By Norman Sulemanu
Shari'ar Tsohon Jami'in CIA, Jeffrey Sterling, wanda ya fara a tsakiyar Janairu, yana da babbar manufa a cikin gwamnatin Amurka da ke kewaye da shi. Tare da yin amfani da Dokar Harkokin Jirgin Lafiya don tsoratar da kuma gabatar da karar da mutane kan sacewa a cikin "tsaro na kasa," gwamnatin Obama ta ƙudura ta rufe abubuwan da ke da muhimmanci a fili cewa jama'a suna da matukar muhimmanci su sani.
Bayan bayanan da aka gabatar na tuhumar Sterling shekaru hudu da suka gabata, kafofin yada labarai ba su tabuka komai ba don haskaka shari'arsa - yayin da wani lokaci suke bayar da rahoto kan kin New York Times Jaridar James Risen don shaida game da ko Sterling wata mahimmanci ne ga littafin 2006 "Jihar War."
Rashin tashiwar tsaye ga amincin tushe abin birgewa ne. A lokaci guda, Sterling - wanda ke fuskantar ƙididdigar aikata laifuka 10 waɗanda suka haɗa da bakwai a ƙarƙashin Dokar Binciken - ba ta cancanci samun tallafi ba.
Wahayin da aka nuna daga masu jaruntaka masu mahimmanci suna da muhimmanci ga sanarwar da aka bai wa masu mulki. Tare da tashin hankali, Dokar Shari'a ta Obama ta kulla hakikanin bin doka a kan dimokuradiyyar dimokuradiyya don sanin da yawa game da ayyukan gwamnati fiye da labarun hukuma. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa babban kotun da ke faruwa a cikin "Amurka Amurka da Jeffrey Alexander Sterling" yana da mahimmanci.
An zargi Sterling da cewa ya taso game da ayyukan CIA wanda ya ba da makaman nukiliya na makaman nukiliya zuwa Iran a 2000. Kuskuren ba su da kyau.
Amma babu wanda ya yi jayayya da cewa Sterling ya shaidawa ma'aikatan kula da Intelligence Committee game da aikin CIA, wanda ya yi aiki da Operation Merlin, wanda littafan Risen ya sake bayyanawa kuma ya kawo haske kamar yadda ya zama batu da haɗari. Yayin da yake kokarin hana yaduwar makaman nukiliya, CIA ta kalubalantar inganta shi.
Lokacin da ya sanar da ma'aikatan kwamishinan kula da Majalisar Dattijai game da Operation Merlin, Sterling yana tafiya ta hanyar tashoshi don zama mai hankali. Watakila ya san cewa yin haka zai fushi da matsayin CIA. Shekaru 12 bayan haka, yayin da gwamnatin ta fara yin zanga-zanga a kotun, lokaci ne na koma baya a cikin jami'an tsaro na corral.
Sakamakon da ake yi na Sterling yana sa masu haɓaka da mahimmanci masu sassaucin ra'ayi tare da sako mai mahimmanci: Kada ka bayyana duk wani asirin "tsaro na kasa" wanda ke sa Gwamnatin Amurka ba ta da mahimmanci, mugunta, mendacious ko haɗari. Kada ka yi tunani game da shi.
Da yawa a kan gungumen azaba, sabon takarda "Blowing the Whistle on Recklessness Government ne wani aiki na jama'a, ba laifi" ta samu karin masu sanya hannu sama da 30,000 a cikin ‘yan makonnin nan, inda suka bukaci gwamnati da ta yi watsi da duk tuhumar da ake yi wa Sterling. Masu tallafawa na farko sun hada da ExposeFacts, 'Yancin Gidauniyar' Yan Jarida, aikin Ba da Bayani kan Gwamnati, The Nation, Mai Cigaba / Cibiyar Nazari da Demokra] iyya, Masu Bayar da Labarai Ba tare da Borders da RootsAction.org ba. (A warware: Ina aiki don ExposeFacts da RootsAction.)
Litattafan Pentagon, watau Daniel Ellsberg, ya yi mahimmanci, game da irin abubuwan da gwamnati ke yi, game da bayar da ƙarar laifin Sterling. "Sterling ta wahala ne daga wani dabarun don tsoratar da masu kwarewa, ko shi ne tushen wannan batu ko ba haka ba," inji Ellsberg a cikin wata ganawar da aka yi masa. Labari wannan jarida Marcy Wheeler da na rubuta don A Nation. “Manufar ita ce a ladabtar da masu tayar da hankali ta hanyar tursasawa, barazanar, tuhumar, shekaru a kotu da kuma yiwuwar kurkuku - koda kuwa sun bi ta hanyoyin hukuma ne kawai don yin rajistar zarge-zarge game da shugabanninsu da kuma hukumarsu. Wancan, a hanyar, gargaɗi ne mai amfani ga masu ba da izini waɗanda za su fi son 'bin dokoki.' Amma a kowane hali, duk wanda ya kasance ainihin tushe zuwa ga manema labaru game da keta laifuka na Kwaskwarimar ta Hudu, a cikin shari'ar NSA, ko kuma rashin kwarewa a cikin lamarin na CIA, sun yi babbar hidimar jama'a. ”
Irin wannan babban aikin jama'a ya cancanci yabo da goyon bayanmu.
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Norman Sulemanu shi ne babban darektan cibiyar Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a kuma marubucin "War Warrant Easy: Ta yaya Shugabanni da Hannun da ke Kula da Mu Don Kashe Mu". Shi ne mai kafa coots na RootsAction.org.
