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据两名知情人士透露，在上周举行的一场机密国会听证会上，两小时内，共和党参议员和民主党参议员越来越感到恼怒，因为联邦调查局（FBI）、国家安全局（NSA）及其他机构的官员拒绝透露特朗普政府是否希望国会续签一项即将到期的强力外国监控法律。
该法律是《外国情报监视法》（FISA）第702条，允许经授权的美国官员收集外国目标的电话和短信，但在此过程中也可能获取美国人的数据。
这一事实令左右两派的一些人士感到不满，但由于普遍认为它是必要的国家安全工具，该法律尚未被终止。
然而，特朗普政府近期的回避回答，让一些议员对政府的国家安全政策优先事项深感担忧，以及是否唐纳德·特朗普总统对国家安全机构的报复性推动优先于一项核心国家安全计划。
这场听证会本应是美国官员敦促国会续签2008年法律的例行环节。多年来，高级国家安全官员表示，第702条对阻止恐怖袭击、阻止芬太尼流入美国以及阻止对关键基础设施的勒索软件攻击至关重要。
但特朗普及其盟友长期以来一直抨击《外国情报监视法》是针对其政治竞选活动和一些政治盟友的工具。联邦调查局也承认滥用了第702条，包括在2021年1月6日美国国会山骚乱的嫌疑人以及2020年警察杀害乔治·弗洛伊德后的抗议者中进行搜索。
联邦调查局拒绝对此报道置评。白宫和国家情报局局长办公室未回应置评请求。
第702条在续签前面临诸多障碍。2024年，众议院在隐私措施的争议中多次尝试投票重新授权该法律。
知情人士告诉CNN，最近的参议院情报委员会听证会显示，共和党人敦促特朗普政府对该监视工具表明立场。
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该委员会主席、共和党国家安全鹰派人士阿肯色州参议员汤姆·科顿（Tom Cotton）向机构代表施压，要求其表明官方立场，并指出对部分国会议员而言，重新授权该法律是一项艰难的投票。得克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁（John Cornyn）试图通过多种方式从作证官员那里套取答案，但最终未能得到答复。
科顿的发言人在一份声明中表示：”科顿主席不对闭门的参议院情报委员会（SSCI）听证会发表评论，但他始终欢迎政府就任何事项发表意见。”
该委员会的民主党高级成员马克·华纳（Mark Warner）参议员告诉CNN：”第702条一直得到两党历届政府的支持，是一项关键的国家安全工具。距离其到期仅剩两个月，本届政府缺乏任何立场或策略，简直是失职。”
在确认听证会上，联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）和国家情报局局长图尔西·加巴德（Tulsi Gabbard）均表示支持第702条（加巴德作为国会议员之前对该法律的反对曾有危及她获得共和党人支持的提名风险）。
帕特尔告诉议员们，通过《外国情报监视法》收集的情报帮助营救了在海外的美国人质。
“对我而言，问题不在于《外国情报监视法》和第702条，而在于过去在政府任职期间滥用该法律的那些人，”帕特尔在2025年1月的确认听证会上回应科宁的提问时表示，”因此，我们必须与国会合作，为美国公民提供必要的保护。”
在联邦调查局滥用第702条之后，该局收紧了对数据库搜索的限制。科宁等议员曾吹捧第702条改革，例如增加针对涉及美国公民的《外国情报监视法》违规行为的处罚。
尽管如此，这项监控法律在国会仍是激烈辩论的焦点，新的改革法案可能在4月到期前被提出。
前国家安全局总法律顾问格伦·格斯特尔（Glenn Gerstell）告诉CNN：”第702条是国家安全领域中迄今为止最重要的单一行动性法律。”
格斯特尔表示，他担心对该法律的改革可能过度限制了官员搜索数据库的能力。
“也许我们会错过某些东西，也许是关于恐怖分子计划的某个线索，”他说，”特朗普政府和国会应该好好审视最近的改革措施的实施效果，进行必要的调整——并全面永久地重新授权该法律。”
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Classified hearing erupted in frustration as officials refused to say whether Trump wants to renew powerful surveillance law
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For two hours inside a classified Congressional hearing last week, Republican and Democrat Senators grew increasingly exasperated as officials from the FBI, the National Security Agency and other agencies refused to say whether the Trump administration wants Congress to renew a powerful foreign surveillance law that is expiring soon, according to two people briefed on the hearing.
That law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allows authorized US officials to gather phone calls and text messages of foreign targets, but can also scoop up the data of Americans in the process.
That is a fact that irks some on the political left and right, but has yet to stop a renewal because of the widespread understanding that it’s a necessary national security tool.
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The recent lack of answers from the Trump administration, however, has left some lawmakers with deep concerns about the administration’s national security policy priorities, and whether President Donald Trump’s push for retribution against the national security establishment is taking precedence over a core national security program.
The hearing should have been a routine stop for US officials to urge Congress to renew the 2008 statute. Senior national security officials have for years said Section 702 is critical to thwarting terror attacks, stemming the flow of fentanyl into the US and stopping ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure.
But Trump and his allies have long railed against FISA as a tool used to target his political campaigns and some of his political allies. And the FBI has admitted to misusing Section 702, including through the search for information on suspects in the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot and people arrested at 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd.
The FBI declined to comment for this story. The White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Section 702 has faced many obstacles to renewal before. It took the House of Representatives multiple tries to vote to reauthorize the statute in 2024 amid a fight over privacy measures.
The recent Senate intelligence committee hearing showed Republicans urging the Trump administration to take a stance on the surveillance tool, the people briefed told CNN.
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Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, the Republican national security hawk who chairs the committee, pushed the agency representatives to take an official position, noting that for some members of Congress reauthorizing the law is a tough vote. Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas expressed frustration as he tried multiple ways to squeeze an answer from the officials testifying, but ultimately could not get an answer, according to the people briefed.
“Chairman Cotton does not comment on closed SSCI hearings, but he always welcomes the administration’s views on any matter,” a Cotton spokesperson said in a statement.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the committee, told CNN: “Section 702 has been upheld by successive administrations from both parties as a critical national security tool. With just two months until it expires, the absence of any position or strategy from this administration is nothing short of a dereliction of duty.”
In their confirmation hearings, FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard expressed support for Section 702. (Gabbard’s previous opposition to the statute as a congresswoman risked imperiling her nomination with Republicans).
Patel told lawmakers intelligence collected through FISA helped rescue American hostages overseas.
“The issue for me is not with FISA and 702. The issue has been those that have been in government service and abused it in the past,” Patel said during his January 2025 confirmation hearing in response to questions from Cornyn. “So we must work with Congress to provide the protections necessary for American citizens.”
Following FBI abuses of Section 702, the bureau tightened restrictions on searches of the database. Lawmakers like Cornyn have touted Section 702 reforms like increased penalties for FISA violations involving a US person.
Still, the surveillance law remains a point of heated debate in Congress, where new bills to reform the statute could be introduced prior to its lapse in April.
Section 702 is “by far the more important single operational statute in the national security area,” Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel of the NSA, told CNN.
Gerstell said he was concerned that reforms to the statute may have gone too far in restricting officials’ ability to search the database.
“Maybe we’ll miss something, perhaps some hint about a terrorist’s plans,” he said. “The Trump administration and Congress should take a good look at how well the recent reforms appear to have worked, make any tweaks necessary – and fully and permanently reauthorize the statute.”
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