特朗普撤销了对蓬佩奥等人的安全保护，尽管受到伊朗的威胁

【中美创新时报2025 年 1 月 23 日编译讯】（记者温友平编译）四位知情人士周四表示，尽管拜登政府警告称，两人因代表特朗普采取的行动而面临来自伊朗的持续威胁，但特朗普总统还是撤销了对前国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥和前高级助理布莱恩·胡克的安全保护。《纽约时报》记者玛吉·哈伯曼对此作了下述报道。

在特朗普第一任总统任期内，蓬佩奥和胡克对伊朗采取了咄咄逼人的姿态，最著名的是 2020 年初无人机袭击杀死了强大的伊朗将军卡西姆·苏莱曼尼。

特朗普也因这一行动而受到威胁，他的顾问经常强调在他两届任期之间的几年里情况的严重性。

据一位知情人士透露，蓬佩奥和胡克的安保人员周二被撤职，据信这些人员是由美国国务院提供的。前一天，特朗普撤下了约翰·R·博尔顿的美国特勤局安保人员，后者是特朗普的第三任国家安全顾问，也面临威胁。

除前总统及其配偶外，美国高级官员不会自动获得持续保护。但情报界对蓬佩奥、胡克和博尔顿的威胁评估表明，他们面临的风险水平仍然存在，这是拜登政府向他们提供保护的基础。一位前高级政府官员说，小约瑟夫·R·拜登总统让他的助手警告伊朗人，暗杀前美国政府官员将被视为战争行为。

据一位知情人士透露，拜登政府曾私下向新特朗普政府通报了伊朗对前特朗普官员的持续威胁，包括蓬佩奥、胡克和博尔顿。

博尔顿说，拜登政府也亲自通知了他有关威胁的信息。

“就在上周末，两个不同的政府代表、两个不同的政府机构打来了电话，”他在周三的一次采访中说。“他们说，我们目前的评估是，威胁程度保持不变”，与 2022 年一样，当时伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队一名成员被指控密谋杀害博尔顿，他说。

特朗普发言人和国务院官员没有立即回应置评请求。蓬佩奥的发言人拒绝置评。胡克拒绝置评。

博尔顿与第一届特朗普政府关系不和，写了一本揭露其任期的书，并对特朗普提出了严厉批评。但目前尚不清楚总统为何下令撤除支持他的蓬佩奥和胡克的安保人员。

特朗普告诉人们，他不希望任何在第一任期内为蓬佩奥工作过的人为他工作。几天前，他通过社交媒体帖子将胡克从总统任命的威尔逊学者中心人员中撤职。

题图：前国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥在 7 月的共和党全国代表大会上。拜登政府曾私下向新特朗普政府通报了针对前特朗普官员（包括蓬佩奥）的持续威胁。图片来源：杰米·凯尔特·戴维斯为《纽约时报》供稿

附原英文报道：

Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others, Despite Threats From Iran

The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump’s first term.

By Maggie Haberman

Jan. 23, 2025 

President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook, despite warnings from the Biden administration that both men faced ongoing threats from Iran because of actions they took on Mr. Trump’s behalf, four people with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during the first Trump presidency, most notably the drone strike that killed the powerful Iranian general Qassim Suleimani in early 2020.

Mr. Trump also remains under threat because of that action, and his advisers have regularly stressed the seriousness of the situation in the years between his two terms in office.

Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook had their security details, which were believed to be provided by the State Department, pulled on Tuesday, one of the people briefed on the matter said. A day before, Mr. Trump pulled the U.S. Secret Service detail of John R. Bolton, who was Mr. Trump’s third national security adviser and also faces threats.

Other than former presidents and their spouses, senior U.S. officials are not automatically granted ongoing protection. But the threat assessments from the intelligence community that the risk level remained for Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Hook and Mr. Bolton had been the basis for the Biden administration granting it to them. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had his aides warn the Iranians that assassinating a former U.S. government official would be considered an act of war, a former senior administration official said.

Mr. Biden’s administration had privately briefed the new Trump administration about continued threats from Iran to former Trump officials, including Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Hook and Mr. Bolton, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Mr. Bolton said he was also personally notified about the threats by the Biden administration.

“As recently as the end of last week, two separate government representatives, two separate government agencies called,” he said in an interview on Wednesday. “They said our current assessment is that the threat level remains the same” as in 2022, when a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was charged with a murder plot against Mr. Bolton, he said.

A Trump spokesman and a State Department official did not immediately respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for Mr. Pompeo declined to comment. Mr. Hook declined to comment.

Mike Pompeo, the former secretary of state, at the Republican National Convention in July. The Biden administration had privately briefed the new Trump administration about continued threats to former Trump officials, including Mr. Pompeo.Credit…Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Mr. Bolton parted with the first Trump administration on bad terms, wrote a tell-all book about his tenure and has been deeply critical of Mr. Trump. But it is less clear why the president would order the removal of the security details for Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Hook, who have been supportive of him.

Mr. Trump has told people he does not want anyone working for him who worked under Mr. Pompeo in his first term. He removed Mr. Hook as a presidential appointee to the Wilson Center for Scholars via a social media post days ago.