：“我们自始至终都表明，恰塔雷利的竞选团队没有任何不当行为。如今，这一被新泽西州多数媒体上当的虚假‘特朗普所为’烟幕已被证伪，谢里尔州长应当坦诚公开她涉及海军学院作弊丑闻的相关记录。”
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻去年在竞选期间首次对谢里尔展开调查，起因是有人指控她卷入1994年海军学院丑闻，当时有超过100名海军候补生被指在考试中作弊。谢里尔告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，她并未被指控作弊，唯一的不当行为是没有举报同班同学。她未能参加毕业典礼，但最终顺利毕业并在美国海军服役。
当哥伦比亚广播公司新闻联系谢里尔的发言人时，对方未立即置评。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻今年早些时候根据《信息自由法》向国家档案与记录管理局提交申请，获取了此次调查结果。该调查结果证实了哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前的报道。
“调查期间未发现任何证据表明此次档案泄露存在政治动机，”调查报告写道。国家档案与记录管理局总监察长办公室是在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻去年独家报道该局将谢里尔的军事档案泄露给恰塔雷利的盟友尼古拉斯·德·格雷戈里奥数日后启动调查的。
泄露的文件包括谢里尔的社会安全号码、她及其父母的家庭住址、人寿保险信息、谢里尔的绩效评估，以及她与政府之间为保护机密信息签署的保密协议。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻去年的报道引发了政治轩然大波。谢里尔和恰塔雷利的竞选团队在竞选剩余时间内互相发起法律威胁和负面广告攻击。
政治竞选团队、反对研究机构和新闻机构通常会申请获取现任或前任服役人员参选公职者的军事档案，用于背景调查以及为选民提供更全面的信息。
调查得出结论，负责处理恰塔雷利盟友德·格雷戈里奥申请的档案管理技术人员本应通知其上级，将涉及国会议员的信息申请升级至更高层级审核。根据《信息自由法》的隐私豁免条款，该技术人员的姓名已被编辑。
这名技术人员向调查人员承认了失误，称其可能是“因分心未能完全专注于手头任务所致”。
“鉴于此次不当泄露的严重性，2025年12月16日，监管人员提议将该技术人员以‘玩忽职守’为由开除联邦公职，”调查报告显示。该技术人员自2015年左右起就在档案管理局工作，最终选择退休而非面临解雇。
事件发生后，国家档案与记录管理局表示已出台多项措施，以“提升敏感档案和《信息自由法》申请响应的可靠性与准确性”。该局开展了培训并制定了相关指令，以避免未来在处理人事档案时出现类似错误。
“我感谢总监察长彻底驳斥了谢里尔州长对我的虚假且可能构成诽谤的攻击。作为一名退伍军人，我提交《信息自由法》申请就是为了确认谢里尔州长是否在选民面前就其服役经历撒谎，”德·格雷戈里奥告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。他补充道：“我鼓励所有公民利用《信息自由法》监督我们当选官员的履职情况。
Inspector general’s report says human error, not political motive, to blame for release of Mikie Sherrill’s military records
March 31, 2026 / 2:57 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington— In a finding that puts to rest months of partisan suspicion, the inspector general for the National Archives and Records Administration concluded that the improper release of New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s largely unredacted military records during last year’s governor’s race was the result of human error, not political design.
While the disclosure of Sherrill’s personal information raised concerns because of the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Freedom of Information Act, investigators for the Archives’ watchdog found that the request submitted to the National Archives had been properly filed. The failure, they concluded, occurred later: an Archives technician released the records in error and did not adhere to established protocol.
Sherrill and other senior Democrats suggested the episode bore the hallmarks of coordination between her Republican opponent and Trump administration allies — a suspicion that lingered during the campaign for New Jersey governor. Sherill ultimately prevailed over Jack Ciattarelli, her GOP opponent.
But the inquiry found there were no political motivations for releasing the records. What emerged instead was a bureaucratic misstep.
“As we said all along, the Ciattarelli campaign did nothing wrong. Now that the phony ‘Trump did it’ smokescreen — which most of the NJ press corps fell for — has been proven false, Governor Sherrill should come clean and release the records about her involvement in the Naval Academy cheating the scandal,” said Mark Sheridan of the law firm Squire Patton Boggs, who represents Ciattarelli’s campaign.
CBS News originally began investigating Sherill during the campaign over accusations that she was involved in the 1994 Naval Academy scandal, where more than 100 midshipmen were implicated in cheating on an exam. Sherrill told CBS News that she was not accused of cheating and said her only involvement was not informing on her fellow classmates. She was prevented from walking during her graduation but did graduate and went onto serve in the U.S. Navy.
Contacted by CBS News, a spokesperson for Sherrill did not immediately comment.
CBS News obtained the results of the investigation after submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act to the National Archives earlier this year. The investigation confirms CBS News’ previous reporting.
“No evidence was developed during the investigation indicating the disclosure was politically motivated,” the investigation concluded. The Office of the Inspector General for the National Archives opened the investigation days after CBS News exclusively reported last year that the Archives had released Sherrill’s military records to Nicholas De Gregorio, a Ciattarelli ally.
The documents released included Sherrill’s Social Security number, home addresses for her and her parents, life insurance information, Sherrill’s performance evaluations and the nondisclosure agreement between her and the government to safeguard classified information.
CBS News’ report last year ignited a political uproar. Both Sherrill’s and Ciattarellli’s campaigns lobbed legal threats and negative ads at each other for the rest of the race.
Political campaigns, opposition research firms and news organizations often seek the military records of current or former service members running for elected office for both vetting purposes and to better inform voters.
The investigation concluded that the Archives technician assigned to handle the request from Ciattarelli’s associate, De Gregorio, should have notified his supervisor to escalate the request for a higher level of review, since the request for information involved a member of Congress. The name of the Archives technician is redacted because of privacy exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Archives technician admitted the mistake to investigators, saying it was likely “caused by being distracted and not focusing entirely on the task at hand.”
“Based on the gravity of the improper release, on December 16, 2025, supervisory staff proposed the Archives Technician for removal from Federal service for Neglect of Duty,” according to the investigation. The technician, who had worked at the Archives since about 2015, chose to retire rather than face termination.
After the incident, the National Archives said it instituted several practices to ensure “enhanced reliability and accuracy of response for sensitive record and FOIA requests,” according to the investigation. The Archives conducted training and implemented directives to avoid future similar errors in processing personnel records.
“I appreciate the Inspector General’s complete dismantling of Governor Sherrill’s false and potentially defamatory attacks against me. As a veteran myself, I filed a FOIA request to see if Governor Sherrill was lying to voters about her service,” De Gregorio told CBS News. He added, “I encourage all citizens to utilize FOIA to hold our elected officials accountable.
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