2026年6月18日 美国东部时间10:33 / 福克斯新闻
参议员汤姆·蒂利斯称特朗普正让《外国情报监控法》第702条的延期“几乎无望”
作者：亚历克斯·米勒，福克斯新闻
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参议院原本即将解决重启美国最宝贵反恐工具的关键障碍，却被唐纳德·特朗普总统全盘推翻。
参议院推进《外国情报监控法》第702条延期的进程在最后关头遭遇挫折，而就在几天前，美国国内一起恐怖袭击阴谋在华盛顿特区被挫败。
该项目的支持者和批评者均表示，它对挫败境外恐怖袭击至关重要，同时也是联邦调查局大量使用的工具。上周末，该局挫败了一起计划使用装载炸弹的无人机和狙击手，在特朗普举办的终极格斗冠军赛（UFC）生日派对上可能造成数千人死亡的阴谋。
参议院原本即将确认特朗普提名的下一任国家情报总监杰伊·克莱顿，以此向第702条延期迈出关键一步，但特朗普在最后时刻决定取消克莱顿的确认听证会，彻底叫停了所有进展。
情报项目因挫败泰勒·斯威夫特恐袭阴谋而备受关注，即将到期
唐纳德·特朗普总统坐在达纳·怀特和第一夫人之间。（埃文·武奇/路透社）
“就维护国家安全而言，这是最重要的项目，让克莱顿入职情报部门本可以消除该项目延期的一个障碍，”缅因州无党派参议员安格斯·金表示，“我不确定，我认为总统此举是个错误，希望他能改变主意。”
长期以来，《外国情报监控法》延期一直是国会山基于政策的议题。简单来说，第702条项目允许美国政府收集境外外国人使用美国通信系统的情报，也是特朗普每日情报简报的重要组成部分。
但该项目也会顺带收集到与外国嫌疑人通话的美国民众的通信内容，推动改革的支持者认为，该项目存在的漏洞允许对美国境内的美国人进行监视。
但如今，这一议题在国会山演变成了激烈的政治问题——数周前，特朗普提名其住房事务主任比尔·普尔特担任临时国家情报总监时，民主党人就表示反对。而他提名克莱顿被视为重启谈判的友好姿态。
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如今议员们表示，在特朗普叫停克莱顿的确认听证会，并要求将其《拯救美国法案》附加到无关法案后，他们又回到了起点。
“这就是为什么我主张必须进行永久性改革，因为你不能指望这些人长期留任，我们今天看到的就是这样，”俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登表示，“我是委员会任职时间最长的成员，从未见过类似的情况。”
北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯认为，特朗普当前的立场是“加码施压”。
“我的意思是，他正在让第702条延期几乎无望，”蒂利斯说，“但他必须清楚自己正在这么做。在普尔特提名公布前，我们已经接近达成目标。克莱顿提名公布后，我们重回正轨。现在我们又回到了原点。”
参议院民主党人对最新进展感到愤怒，辩称特朗普根本不在乎国家安全。
共和党人质疑特朗普“私人资助”的宴会厅，此前报道称该项目将由纳税人承担费用
2025年12月17日，密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特在参议院军事委员会就委内瑞拉船只袭击事件举行闭门简报会后，在国会山向记者发表讲话。（希瑟·迪尔/盖蒂图片社）
“听着，特朗普 overnight的行动清楚表明，他正在破坏我们的国家安全，”参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默表示，“他根本不在乎美国人民的安全，这是显而易见的。他采取的每一项行动都是为了自己荒谬的、有时甚至难以理解的政治动机，而削弱了我们的安全。”
原本仅基于政策就已棘手的议题，如今演变成了一场政治混战，各方互相攻击、招架、重拳出击，严重阻碍了进程。
一些共和党人认为，是民主党人将议题政治化，应对当前局面负责。
“他们只是在找别的理由推卸责任，但——现在主动权在他们手中，但无疑有很多重要问题岌岌可危，”密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特说道。
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一些隐私保护强硬派并不认为当前局势完全是一团糟。
尽管目前等待审议的折中三年期延期法案，如果时机成熟且政治风暴平息，就能获得通过，但一些议员希望借此机会推动更多改革，并将此次推迟视为契机。
“至少我欢迎这个机会，能够废除那些荒谬的条款，比如只要你的住宅或建筑有Wi-Fi，就可能成为《外国情报监控法》监管的服务提供商，”密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利说道，“这到底是什么？”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
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Sen Thom Tillis says Trump is ‘putting 702 reauthorization almost out of reach’ with his latest move
By Alex Miller, Fox News
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The Senate was nearing a resolution to a key hurdle to revive the nation’s most valuable counterterrorism tool, until President Donald Trump blew it up.
The last-minute wrench into the Senate’s march toward reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) comes just days after a domestic terror plot was foiled in Washington, D.C.
It’s a program that its champions and critics say is critical to thwarting terror plots abroad, and one heavily used by the FBI, which over the weekend foiled a plan to use bomb-laden drones and snipers to potentially kill thousands at Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) birthday celebration.
The Senate was on its way to confirming Trump’s pick to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Jay Clayton, in a bid to get one step closer to reauthorizing Section 702, but Trump’s eleventh-hour decision to call off Clayton’s confirmation hearing halted all momentum.
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“It is the single most important program in terms of maintaining national security, and putting Mr. Clayton into the Department would have eliminated an obstacle for having that happen,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said. “I’m not sure. I think it’s a mistake for the president to have done this, and hopefully, he’ll change his mind.”
FISA reauthorization has long been a policy-based issue on the Hill. Boiled down, the Section 702 program allows the U.S. government to collect intelligence on foreigners abroad who are using U.S. communication systems, and it serves as a major part of Trump’s daily intelligence briefing.
But it also sweeps up communications from Americans who are talking to foreign suspects, and proponents pushing reforms argue that loopholes in the program allow for the surveillance of Americans on U.S. soil.
But it’s now morphed into a deeply political issue on the Hill — Democrats recoiled weeks ago when Trump tapped his Housing director, Bill Pulte, to serve in the interim as DNI. His nomination of Clayton was seen as an olive branch to restart talks.
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Now lawmakers say they’re back at the starting line after Trump halted Clayton’s confirmation hearing and demanded that his SAVE America Act be attached to the unrelated bill.
“This is why I’m making the case you have to have permanent reform, because you can’t count on any of these people to be there for a very long time, and that’s what we saw today,” Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said. “I’m the longest serving member on the committee, and I have never seen anything quite like this.”
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., contended that Trump’s current position is to “up the ante.”
“I mean, he’s putting 702 [reauthorization] almost out of reach,” Tillis said. “But he’s got to consciously recognize he’s doing that. We were close before the Pulte announcement. We were back on the right track with the Clayton announcement. Now we’re back to square one.”
Senate Democrats raged at the latest development, and argued that Trump couldn’t care less about the nation’s security.
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“Look, Trump’s actions overnight make it clear he is undermining our national security,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. “He doesn’t give a damn about the American people’s safety, plain and simple. And every action he takes undercuts our safety for his own ridiculous, sometimes even indiscernible political motivation.”
What was already a difficult issue based on policy alone has turned into a political slugfest with jabs, parries and haymakers dealing stiff blows to the process.
Some Republicans believe that Democrats made the issue political and own the current situation.
“They’re just looking for some other reason to pin the tail on the donkey here, but it’s sort of — the ball’s in their court, but a lot of important issues at stake for sure,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said.
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Some privacy hawks don’t see the current situation as entirely doom and gloom.
While the current compromise three-year reauthorization waiting in the wings can pass if the stars align and the political firestorm abates, there are lawmakers that want another bite at the apple to push for more reforms and see the delay as an opportunity.
“I welcome the opportunity to, at the very least, to get rid of ridiculous provisions that say that, you know, if you have Wi-Fi in your home or building, that they may then be a FISA obligated provider,” Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said. “I mean, what in the world?”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.