By Norman Sulemanu
Haka ne, na ga fuskokin fuskokin masu gabatar da kara a cikin kotun ‘yan kwanaki da suka gabata, lokacin da alkali ya yanke wa mai fallasa CIA Jeffrey Sterling shekara uku da rabi a kurkuku - nesa da shekaru 19 zuwa 24 da suka ba da shawarar zai dace.
Ee, na fahimci cewa akwai babban gibi tsakanin hukuncin da gwamnati ta nema da kuma abin da ta samu - tazarar da za a iya fahimta a matsayin tsawatarwa ga manyan masu fada a ji a Ma'aikatar Shari'a.
Kuma a, mataki ne ingantacce lokacin watan Mayu 13 Editorial da New York Times a karshe ya soki matsanancin tuhumar da ake yiwa Jeffrey Sterling.
Amma bari mu kasance a sarari: Hukuncin da ya dace wa Sterling ba zai kasance da jumla ɗaya ba. Ko kuma, a mafi yawan, wani abu kamar na wucin gadi mara nauyi, ba tare da wani lokaci a bayan gida ba, ga tsohon daraktan CIA David Petraeus, wanda aka yanke masa hukuncin bayar da ingantaccen bayani ga mai son dan jaridar.
Jeffrey Sterling ya riga ya wahala sosai tun lokacin da aka gabatar a cikin Disamba 2010 a kan ƙididdigar laifuka da yawa, ciki har da bakwai a ƙarƙashin Dokar Esion. Kuma don menene?
Laifin gwamnati ya kasance cewa Sterling ya ba da bayani ga New York Times Mai ba da rahoto James Risen wanda ya shiga cikin wani babi na littafinsa na “State of War” a shekara ta 2006 - game da aikin CIA na Merlin, wanda a cikin 2000 ya ba Iran cikakken bayanin zane game da makamin nukiliya.
Kamar yadda Marcy Wheeler da Ni rubuta karshen faduwar gaba: “Idan hujjojin da gwamnatin ta bayar daidai ne a kan da'awar ta Sterling ta ba da labari, to ya yi babban hadari wajen fadakar da jama'a game da wani aiki wanda a cikin kalmomin Risen, 'mai yiwuwa ya kasance daya daga cikin ayyukan da ba a san su sosai ba. tarihin zamani na CIA. ' Idan tuhumar ba gaskiya ba ce, to Sterling bashi da wani laifi face caji hukumar da nuna wariyar launin fata da kuma yin amfani da hanyoyin ta hanyar sanar da kwamitin leken asirin Majalisar Dattawa game da ayyukan CIA mai matukar hatsari.
Ko da “mai laifi” ko “mara laifi” na yin abin da ya dace, Sterling ya riga ya wuce ta cikin lahira mai tsayi. Kuma yanzu - bayan ya kasance ba shi da aikin yi sama da shekaru huɗu yayin da yake jure wa shari'ar da ta yi barazanar tura shi gidan yari na shekaru da yawa - wataƙila yana ɗan yi wa kowa wuya ya yi tunanin hukuncin da aka yanke masa a matsayin wani abu ƙasa da bacin rai.
Hakikanin rayuwar dan Adam ya fi karfin hotunan kafofin watsa labarai da zato mai gamsarwa. Wucewa irin waɗannan hotunan da zato shine babbar manufa ga gajeren rubutun “Mutumin da ba'a Ganewa ba: CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, ”Wanda aka fitar a wannan makon. Ta hanyar fim din, jama'a na iya jin Sterling yana magana da kansa - a karo na farko tun lokacin da aka tuhume shi.
Ofaya daga cikin manufofin harin da gwamnati ta kaiwa farancinta shine ɗaukesar su kamar baƙaƙen katako. Da yake ƙoƙarin yin magana da irin waɗannan hotuna masu nuna fuska biyu, daraktan Judith Ehrlich ya kawo 'yan fim a gidan Jeffrey Sterling da matarsa Holly. (A madadin ExposeFacts.org, na kasance a matsayin mai gabatar da fim.) Mun fito da gabatar da su yadda suke, a matsayin mutane na gaske. Kuna iya kallon fim din nan.
Kalmomin farko da Sterling ya fada a cikin zantuttukan sun shafi manyan jami'ai a Hukumar Leken Asiri ta Tsakiya: “Sun riga sun girka injin. Lokacin da suka ji akwai ruwa, kowane yatsa suna nuna Jeffrey Sterling. Idan ba a yi amfani da kalmar 'ramuwar gayya' ba idan wani ya kalli kwarewar da na samu tare da hukumar, to ni dai a ganina ba kwa kallo ne. ”
A wata hanyar, yanzu, wataƙila ba muna nema da gaske ba idan muka lura cewa Sterling ya sami jumla mai sauƙi.
Kodayake hukuncin da masu yanke hukunci suka yanke daidai ne - kuma bayan sun gama shari'ar duka, zan iya cewa gwamnati ba ta zo kusa da nauyinta na hujja ba tare da wata shakka ba - gaskiyar gaskiyar ita ce mai fallasa (s) wanda ya ba da ɗan jarida Ya tashi tare da bayani game da Operation Merlin ya zama babban sabis ɗin jama'a.
Bai kamata a hukunta mutane saboda aikin gwamnati ba.
Yi tunanin cewa kai - ee, ka - bai yi kuskure ba. Kuma yanzu kun tafi kurkuku, tsawon shekaru uku. Tunda masu gabatar da kara sun so ku a kurkuku na tsawon lokaci fiye da haka, shin ya kamata mu fahimci cewa kun sami jumlar "haske"?
Yayin da gwamnati ke ci gaba da tursasawa, barazana, gurfanar da shi a kurkuku tare da tsare shubuhohi don bautar da jama'a, muna rayuwa ne a cikin al'ummu inda zalunci na lalata ya ci gaba da amfani da tsoro a matsayin gudumawa game da bayyana gaskiya. Kuskantar kai tsaye ga irin wannan danyen aiki na bukatar kin yarda da duk wata da'awa ko zato wanda masu karar gwamnati suka gindaya na matsayin hukuncin da yafi yawa.
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Littattafan Norman Solomon sun haɗa da Yaƙi Ya Sauƙaƙe: Ta yaya Shugabanni da Kwanan Tsayawa Kashe Mu Don Mutuwa. Shi ne babban jami'in zartarwa na Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a da kuma daidaita ayyukan sa. Sulaiman magatakaci ne na RootsAction.org wanda ya karfafa bada gudummawa ga Ubangiji Sterling Family Asusun. Bayyanarwa: Bayan yanke hukunci mai laifin, Solomon yayi amfani da nisansa mai saurin tashi don samun tikitin jirgin sama don Holly da Jeffrey Sterling domin su sami damar komawa gida zuwa St. Louis.
