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华盛顿 —— 参议院周二以党派路线投票结果确认杰伊·克莱顿领导美国情报机构，此次投票或为解开一项已失效超过六周的关键监控授权法案的僵局铺平道路。
参议院以51票赞成、47票反对的投票结果任命克莱顿为国家情报总监。他将接替比尔·普尔特尔，后者是一名饱受争议的住房官员，此前没有情报工作经验，由特朗普总统临时任命担任该职位。这一任命导致民主党退出了两党重新授权一项名为《外国情报监控法》第702条的无证间谍工具的协议。
“我希望这将促使我的同事们停止阻挠重新授权《外国情报监控法》，”参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党议员约翰·图恩周一在参议院发言时表示。
民主党最初对任命克莱顿持赞赏态度，他此前不久还担任曼哈顿联邦检察官。特朗普在6月中旬该条款即将到期前数小时宣布了这一提名，共和党人随即迅速推进确认程序，试图打破这一间谍授权法案的僵局。但在上月原定举行的确认听证会前不久，特朗普打乱了这些计划，令共和党人措手不及。
克莱顿于7月15日出席参议院情报委员会听证会，比原计划晚了约一个月。在听证会上，他拒绝直接表态前总统乔·拜登赢得了2020年大选，这激怒了民主党人。克莱顿多次表示拜登已被“认证”为总统。
弗吉尼亚州参议员、参议院情报委员会资深民主党议员马克·华纳周二在一份声明中表示，克莱顿“现在有机会——也有责任——证明情报永远不会被塑造成迎合政治叙事的工具”。
“我认识杰伊并与他共事多年，最初他被提名担任国家情报总监一职时，我深受鼓舞。不幸的是，从他的确认程序中，我对他是否愿意在关键时刻顶住政治压力产生了严重疑虑，”华纳说。“如今他已获得确认，我真诚希望他能证明这些担忧是多余的，因为情报界理应获得比近几个月来更稳定的领导。”
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即便克莱顿获得确认，这项间谍监控法规的延期条款仍可能继续失效一段时间。参议院预计将在下周前保持例会，预计9月14日之前不会复会。众议院已进入为期五周的休会期，预计8月31日返回华盛顿。
Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Trump’s next intelligence chief
July 28, 2026 / 7:26 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jay Clayton to lead the nation’s intelligence agencies in a party-line vote that could be the key to unlock a path forward on a key surveillance authority that lapsed more than six weeks ago.
The Senate voted 51 to 47 to install Clayton as director of national intelligence. He replaces Bill Pulte, a controversial housing official with no intelligence experience whom President Trump appointed to the role temporarily. The appointment led Democrats to walk away from a bipartisan deal to reauthorize a warrantless spy tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
“I hope this will encourage my colleagues to stop blocking reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said Monday on the Senate floor.
Democrats initially praised the selection of Clayton, who was until recently the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, to oversee the intelligence community. Mr. Trump announced the pick just hours before Section 702 was set to expire in mid-June, and Republicans moved quickly to confirm him as they tried to break the stalemate on the spy authority. But Mr. Trump upended those plans shortly before he was set to appear for his confirmation hearing last month, surprising Republicans.
Clayton appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee — about a month later than originally planned — on July 15, where he declined to say outright that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, angering Democrats. Clayton repeatedly said Biden was “certified” as the president.
In a statement Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Clayton “now has an opportunity — and the responsibility — to demonstrate that intelligence will never be shaped to fit a political narrative.”
“Having known and worked with Jay for years, I was encouraged when he was first nominated for the position of DNI. Unfortunately, I came away from his confirmation process with serious reservations about whether he would be willing to stand up to political pressure when it matters most,” Warner said. “Now that he has been confirmed, I sincerely hope he proves those concerns unfounded, because the Intelligence Community deserves steadier leadership than it has received in recent months.”
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Even with Clayton confirmed, an extension of the spy statute is likely to remain lapsed for a while longer. The Senate is scheduled to be in town through next week and isn’t expected to return before Sept. 14. The House is already on a five-week recess and is scheduled to be back in Washington on Aug. 31.
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