《华尔街日报》审阅的一封信显示，民主党参议员要求埃隆·马斯克保留所有与SpaceX限制乌克兰使用其星链和星盾卫星服务相关的记录。
Democratic senators have told Elon Musk to preserve all records related to SpaceX’s restrictions on Ukraine’s use of its Starlink and Starshield satellite services, according to a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
民主党计划在1月掌控国会后，对政府处理乌克兰战争的方式展开一系列调查。此前，上周举行了中期选举。
Democrats plan to launch a series of investigations into the administration’s handling of the Ukraine war when they take control of Congress in January, following last week’s midterm elections.
信中指出，10月13日至24日以及11月12日再次出现服务中断，这些中断阻碍了乌克兰军事行动。《华尔街日报》此前报道，马斯克在10月下令减慢星链速度，随后特朗普总统致电他，要求他解除限制。乌克兰严重依赖星链网络的民用和军用版本，来瞄准莫斯科的军事目标，并抵御俄罗斯的导弹和无人机袭击。SpaceX否认本周对乌克兰访问其系统实施了任何限制。
The letter pointed to service disruptions between Oct. 13 and 24, and again on Nov. 12 that have hampered Ukrainian military operations. Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown in October, before President Trump later called him and asked him to lift it, The Journal previously reported. Ukraine relies heavily on both the civilian and military-grade versions of Starlink networks to target Moscow’s military and defend against Russian missile and drone barrages. SpaceX has denied that there have been any restrictions imposed on Ukraine’s access to its systems this week.
“10月和11月的限制现在引发了一个令人不安的可能性，即这些漏洞甚至存在于美国政府依赖的系统之中，”参议员珍妮·沙欣（民主党-新罕布什尔州）和克里斯·库恩斯（民主党-特拉华州）在致马斯克的信中写道。
“The October and November restrictions now raise the disturbing possibility that these vulnerabilities persist even within systems on which the U.S. government relies,” wrote Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D., N.H.) and Chris Coons (D., Del.) in the letter to Musk.
库恩斯预计将在新一届国会担任参议院外交关系委员会主席。沙欣是该委员会的首席民主党议员，她将在本届任期结束时退休。SpaceX的一位发言人未回应置评请求。
Coons is expected to be the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the new Congress. Shaheen is the ranking Democrat on the committee, and is retiring at the end of this term. A spokesperson for SpaceX didn’t respond to a request for comment.
随着战争接近第五个年头，双方伤亡不断增加，俄罗斯近几个月来加强了对乌克兰民用基础设施的攻击。信中称，在10月的中断期间，俄罗斯对乌克兰发动了近4000次打击。特朗普为达成和平协议所做的努力，包括本周在阿布扎比举行的一轮美国斡旋的两国会谈，迄今尚未取得重大突破。
Russia in recent months has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure as the war approaches its fifth anniversary with mounting casualties on both sides. During the disruption in October, Russia launched nearly 4,000 strikes on Ukraine, the letter said. Trump’s efforts to secure a peace deal, including a round of U.S.-brokered talks between the countries in Abu Dhabi this week, have so far failed to yield major breakthroughs.
马斯克在乌克兰无人机袭击俄罗斯炼油厂引发的公开争吵几天后，下令实施最初的速度限制。特朗普警告乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基“最好他妈的停止”。马斯克在X平台上回复白宫发布的该言论视频的社交媒体帖子中写道：“泽连斯基走得太远了。”乌克兰的一些军事装备，包括无人机和拦截导弹，需要高速星链连接才能运行，因此速度限制显著削弱了它们打击俄军及防御俄军攻击的能力。
Musk had ordered the initial speed cap days after a public fight over Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, which Trump warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “better damn well stop.”Musk replied on X to a White House video of the remarks in a social-media post: “Zelensky has gone too far.”Some of Ukraine’s military equipment, including unmanned drones and interceptors, require high speed Starlink connections to operate, so speed caps significantly inhibit their ability to strike Russian forces and defend against Russian attacks.
在信中，沙欣和昆斯表示，SpaceX对乌克兰卫星服务的限速引发了关于SpaceX对国家安全通信渠道控制的“严重问题”，并批评该法案的“非透明决策”。他们要求马斯克说明，是否有SpaceX以外的人授权了这些限制。
In the letter, Shaheen and Coons said the throttling of SpaceX’s satellite services to Ukraine raised “serious questions about the control SpaceX has” over national security communications channels and criticized the act’s “opaque decision-making.”They asked Musk to say whether anyone outside of SpaceX had authorized the caps.
信中包括立法者要求提供自9月1日起SpaceX大量记录的要求，包括所有与乌克兰的星链和星盾相关的通信，以及马斯克、SpaceX高管与白宫和五角大楼之间的通信。
The letter included lawmakers’ demands for swaths of SpaceX’s records since Sept. 1, including all communications related to Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine as well as communications between Musk, SpaceX executives and the White House and Pentagon.
马斯克和政府官员在10月就谁授权了卫星限制发表了相互矛盾的言论。马斯克表示，这些限制是特朗普指示的。特朗普说，“不是我，我也不认为是埃隆。”国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥称，白宫下令中断的说法“完全不实”。中断与美国人员在乌克兰首都空袭期间难以抵达指定避难所的报道同时发生。信中称，在乌克兰的国会工作人员亲眼目睹了中断的影响。
Musk and administration officials offered contradictory statements in October about who had authorized the satellite restrictions. Musk said the limits were directed by Trump. Trump said, “it wasn’t me, and I don’t think it was Elon.”Secretary of State Marco Rubio called claims the White House ordered the disruptions “categorically false.”The disruptions coincided with reports that U.S. personnel in Ukraine’s capital struggled to reach designated shelters during air raids. The letter said congressional staff in Ukraine witnessed the effects of the disruptions firsthand.
民主党承诺，在中期选举取得胜利、该党在国会两院均获得多数席位后，将对特朗普政府及其知名支持特朗普的商业高管展开全面调查，其中包括马斯克和最近被免职的英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋。
Democrats have promised sweeping investigations into the Trump administration and prominent Trump-aligned business executives, including Musk and recently ousted Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang, after midterm wins that handed the party majorities in both chambers of Congress.
众议院民主党高层还将对马斯克在政府效率部工作的调查列为监督优先事项。上个月，众议员罗伯特·加西亚（民主党，加利福尼亚州）和杰米·拉斯金（民主党，马里兰州）致白宫发出一封保存证据信，内容涉及人工智能系统的官方使用，包括马斯克的Grok。两人计划于1月领导国会调查。他们在信中警告称，这种做法“使国家面临来自未知且不受问责的第三方的恶意影响”。在致马斯克的信中，参议员们要求该公司确认遵守要求，并于11月30日前回答具体的监督问题。
Top House Democrats have also named probes into Musk’s work in the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency an oversight priority. Last month, Reps. Robert Garcia (D., Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D., Md.), who are set to lead congressional investigations in January, sent a preservation letter to the White House regarding official use of AI systems, including Musk’s Grok. They warned the practice “exposes the country to malign influence from unknown and unaccountable third parties.”In the letter to Musk, senators directed the company to confirm compliance with demands and answer specific oversight questions by Nov. 30.