Ua lohe kekahi poʻe ʻAmelika New York Times ka mea kākau moʻolelo a me ka mea kākau puke ʻo James Risen a me kona hōʻole ʻana e hōʻike i kahi kumu. Akā, no ka mea, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hōʻike e pili ana i ia mea i pale ʻole i ke kumuhana o ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e Risen, liʻiliʻi ka poʻe e haʻi iā ʻoe. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike ʻo Risen (ma kahi puke, e like me ka New York Times Ua hoʻolohe ʻo ia i kahi noi a ke aupuni e noho mālie) i ka makahiki 2000 ua hāʻawi ka CIA i nā hoʻolālā kaua nuklea iā Iran. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā hewa i loko o nā hoʻolālā, me ka manaʻo i ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻolōʻihi i kahi papahana nuklea Iranian inā loaʻa kekahi. ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana a Risen ua ʻike maopopo ʻia nā hemahema, e komo pū ana me ka waiwai mua-Russia i hāʻawi ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻolālā iā Iran, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolālā ma mua o nā kani mua.
ʻO Jeffery Sterling, he mea hoʻokele CIA o ka waiwai kahiko-Russia, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ma mua o kēia makahiki ʻo ia ke kumu o Risen. Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o ke ʻano o nā hōʻike hōʻike i kapa ʻia ʻo "meta-data" i mālama ʻia e ka NSA ʻaʻole mākou e hopohopo, akā ua hoʻoholo ka ʻaha hoʻopiʻi ma ka Pōʻalima i ka hōʻiliʻili nui o nā kumukānāwai. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo Sterling i ka Pōʻakahi ma kahi paʻahao lōʻihi.
I ka wā o ka hoʻokolokolo o Sterling, ua hoʻolaha ka CIA i kahi moʻolelo nui aʻe ma mua o ka mea i kau ʻia ma Sterling. Ua hōʻike ʻo CIA, me ke kānalua ʻole, ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā hoʻolālā kaua nuklea no ka poʻe Iran, ua hāʻawi ka CIA i ka waiwai like e hoʻokokoke aku ai ʻo ia i ke aupuni Iraqi no ke kumu like. Ua hōʻike ʻo CIA i kēia ma ke komo ʻana i nā hōʻike i kēia kelepona:
ʻO Mr. S., i kapa ʻia ʻo Bob S., he luna CIA a ʻo ia. He pōkole ʻo M no Merlin, ʻo ia ka code no ka Lūkini mua a me ka inoa o ka hana (Operation Merlin). ʻO ke kaula e pili ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hana i kahi ʻē aʻe ma mua o Iran. Hoʻomaka ka inoa no kēia wahi ʻē aʻe me ka vowel, no ka mea, ma hope o ka ʻatikala pau ʻole "AN."
E nānā pono i ke kikokikona o ke kaula. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā leka ma nā kolamu kūpaʻa e like me nā lālani maʻamau. He mākia. Hoʻomaka ka huaʻōlelo nalo ma ka lālani ʻehiku me ka vowel a ʻelima mau hua. Hiki iā IRAQI a i ʻole OMANI.
E hoomau heluhelu. ʻEhā hua ka huaʻōlelo nalo ma ka lālani ʻumi. ʻO IRAQ a OMAN paha.
Ma hope o kahi kūkākūkā o kahi hālāwai, ʻaʻole paha ma Iraq (a ʻo Oman paha).
Heluhelu i ka laina hope. Aia i laila ka ʻōlelo nalo he ʻeono hua. Hiki iā IRAQIS a i ʻole OMANIS.
ʻO nā hōʻike kūpono no ke koho ʻana iā Iraq ma luna o Oman i ka lua o ka pahuhopu no Operation Merlin ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻopaʻi iā Jeffrey Sterling no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lehulehu i ka pahuhopu mua. ʻAʻole i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Oman e kekahi mea i loaʻa a ʻimi paha i kahi papahana mea kaua nuklea. ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ʻo Oman he pahuhopu o ka hana pūʻali koa US. ʻO Iraq ma 2000 ka pahuhopu o nā ho'āʻo kipi i kākoʻo ʻia e CIA. ʻO ka mea kaua o Iraq ke kumu nui o ka CIA. I loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, e hoʻohana ʻia nā koi e pili ana i nā mea kaua Iraqi e ka CIA e kākoʻo i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana o ʻAmelika iā Iraq e hiki mai ana i Malaki 2003.
ʻO ka 2002-2003 nā koi a ka Pelekikena George W. Bush a laila-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice e hiki ke hele mai kahi pū puhi puhi mai Iraq ma ke ʻano o ke ao ʻāhaʻi e lawe i kahi kukui ʻokoʻa ke ʻike mākou he manawa pōkole ma mua o ka Ua manaʻo ʻo CIA e hāʻawi i nā hoʻolālā kaua nuklea Iraq ma ke ʻano he papahana a Condoleezza Rice i hoʻohuli pilikino i ka New York ʻAʻole e hōʻike ʻia nā manawa.
I ka makahiki 1995, ua haʻi aku ka hūnōna kāne a Saddam Hussein ʻo Hussein Kamel i nā luna naʻauao o ʻAmelika a me Pelekania "ua luku ʻia nā mea kaua a pau—koiola, kemika, missile, nukelea." Eia naʻe, ma ka lā 2 o ʻOkakopa, 2002, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Bush, "Aia i ke aupuni nā ʻepekema a me nā mea hana e kūkulu ai i nā mea kaua nuklea, a ke ʻimi nei i nā mea pono e hana ai." He ʻōlelo kēia e waiho pū ai ʻo ia i kahi leka i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo a ma kāna ʻōlelo Mokuʻāina o ka Union 2003.
Ua hele nui aku ka Hope Peresidena Dick Cheney e koi, ma ka la 16 o Malaki, 2003, ma E hālāwai me ka Press, "A ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ua hana hou ʻo ia i nā mea kaua nuklea."
ʻAʻohe mea hōʻike no kēia, ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ua hana maikaʻi ʻia nā hōʻike hoʻopunipuni, me nā palapala hoʻopunipuni e hōʻike ana e hoʻāʻo ana ʻo Iraq e kūʻai i ka uranium, a me kahi loiloi hewa ʻole o nā paipu alumini e pono e ʻimi pono ʻia ma hope o nā loea maʻamau. hōʻole i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pane i makemake ʻia.
"Ua ʻike mākou aia nā moku e hele ana . . . i Iraq . . . ʻO nā paipu alumini i kūpono wale i - nā mea hana alumini kiʻekiʻe [sic] i kūpono wale no nā papahana nuklea mea kaua, nā papahana centrifuge, "wahi a Condoleezza Rice ma CNN's Late Edition me Wolf Blitzer ma ka lāʻo Ianuali 8, 2002.
I ka wā i hōʻole ai ka poʻe loea o ka 'Oihana o Energy, State, a me Defence e ʻōlelo aku ʻo nā paipu alumini ma Iraq no nā hale nuklea, no ka mea, ʻike lākou ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke lilo a kokoke loa lākou no nā rockets, ʻelua mau kāne ma ka National Ground Army. Ua hauʻoli ʻo Intelligence Center kokoke i Charlottesville, Va. ʻO George Norris lāua ʻo Robert Campus ko lākou mau inoa, a ua loaʻa iā lākou nā "hōʻailona hana" (kālā) no ka lawelawe. A laila ua hoʻohana ke Kakauolelo o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Colin Powell i nā ʻōlelo a Norris a me Campus i kāna haʻiʻōlelo UN me ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana o kāna limahana ponoʻī ʻaʻole lākou he ʻoiaʻiʻo.
ʻAʻole i hana ke aupuni US i kekahi mau hana e hōʻike wahaheʻe iā Oman e ʻimi nei i nā mea kaua nuklea.
Ua hahai anei ka CIA me Merlin a hāʻawi maoli i kekahi mea i ke aupuni Iraqi? Ua hoʻolako anei ia i nā hoʻolālā kaua nuklea e like me Iran? Hāʻawi ia i nā ʻāpana mea kaua nuklea, e like me ka mea i hāpai mua ʻia no Iran akā ʻaʻole i hahai ʻia?
ʻAʻole mākou ʻike. Akā ʻike mākou ua hoʻomau ka CIA i ka uku ʻana iā "Merlin" a me kāna wahine no kekahi lawelawe. E like me kā Marcy Wheeler i kuhikuhi ai, "ʻo ka CIA i uku aku i nā Merlins ma kahi o $ 413,223.67 ma luna o 7 mau makahiki ma hope o ka manaʻo ʻana o James Risen i hōʻino i ka pono o Merlin ma ke ʻano he waiwai." No nā mea a pau a mākou i ʻike ai, ʻo mākou ka poʻe ʻauhau ke hoʻolilo kālā nei i ka ʻohana Merlin.
