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There is little question that Trump’s presidency has crippled the critical relationship
特朗普當選以后削弱了美國情報機構
between U.S. intelligence agencies and the congressional committees that oversee them.
和負責監管這些機構的國會委員會之間的重大關系，這一點可以說是毋庸置疑的。
The arrangement hinges on both sides’ operating in good faith and above politics.
這一監管安排有賴于雙方真誠合作，超脫于政治之上。
In April, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee published the findings of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
今年4月，眾議院情報委員會的共和黨人公布了對俄羅斯干預2016年大選的調查結果。
The report implicitly rejected the consensus among U.S. intelligence agencies that Moscow’s efforts were designed to boost Trump.
報告含蓄地反駁了美國情報機構之間的共識——莫斯科的干預是為了提振特朗普的選舉成績。
Democrats on the panel panned the report’s conclusions
該委員會的多位民主黨成員嚴厲指責了報告的結論，
and accused their GOP colleagues of abetting Trump’s effort to discredit investigators, including special counsel Robert Mueller.
還指責他們的共和黨同僚慫恿特朗普詆毀調查人員，包括特別檢察官羅伯特·穆勒。
The distrust and partisan acrimony will be hard to repair.
二者的不信任和黨派紛爭將很難修復。
The question is what to do now.
問題是現在該怎么辦。
The first thing, says Hayden, is to avoid self-inflicted wounds.
海登說，首先要避免自討苦吃。
Institutions that are designed to guard the public interest against the passing wiles of politicians
肩負著保護公眾利益不受政客一時奸計之害的那些制度
“very often are tempted to break their own norms in pushing back against the norm-busting President,” says Hayden.
“在反擊不按常理出牌的總統時經常會忍不住打破自己的原則，”海登說。
That “is a really serious problem,” he argues, because it further erodes public faith in government.
這“個問題非常嚴重”，他說，因為它會進一步動搖政府的公信力。
Clapper prescribes more candor.
克拉珀的建議更為直率。
After 9/11 and in the years before Trump’s election, the intelligence community was “not being sufficiently transparent and open,” he says.
他說，9/11事件之后以及特朗普當選之前的幾年時間里，情報界“不夠透明，也不夠公開”。
“So, lesson learned. Early communication and more transparency.”
“所以，我們吸取教訓了。盡早溝通，提高透明度。”
America’s institutions have been tested before, and each time they have proved resilient.
美國的制度以前也經受過考驗，每次也都證明了它們的韌性。
Despite the fears cataloged in their books,
盡管他們的書中列出了很多憂慮，
both Clapper and Hayden expect the pillars of U.S. democracy to survive the attacks by the President.
克拉珀和海登都希望美國民主制度的支柱能夠經受住總統的攻擊。
One way or another, they will outlast Trump.
不管怎樣，那些支柱都將比特朗普更長久。
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