本文报道了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提名曼哈顿最高联邦检察官、前美国证券交易委员会主席杰伊·克莱顿担任下一任国家情报总监。此前，他选择忠诚派人士、毫无情报背景的比尔·普尔特代理该职务，引发了强烈反弹。争议持续升级，最终美国众议院以抗议为由否决了一项大规模无证监控计划的短期延期，民主党人要求进行改革，并放弃对普尔特的提拔。
The US president had stunned Washington with his previous pick, a loyalist with no intelligence background
US President Donald Trump said he is nominating Jay Clayton to be the next director of national intelligence, following controversy over his selection of housing regulator Bill Pulte to serve in the role on an acting basis.
Clayton has been serving as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan and was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term.
“I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible,” Trump said on social media.
Trump stunned Washington earlier this month when he selected Pulte – a loyalist who has used his perch as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to launch investigations into perceived political adversaries – to take over as acting spy chief, to replace outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard.
The row over Pulte ended up with the US House of Representatives on Thursday rejecting a short-term extension of a major warrantless surveillance programme in protest.
Democrats said they would not back even a temporary renewal without reforms to protect Americans’ privacy and a retreat from Pulte’s elevation.
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