据六名知情人士透露，由于视频通话遭遇技术故障，美国情报官员被迫推迟了一场备受瞩目的、面向选举官员的关于外国威胁的涉密简报会。
US intelligence officials had to postpone a much-anticipated classified briefing for election officials about foreign threats because the video call was plagued by technical difficulties, according to six people familiar with the matter.
消息人士称，来自全国各地的选举官员在距离选举日不到三周的短时间内重新安排了日程，结果在联邦官员周四未能让视频通话正常运行后，他们感到十分沮丧。
Election officials from across the country, who rearranged their schedules on short notice less than three weeks before Election Day, were left frustrated after federal officials were unable to get the video call to work on Thursday, the sources said.
据其中三名消息人士透露，此次简报会原本是2024年总统大选以来，州选举官员首次在涉密环境下听取联邦机构关于来自俄罗斯、伊朗和中国等外国势力的威胁环境的通报。
The briefing was set to be the first time since the 2024 presidential election that state election officials heard from federal agencies in a classified setting about the threat environment from foreign powers like Russia, Iran and China, according to three of the sources.
联邦调查局和国家情报总监办公室的官员计划主持此次简报会，而国土安全部的网络安全和基础设施安全局则理应协助促进这一进程。
Officials from the FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence planned to lead the briefing, while the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was supposed to help facilitate it.
“很高兴他们不负责运营选举，”一名熟悉此次通话的人士在谈到组织此次通话的联邦官员时说道。
“Glad they don’t run the election,” one person familiar with the call said, referring to the federal officials who organized the call.
据其中一位熟悉通话的消息人士称，发给选举官员的邀请函在简报会开始前几天才发出，并且一些想要获取简报会权限的选举官员未能如愿。
Invites to election officials went out just a couple days prior to the briefing, and some election officials who wanted to get access to the briefing were unable to, one of the sources familiar with the call said.
一位县选举主任表示，由于技术故障，他们的安全团队无法连接到简报会。另一州的选举官员表示，简报会在原定开始时间后大约15到30分钟“突然取消”，且联邦官员并未提供太多解释。
One county election director said their security team wasn’t able to connect to the briefing due to the technical difficulties. An election official in another state said the briefing was “abruptly cancelled” about 15 to 30 minutes after it was scheduled to begin, and that the federal officials didn’t offer much explanation.
美国有线电视新闻网已向主持此次流产简报会的三个联邦机构请求置评。
CNN has requested comment from all three federal agencies that hosted the aborted briefing.
这一失误发生之际，许多美国人已经在中期选举中投下了选票，且美国情报官员仍在继续监视俄罗斯和伊朗等外国势力在选民中挑拨离间的企图。
The mishap comes as many Americans have already cast their ballots in the midterm elections, and as US intelligence officials continue to monitor for attempts by foreign powers such as Russia and Iran to sow discord among voters.
至少有一名与美国线电视新闻网交谈的选举官员指出，此次简报会本应在多个选举办公室收到含有白色粉末的可疑信件的同一周举行。该事件目前正由联邦调查局进行调查，而周四的简报会与这些信件无关。
At least one election official who spoke to CNN pointed out that the briefing was supposed to take place the same week that multiple election offices received suspicious letters containing white powders. That matter is now under investigation by the FBI, and the briefing Thursday was unrelated to the letters.
三名消息人士称，组织周四简报会时的失误源于这样一个事实：第二届特朗普政府的联邦官员与选举官员就安全问题进行沟通的频率不如以往几届政府那样常规。
The blunders in organizing Thursday’s briefing stem from the fact that federal officials in the second Trump administration have not been in touch as regularly with election officials about security issues as in prior administrations, three of the sources said.
在第一届特朗普政府以及随后的拜登政府期间，联邦调查局、网络安全和基础设施安全局以及国家情报总监办公室定期向选举官员简要通报关于俄罗斯、伊朗和中国对中期选举和大选可能意图的最新情报。简报内容涵盖了黑客威胁、虚假信息以及源自这些国家和其他国家的其他活动。
In the first Trump administration and the Biden administration after, the FBI, CISA and ODNI regularly briefed election officials on the latest intelligence on Russia, Iran and China’s possible intentions toward the midterm and general elections. The briefings covered hacking threats, disinformation and other activity emanating from those nations and from others.
但第二届特朗普政府解散或缩减了几个负责抵御外国影响力行动的政府中心。该政府还解除了网络安全和基础设施安全局的选举安全工作，并解雇或重新调配了该机构的许多相关专家。在过去三个月中，特朗普政府已开始重建部分选举安全工作，同时继续搜寻支持总统关于普遍存在选举舞弊的虚假说法的证据。
But the second Trump administration disbanded or downsized several government centers that were tasked with repelling foreign influence operations. The administration also dismantled CISA’s election security work and fired or reassigned many of the agency’s experts on the subject. In the last three months, the Trump administration has begun to rebuild some of that election security work while continuing to pursue evidence that supports the president’s false claims of widespread election fraud.
美国有线电视新闻网此前报道称，今年6月，网络安全和基础设施安全局向国会表示，已指派新官员与州及地方民选官员建立“信任关系”。
In June, CISA told Congress that it had assigned new officials to build “trusted relationships” with state and local elected officials, CNN has reported.
上个月，国防部长皮特·海格塞斯签署了一份备忘录，指示军方捍卫美国中期选举免受外国干涉。备忘录中概述的活动在很大程度上是美国军方和情报机构在唐纳德·特朗普于2025年重返总统职位之前，为保护美国选举免受外国威胁而一直在做的事情。
Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo directing the military to defend the US midterm elections from foreign interference. The activities outlined in the memo are largely things that US military and spy agencies were doing to protect American elections from foreign threats prior to Donald Trump returning to the presidency in 2025.
特朗普还继续驳回或质疑过去关于俄罗斯和中国影响选举努力的美国情报。这些因素在现任和前任美国国家安全官员中引发了广泛担忧，即第二届特朗普政府并未将捍卫美国选举免受外国干预置于优先地位。
Trump has also continued to dismiss or question past US intelligence about Russian and Chinese efforts to influence elections. Those factors prompted widespread concern among current and former US national security officials that the second Trump administration was not prioritizing defending US elections from foreign meddling.