Hāʻawiʻia ka Sam Adams Award i #NoWar2016

Ke hoʻolaha nei i ka 14th makahiki Sam Adams Associates no ka Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) makana e mālama ʻia ana ma ka Lāpule Sept 25^th ma ke Kulanuiʻo Center Centre, ke KulanuiʻAmelika, me ka "No War 2016: Hōʻoia Manaʻo No ka Hoʻoweliweli".  

Hoʻohanohano ʻo SAAII i ka mea loiloi CIA ma mua a me ka luna hihia ʻo John Kiriakou nona ka ʻoihana CIA i hala i 14 mau makahiki, e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 1990, i kona wā i lawelawe ai ma ke ʻano he kanaka kālailai ma ka Hikina Waena. Ma hope mai lilo ʻo ia i luna hihia no ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻākoakoa i nā ʻāina ʻē. I ka makahiki 2002, alakaʻi ʻo ia i ke kime e kū ana iā Abu Zubaydah, i ʻōlelo ʻia he lālā kūlana kiʻekiʻe ʻo al-Qaeda. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ma hope ua lawai ʻia ʻo Abu Zubaydah i nā manawa he 83 mau manawa.

ʻO John Kiriakou ka luna aupuni mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hōʻoia (i ka wā ninaninau nūhou aupuni i Kēkēmapa 2007) ua hoʻohana ʻia ka waterboarding e ninaninau ʻia nā pio o Q Qaeda, kahi āna i hōʻike ai he hoʻomāinoino. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Kiriakou ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka lawehala a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā hana nīnau a US, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe ʻAmelika ma mua o kēlā.

Ua kū ʻo Kiriakou i mua o ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia e ke aupuni US no kāna ʻōlelo ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo ia i ka manawa paʻahao he 30-mahina - no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻike pili. A hiki i kēia lā ʻo Kiriakou wale nō ka luna aupuni o US - i hala a i ʻole i kēia manawa - i hele i ka hale paʻahao no ka pilikia o ka hoʻomāinoino i ka wā ma hope o 9/11. ʻO kā Kiriakou koi no nā hana hoʻomāinoino a US i hōʻoia hope ʻia e Pelekikena Pelekikena Obama, ka mea i hōʻike ākea i ka 2014 ua "hoʻomāinoino mākou i kekahi poʻe."

Na Sam Adams Associates e hōʻike iā Kiriakou me kāna moʻomeheu Corner-Brightener Candlestick e hoʻohanohano nei i nā ʻoihana ʻike no ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana i ka mālamalama o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā kihi ʻeleʻele.

ʻO Kiriakou i kēia manawa he hoa hui pū me ka Ka Papahana No Nā Kaulike Pānaʻi. ʻO ka mea kākau o nā puke ʻelua, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma mua ma ke ʻano he luna noiʻi no ka Senate Senate Foreign Committee Committee a ma ke ʻano he consultant counterterrorism no ABC News.

ʻO ia ka mea i loaʻa i nā makana hana hiʻohiʻona ma ke ʻano ma CIA; ʻo ia hoʻi ka 2012 ʻO Joe A. Callaway Award no ka Civic Courage, ma ke ʻano he "whistleblower maluhia kūloko i kū i luna no nā pono kumukānāwai a me nā waiwai ʻAmelika, me ka makaʻu nui i kona ola pilikino a me ka ʻoihana"; ka makana "Peacemaker of the Year" ma 2013 e ka Peace and Justice Center o Sonoma County; he 2013 "Giraffe Hero Commendation," i makana ʻia i ka poʻe i paʻa ko lākou ʻāʻī no ka pono maʻamau; a i ka 2015, ka PEN Center USA, ka lālā o West Coast o PEN International (kahi hui pono kanaka a me nā hui moʻokalaleo e paipai ana i ka huaʻōlelo i kākau ʻia a me ke kūʻokoʻa o ka manaʻo), ua hāʻawi ʻia iā John Kiriakou kāna makana mua. no kāna kuleana i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka papa wai i hoʻomāinoino hoʻohanaʻia i ka wā o ka Pelekikena George W. Bush "kaua i ka weliweli."

E hoʻomaka koke ana ka hālāwai o ka SAAII 4 pm i ka Kay Centre Chapel, Ke Kula NuiʻAmelika, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, me kahi hoʻokipa i hoʻolālāʻia mai 5: 30 i ka 6 pm i ka Kay Center Lounge. Manuahi ka hanana a hāmama i ka lehulehu. Ma waho aʻe o John Kiriakou, e hoʻokomo pū nā mea kamaʻilio me ka luna o ka CIA ʻo Larry C. Johnson, ka luna o ka NSA ʻo Thomas Drake a me Colonel Larry Wilkerson (bios ma lalo).

Kūlekaʻo SAAII i nā poʻe a pau e makemake e hele i ka September 25th hana ʻāpono e hoʻopaʻa inoa no ka World Beyond War's  "ʻAʻohe 2016 kaua: ka palekana me ka hōʻehaʻole" ʻaha kūkā, kahi e hōʻike ana i kahi papa inoa kupaianaha o nā alakaʻi poʻokela waiwai ʻole ʻole, nā ʻoihana ʻepekema a me nā mea hoʻoulu maluhia a ua lokomaikaʻi i hoʻokomo i kēia hanana i loko o kāna papahana maanei). Hiki i nā kānaka ke hoʻopaʻa inoa maanei no nā lā a pau o ka hālāwai 3 lā (Hōʻano 23-25).

Aia ka SAAII Award 2016 mau'ōlelo:  

Lawrence B. "Larry" Wilkerson ʻo ia ka mea i haʻalele i ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ke poʻo o nā limahana o ke Kuhina Nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻO Colin Powell Ua walaʻau ʻo Wilkerson i kāna hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ke kulekele ʻē aʻe o US. He Kumu Adjunct Distinguished ʻo ia o ke Aupuni a me ke Kulekele Aupuni ma ke Kulanui o William & Mary ma Virginia, a ʻo ka Nā mea lawe 2009 SAAII.

ʻO Thomas Drake He mea hoʻonani ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka pūʻali koa Navy i lilo i Luna Nui ma ka National Security Agency, kahi āna i ʻike ai ʻaʻole wale ka ʻōpala, ka hoʻopunipuni, a me ka hoʻomāinoino, akā ua hōʻino nui ʻia i kā mākou kuleana o ka 4. He mea ʻike maka a me ka whistleblower e pili ana i ka makahiki o ka makahiki o ka Luna Nānā o ka Puʻukū Luna Nui nāna i hōʻoia i ka papahana NSA he mau piliona kālā i ʻike ʻia ʻo TRAILBLAZER, no ka mea i koho ʻia e ka hoʻokele NSA ma kahi o THINTHREAD, kahi ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai (a me ka hope o ka 4 o ka Hoʻololi. ) ʻikepili hōʻiliʻili, hana, a me ka ʻōnaehana loiloi i hoʻāʻo a mākaukau hoʻi no ka hoʻolaha ākea. Ua loaʻa iā Drake ka Hāʻawiʻo Ridenhour no kaʻoiaʻiʻo-'Ōlelo i ka 2011 a ua loaʻa hoʻi ʻO SAAII kēlā makahiki.

ʻO Larry C. Johnson ʻO ia ka mea loiloi CIA ma mua i neʻe i 1989 i ka US Department of State, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia i ʻehā mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he lunahoomalu no ka palekana halihali, hoʻomaʻamaʻa kōkua anti-terrorism, a me nā hana kūikawā i ka Office of Counterterrorism o ka State Department. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ka lawelawe aupuni ʻana i ʻOkakopa 1993 a kūkulu i kahi ʻoihana kūkā. He CEO ʻo ia a hui pū ʻo BERG Associates, LLC, he hui kūkā kūkākūkā ʻoihana honua me ka loea i ka counterterrorism, palekana mokulele, ka pilikia a me ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻana a me ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ka hoʻolilo kālā. Hana ʻo Mr. Johnson me nā kauoha pūʻali koa US i ka kākau ʻana i nā hana hoʻoweliweli, nā ʻōlelo pōkole e pili ana i nā hana hoʻoweliweli, a hana i nā ʻimi noiʻi hūnā ʻia e pili ana i ka hoʻopunipuni huahana, hoʻopulapula ʻana a me ka hoʻolilo kālā ʻana. Ua hele mai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo a me ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo i nā nūpepa nui he nui a ma nā papahana nūhou aupuni.