John Hanrahan, ExposeFacts.org
Don sauraron masu gabatar da kara sun fada a cikin shari'ar da ake yi na Jeffrey Sterling, tsohon jami'in CIA wanda ake zargi da leken asirin tsaron kasa da ya shafi Iran, Sterling yana da yuwuwar (ba da fifiko kan yiwuwar):
* sanya CIA "kadara" cikin haɗari;
* cutar da daukar wasu masu sauya sheka, masu ba da labari da riguna;
* tsoratar da sauran "kayayyaki" na yanzu zuwa samun tunani na biyu game da zama kamar kadarorin;
* An sanar da Iraniyawa da Rashawa da sauran al'ummomi cewa CIA tana aiwatar da makircin sirri don dakile shirye-shiryen makaman nukiliya na wasu kasashe;
* maiyuwa ne ya sa Amurka ta canza shirinta na makaman nukiliya, kuma, da kyau, kun sami hoton.
Abubuwan da ake zargin Sterling - ana zarginsa da baiwa dan jaridar New York Times James Risen bayanan sirri kan zamba na sirri na CIA, Operation Merlin, wanda ya shafi isar da tsare-tsaren makaman nukiliya mara kyau ga Iraniyawa a Vienna - kuma yana iya "tabbatacciyar ba da gudummawa ga mutuwar miliyoyin wadanda abin ya shafa.”
Ko haka ya ce CIA a cikin maganganun tattaunawa da aka shirya don mai ba da shawara kan Tsaro na kasa da kuma Babban Jami'in Tsaro Condoleezza Rice don ganawa da ma'aikatan New York Times a cikin Afrilu 2003 a cikin nasarar ƙoƙarin kashe labarin Risen game da Merlin. Tashi daga baya ya ba da rahoto game da shirin nukiliya na Iran a cikin littafinsa na 2006 "State of War," wanda ya ba da kunya ga CIA (da masu gyara na New York Times wadanda suka kashe asalinsa).
Duk wadannan munanan gargadin da masu gabatar da kara na gwamnatin tarayya suka yi ba tare da bata lokaci ba wajen budewa da rufe muhawara, daga hannun jami’an CIA na yanzu da na da, da tsohon jami’in yaki da bayanan sirri na FBI da sauran jami’an tsaron kasa. Yanzu haka dai alkalan kotun sun fara tattaunawa kan lamarin.
Akwai abu ɗaya kawai da ba daidai ba tare da labarin masu gabatar da kara game da mummunan sakamakon da littafin James Risen ya haifar da zarge-zargen leaks na Sterling - kusan ba shi da wata shaida.
Lauyoyin da ke kare kansu sun matsa lamba a cikin makonni biyu da suka gabata, ma'aikata daban-daban na hukumar tsaron ta kasa ba za su iya ba da misali ga wanda aka kashe ko aka ji rauni a sakamakon bayanan da ke cikin littafin Risen, wanda ya fito shekaru tara da suka gabata - fiye da isasshen lokaci don bala'in da aka annabta zai faru.
Babu misalan “kayayyaki” masu zuwa waɗanda suka ce babu godiya saboda bayyanawar da aka tashi. Babu misali na ko da kadara ɗaya ta yanzu da ta bar bayan bayanan. Babu wani canji na shirin makaman nukiliyar Amurka. Kuma, a'a, Condi Rice, har yanzu babu wanda ya mutu da makaman nukiliya na Iran da ba na wanzuwa ba ko a cikin gajimaren naman kaza mai ban tsoro da kuka yi mana gargaɗi game da ƙarya game da mamayewar 2003 na Iraki marassa WMD.
Yawanci a wannan makon shine shaidar tsohon jami'in CIA David Shedd, a halin yanzu mukaddashin darekta na Hukumar Leken Asiri ta Tsaro, wanda ya yi nuni da mummunan sakamako masu yawa na bayyanar da littafin Risen na yanzu ya tsufa. Ya kira ledar "raguwar tsaro wanda zai iya shafar ayyukan makamancin haka," kuma ya yi gargadin cewa irin wannan lemar "na iya buƙatar gyara" tsare-tsaren nukiliyar Amurka - a fili saboda tsare-tsaren na bogi suna da kyawawan abubuwa a cikinsu wanda, warts da duka, idan aka bayar. shawarwari game da shirin Amurka. Abin da kawai ke nuna hauka: Idan akwai abubuwa masu kyau a cikin tsare-tsaren da ba su da kyau, me yasa za ku so ku ba da su ga Iran ko wata ƙasa da kuke ɗauka a matsayin abokiyar gaba?
Dangane da lamarin gwamnati, tabbas, ya isa a yi magana game da illar da za a iya yi, maimakon ainihin cutar da tsaron kasa, wani abu da mai gabatar da kara Eric Olshan ya yi da basira a cikin muhawararsa ta karshe. Ƙara zuwa ga abin da yawancin jama'a na leken asiri ke gaya wa juri cewa duk ya kamata mu firgita fiye da ɗan tsoro saboda an fallasa makircin CIA mai haɗari. Wannan yana taimaka wa tukunyar zaƙi, kuma zai iya isa ya shawo kan wasu alkalai duk da rashin gaskiya. Kuma samun fitaccen tauraruwar gwamnatin Bush kamar Condi Rice ta zana tatsuniyoyi masu tsayi game da WMDs, wannan lokacin a Iran. Lokacin da ba ku da shaida a cikin shari'ar ba da bayanan sirri na tsaron ƙasa, tsoratar da su.
Kuma shaida, fiye da yanayi da kuma ban sha'awa (idan bai cika ba) tarihin tarihin da ke nuna Risen da Sterling suna tuntuɓar juna akai-akai a cikin kiran waya a lokacin mahimman lokatai, sun yi rashin ƙarfi sosai.
Tare da lauyan da ke kare Edward MacMahon da basira ya zabo wasu daga cikin muhimman shaidun masu gabatar da kara a wannan makon, an tilasta wa wadannan shaidun amincewa da cewa ba su sami wata shaida da ke nuna cewa Sterling ne ya ba Risen takarda ga littafinsa; ko kuma Sterling ne ya ba Risen wani bayani game da wani abu a cikin littafinsa; ko kuma wani ya taba ganin Tashi da Sterling tare; ko kuma Sterling ya ɗauki gida ko wasu takaddun da suka shafi Operation Merlin.
Kuma MacMahon da lauyan lauya Barry Pollack sun nuna cewa akwai wasu hanyoyin da za a iya bi don fallasa kayan Merlin amma ba a bincika ko ɗaya ba. jami'i a Venice, da sauran jami'an CIA, da ma'aikata daban-daban na Majalisar Dattijai Zabi Kwamitin Leken Asiri (wanda Sterling ya tafi bisa doka a 2003 a matsayin mai fallasa don bayyana damuwarsa kan Merlin). Pollack, a cikin muhawarar rufewa, ya nuna akwai adadi mai yawa na mutanen da za su iya zama tushen Risen, ciki har da ma'aikatan CIA 90 da shaidar gwamnati ta nuna sun sami damar shiga shirin Merlin.
Jami'in FBI na musamman Ashley Hunt, wanda ya jagoranci binciken FBI na lekar Merlin sama da shekaru goma, ya gabatar da mafi ƙaƙƙarfan shaida a kan Sterling - tarihin da aka ambata a baya. MacMahon ya sa ta yarda cewa ba ta bi ba - ko kuma an katange ta daga bi - wasu hanyoyin bincike da ka iya haifar da wasu wadanda ake zargi a matsayin tushen bayanin Merlin da Tashi ya samu.
Hunt ta yarda a cikin tsauraran tambayoyi cewa ta taba rubuta rubutattun bayanan tun farko a cikin binciken tana mai cewa mai yiwuwa Sterling ba shine mai leken asiri ba kuma mai yiwuwa tushen wani ne daga Kwamitin Leken Asiri na Majalisar Dattawa (SSIC). Ta kuma amince da rubuta wata sanarwa a farkon 2006 tana mai yin nuni ga "haɗin kai" ga binciken da ta yi a cikin kwamitin, wanda ya kamata ya sa ido kan Merlin. Ta shaida cewar shugaban kwamitin na lokacin Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) ya shaida mata cewa ba zai ba hukumar FBI hadin kai ba, kuma daraktan ma’aikatan kwamitin, dan jam’iyyar Republican William Duhnke, ya ki magana da ita kwata-kwata.
Tsofaffin ma’aikatan SSIC guda biyu da suka gana da Sterling a watan Maris na 2003, lokacin da ya kawo abin da su da sauran shaidun masu gabatar da kara suka bayyana a matsayin koke game da tsarin Merlin, sun ba da shaida a matsayin masu gabatar da kara a shari’ar Sterling. A karkashin tambayoyi, sun ba da shaida mai taimako ga Sterling wanda ya nuna cewa Tashi, hakika, yana da tushe a cikin kwamitin - kwamitin da ya riga ya saba da Operation Merlin tun kafin Sterling ya zo musu da damuwarsa.
Wani tsohon ma'aikaci, Donald Stone, ko da ya yarda a cikin shaidarsa cewa ya ɗauki kira daga Risen wani lokaci bayan ganawar da Sterling, amma ya gaya masa cewa ba zai iya magana da manema labarai ba. Stone ya ce bai bayar da Risen da wani bayani kan kowane batu ba.
Dayan tsohuwar ma’aikacin, Vicki Divoll, an kori shi daga kwamitin bayan ya ba da wasu bayanan sirri ga ma’aikacin kwamitin shari’a kan wani batu na ba da izini ga bayanan sirri mai cike da rudani, sai kawai ya ga cewa bayanan (wanda ya kunyata ‘yan Republican) sun yi kakkausar murya a washegarin gobe. wani labari na gaba-gaba na New York Times wanda James Risen ya rubuta. Ta shaida cewa ba ta taba yin magana da Risen a kan komai ba, amma wasu a cikin kwamitin sun yi maganin Risen lokaci zuwa lokaci.
Divoll ya yarda ya gaya wa FBI a wani lokaci cewa Alfred Cumming, darektan ma'aikatan Democrat na kwamitin, ya yi magana da Risen wani lokaci. Ta kuma shaida cewa ta ji a lokacin kwamitinta - amma ba ta da masaniya kai tsaye - cewa duka daraktocin jam'iyyar Democrat da na Republican a cikin kwamitin sun tattauna da manema labarai kan batutuwa daban-daban, kuma a wasu lokuta jami'an biyu suna ba wa manema labarai bayanan da suke so a cikin wani quid-pro. -quo tsarin wanda kuma dan jarida zai yarda ya rubuta labarin da jami'in kwamitin ke so. Ta ce wannan bayani ne na "hannu na uku", watakila ma "hannu na biyar."
Lauyoyin tsaro sun yi ta kai ruwa rana ta hanyar ba da shaida daga waɗannan shaidun masu gabatar da kara cewa duk da tushen Risen da yuwuwar tushe a cikin CIA da Capitol Hill (ciki har da SSCI), babu wanda aka bincika mazauninsa, bincika abubuwan da ke cikin kwamfutar, kiran wayar tarho. An bincika rajistan ayyukan, an bincika bayanan banki da katin kiredit - kamar yadda aka yi da Sterling.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na ba da labari na tsaro, Pollack ya ce a cikin muhawararsa ta ƙarshe: "Suna da ka'ida, Ina da ka'ida." Amma, ya kara da cewa, bai kamata alkalai su yanke hukunci ko wanke wani ba bisa ga ra'ayi a cikin irin wannan lamari mai tsanani. Maimakon haka, ya ce, alhakin gwamnati ne ta gabatar da shaidun da ke nuna laifin da babu shakka, kuma "ba su yi ba."
Yawancin wannan shari'ar, ɗakin shari'ar ya cika cikin shakka. Tabbas, masu shari'a na iya zabar yin la'akari daga tarihin masu gabatar da kara na shaidun yanayi cewa Sterling ya kasance, a haƙiƙa, ɗaya daga cikin tushen Risen. Kuma wasu daga cikinsu na iya jin tsoro sosai ta labarin gwamnati don yin imani da bayanin “Jihar Yaƙin” ya sa mu ƙasa da aminci. A cikin martanin da gwamnati ta yi game da muhawarar rufe Pollack, mai gabatar da kara James Trump ya buga katin ta'addanci da cin amanar kasa, idan alkalai sun rasa sakon tun da farko. Sterling ya “ci amanar kasarsa… ya ci amanar CIA…”, sabanin ma’aikatan CIA wadanda suka “yi hidima kuma mun huta da sauki sakamakon.”
Idan aka yi la’akari da jajircewar shari’ar da aka gabatar a kan Sterling, zai zama babban rashin adalci idan har za a yanke masa hukunci kuma ya fuskanci hukuncin dauri mai tsawo ba tare da wani abin da ya wuce ba - da kuma fargabar mafarkin nukiliyar da gwamnati ta ce na iya haifarwa. saboda sanarwar Operation Merlin.
John Hanrahan tsohon darektan zartarwa ne na The Fund for Investigative Journalism and reporter for Jaridar Washington Post, The Washington Star, UPI da sauran kungiyoyin labarai. Hakanan yana da gogewa sosai a matsayin mai binciken shari'a. Hanrahan shine marubucin Gwamnati ta hanyar kwangila kuma co-author of Lost Frontier: Kasuwancin Alaska. Ya yi rubuce-rubuce da yawa don NiemanWatchdog.org, aikin Gidauniyar Nieman don Jarida a Jami'ar Harvard.
