据三位知情人士透露，联邦调查局（FBI）领导层撤换了两名反恐部门负责人，原因是他们对两人在调查针对白宫高级助手斯蒂芬·米勒（Stephen Miller）妻子的所谓威胁电话一事上的表现感到不满。
FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller’s wife, said three people familiar with the matter.
据这些人士称，FBI华盛顿外勤办事处反恐部门（负责中东威胁）的负责人及其副手已于周五被降职并调往局总部。
The head of the FBI Washington Field Office’s counterterrorism division — which is responsible for Middle East threats — and his deputy were both demoted and sent to bureau headquarters Friday, said the individuals.
这些知情人士在匿名受访时表示，该局华盛顿地区负责人达伦·考克斯（Darren Cox）下达此命令，源于米勒一家对该外勤办事处在调查知名保守派播客主持人凯蒂·米勒（Katie Miller）所接到的所谓骚扰电话留言时进展缓慢感到不满。
The orders from the bureau’s DC chief Darren Cox stemmed from frustration shared by the Miller family that the field office was moving slowly in probing allegedly harassing phone messages left with prominent conservative podcaster, Katie Miller, added the people, who spoke anonymously to avoid retaliation.
其中几位知情人士还表示，局长卡什·帕特尔（Kash Patel）也对该办事处在此案上的进展表示不满。
Several of the individuals said Director Kash Patel was also displeased with the office’s progress on the case.
特别探员迈克尔·伯格瓦尔德（Michael Burgwald）和助理特别探员考特兰·雷（Courtland Rae）并未像其他几位与帕特尔意见不合的FBI官员和探员那样被解雇。然而，前执法官员表示，此次调职意味着该办事处损失了在与伊朗对抗期间积累的数十年宝贵反恐经验，而该办事处对于美国打击来自该地区的暴力极端主义至关重要。
Special Agent in Charge Michael Burgwald and Assistant SAC Courtland Rae, weren’t fired as was the fate of multiple other FBI officials and agents who got crosswise with Patel. Still, the reassignments represent a loss of decades of highly regarded counterterrorism experience during the war with Iran from an office critical to US efforts combatting violent extremism from that region, said former law enforcement officials.
伯格瓦尔德是西点军校毕业生，他和雷在过去二十年中都曾担任要职，并获得过司法部长奖。雷曾负责监督FBI对2013年波士顿马拉松爆炸案的响应工作。
Both Burgwald, a West Point graduate, and Rae have served in high-profile posts in which they received attorney general’s awards over the past two decades. Rae supervised the FBI’s response to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.
目前尚不清楚考克斯是将伯格瓦尔德和雷调离华盛顿外勤办事处是其个人决定，还是应帕特尔或米勒一家的明确要求。
It’s unclear if Cox acted on his own or at the explicit demand of Patel or the Miller family in ousting Burgwald and Rae from the Washington Field Office.
FBI发言人未立即置评。白宫发言人未立即回应置评请求。记者未能联系到伯格瓦尔德和雷。
An FBI spokesman didn’t immediately provide a comment. White House spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Attempts to reach Burgwald and Rae were unsuccessful.
米勒一家和他们年幼的孩子去年秋天从阿灵顿的家中搬进了军属住房，当时执法部门正在调查针对该家庭的抗议活动，米勒一家认为这些活动构成了刑事威胁。
The Millers and their young children moved from their Arlington home into military housing last fall while law enforcement was investigating protest activity targeting the family, which the Millers viewed as criminal threats.