Secrecy, Science, and the National So-Called Security State

Na Cliff Conner, ʻepekema no ka Lahui,ʻApelila 12, 2023

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "ka moku'āina palekana aupuni" ua lilo i mea maʻamau ma ke ʻano he ala e ʻike ai i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo politika o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia lā. Hōʻike ia i ka pono e mālama pilikia loa Ua lilo ka ʻike huna i mea koʻikoʻi o ka mana hoʻomalu. ʻO nā huaʻōlelo ponoʻī paha he mea hoʻokaʻawale ʻole ia, akā ʻo ke ʻano o ke kula, ka manaʻo, a me ke kānāwai i hōʻike ʻia e pili nui ana i ke ola o kēlā me kēia kanaka ma ka honua. I kēia manawa, ʻo ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e mālama i nā mea huna o ka mokuʻāina mai ka lehulehu ua hele pū me ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka pilikino pilikino e pale aku i ka makaʻāinana mai ka mālama ʻana i nā mea huna mai ka mokuʻāina.

ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ko mākou kūlana politika i kēia manawa me ka ʻike ʻole i ke kumu a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā mea huna huna o ka mokuʻāina ʻo US. ʻO ka hapa nui - he mokuna i hoʻoponopono ʻia ma nā puke mōʻaukala ʻAmelika, kahi hemahema a ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Alex Wellerstein i hoʻonohonoho wiwo ʻole a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i loko. ʻIke i kaupalena ʻia: Ka Moʻolelo o ka Maluhia Nukelea ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

ʻO ko Wellerstein ka mea hoʻonaʻauao kūikawā ka mōʻaukala o ka ʻepekema. He kūpono ia no ka mea ʻo ka ʻike weliweli i hana ʻia e nā physicists nuklea ma ka Manhattan Project i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua e mālama ʻia ma mua o nā ʻike mua.1

Pehea i ʻae ai ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika i ka ulu ʻana o ka mea huna i hoʻokumu ʻia i kēlā ʻano nui? Hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu i ka manawa, a ua hoʻoholo ʻia ka hana mua e like me ka mea e pono ai e mālama iā Nazi Kelemānia mai ka hana ʻana i kahi mea kaua nuklea. ʻO ia "ka mea huna a ka ʻepekema ʻepekema i ʻike ʻia e koi ʻia e ka poma atomika" e hana ai i ka mōʻaukala mua o ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni hou he moʻolelo no ka huna huna physics nuklea (p. 3).

ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "Restricted Data" ka huaʻōlelo kumu mua no nā mea huna nuklea. E mālama ʻia lākou ma lalo o ka uhi ʻana a ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia ko lākou ola ʻana, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai ka euphemism e like me "Ka ʻikepili i hoʻopaʻa ʻia" e hoʻopili i kā lākou ʻike.

ʻO ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻepekema a me ke kaiāulu i hōʻike ʻia e kēia moʻolelo, he mea like a hoʻoikaika pū kekahi. Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hopena o ka ʻepekema huna i ka nohona pili kanaka, hōʻike pū ʻia i ke ʻano o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻepekema i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā makahiki he kanawalu i hala. ʻAʻole ia he ulu olakino; ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o ka ʻepekema ʻAmelika i kahi hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻole no ka hoʻomalu kaua ʻana i ka honua.

Pehea e hiki ai ke kākau i kahi moʻolelo huna o ka hūnā?

Inā he mau mea huna e mālama ʻia, ʻo wai ka mea i ʻae ʻia e "ma luna o lākou"? ʻAʻole maoli ʻo Alex Wellerstein. Me he mea lā paha kēia he paradox e hoʻopololei i kāna nīnau mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana. Hiki i ka mea kākau moʻolelo i pāpā ʻia mai ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea huna i ke kumuhana o kā lākou noiʻi ʻana i kekahi mea e ʻōlelo ai?

Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Wellerstein "ʻo nā palena i loaʻa i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e kākau i ka mōʻaukala me kahi moʻolelo waihona i hoʻoponopono pinepine ʻia." Eia nō naʻe, "ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻimi a makemake ʻole i kahi ʻae palekana palekana." ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiwai palena ʻole, a hāʻawi ia i ke aupuni i ke kuleana o ka censorship ma luna o nā mea i paʻi ʻia. "Inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku i kekahi i kaʻu ʻike, he aha ka pono o ka ʻike ʻana?" (p. 9). ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, me ka nui o ka ʻike ʻike ʻole i loaʻa, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā kumu kumu nui loa i kāna puke, ua kūleʻa ʻo Wellerstein i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi moʻolelo piha piha o ke kumu o ka huna huna.

Na Manawa Ekolu o ka Moolelo Malu Nukelea

No ka wehewehe ʻana pehea mākou i loaʻa ai mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kahi i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​​​mea huna huna - ʻaʻole i pale ʻia i ke kānāwai "Confidential," "Secret," a i ʻole "Top Secret" mau ʻano o ka ʻike-i ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni o kēia mau lā, Ua wehewehe ʻo Wellerstein i ʻekolu mau manawa. ʻO ka mea mua mai ka Manhattan Project i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ke Kaua anuanu; ʻo ka lua i hoʻonui ʻia ma o ke Kaua anu kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka waena o 1960s; a ʻo ke kolu mai ke kaua ʻo Vietnam a hiki i kēia manawa.

ʻO ka manawa mua i hōʻike ʻia e ka maopopo ʻole, ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, a me ka hoʻokolohua. ʻOiai ua maʻalahi a paʻakikī nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa i kēlā manawa, ʻo ka paio no ka hūnā mai ia manawa mai hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he bipolar, me nā manaʻo kūʻē ʻelua i wehewehe ʻia he

ʻO ka manaʻo "idealistic" ("aloha i nā ʻepekema") pono ka hana o ka ʻepekema i ke aʻo ʻana i ke ʻano a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka ʻike me ka ʻole o ka palena ʻole, a me ka manaʻo "koa a nationalistic", i manaʻo ʻia he hiki ʻole ke kaua i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ke kuleana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa e mālama i ke kūlana koa ikaika loa (p. 85).

Makaʻala Spoiler: Ua lanakila nā kulekele "koa a i ʻole nationalistic", a ʻo ia ka mōʻaukala o ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni ma kahi pōkole.

Ma mua o ke Kaua Honua ʻElua, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hūnā ʻepekema i hoʻokau ʻia e ka mokuʻāina he mea kūʻai paʻakikī loa ia, i ka poʻe ʻepekema a me ka lehulehu. Ua hopohopo ka poʻe ʻepekema ma waho aʻe o ka pale ʻana i ka holomua o kā lākou noiʻi ʻana, ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā makapō aupuni i ka ʻepekema e hoʻopuka i kahi koho balota naʻaupō ʻepekema a me kahi haʻiʻōlelo lehulehu i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka noʻonoʻo, hopohopo, a me ka hopohopo. ʻO nā kuʻuna kuʻuna o ka wehe ʻepekema a me ka launa pū ʻana, akā naʻe, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka makaʻu nui o kahi pōkā nuklea Nazi.

ʻO ka pio ʻana o nā mana Axis i ka makahiki 1945 ua hoʻohuli ʻia kahi kulekele e pili ana i ka ʻenemi mua e mālama ʻia ai nā mea huna nuklea. Ma kahi o Kelemania, e lilo ana ka ʻenemi i hoa pili mua, ʻo ka Soviet Union. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻokumu i ka anticommunist mass paranoia o ke Kaua Cold, a ʻo ka hopena o ka hoʻokau ʻana i kahi ʻōnaehana nui o ka huna huna ʻana i ka hana ʻepekema ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

I kēia lā, ʻike ʻo Wellerstein, "ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻehiku mau makahiki ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke Kaua Honua II, a ma kahi o ʻekolu mau makahiki mai ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Soviet Union," ʻike mākou ʻo "nā mea kaua nuklea, nuklea huna, a me nā makaʻu nuklea e hōʻike ana i kēlā me kēia hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano paʻa. ʻO kahi ʻāpana o ko mākou honua i kēia manawa, a hiki i ka hapa nui o ka mea hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻē aʻe” (p. 3). Akā pehea Ua hiki mai keia? Hāʻawi nā manawa ʻekolu i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna i ke ʻano o ka moʻolelo.

ʻO ke kumu nui o nā mea huna o kēia lā, ʻo ia ka hūnā i ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka US "mau kaua mau loa" a me nā hewa i ke kanaka a lākou e komo ai.

I ka wā mua, ʻo ka pono o ka nuklea huna "i hoʻolaha mua ʻia e nā ʻepekema i manaʻo i ka mea huna huna i ko lākou makemake." ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ponoʻī ʻana i "morphed, kamahaʻo wikiwiki, i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻomalu aupuni ma luna o ka paʻi ʻepekema, a mai laila aku i ka mana aupuni ma kahi kokoke. a pau ʻike e pili ana i ka noiʻi atomika." He hihia maʻamau ia o ka naïveté politika a me nā hopena i ʻike ʻole ʻia. "I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā physicists nuklea i kā lākou kāhea ʻana no ka hūnā, manaʻo lākou he manawa pōkole ia, a mālama ʻia e lākou. Ua hewa lākou” (p. 15).

Ua manaʻo ka manaʻo koa troglodyte e hiki ke loaʻa ka palekana ma ka waiho wale ʻana i nā ʻike nuklea i kākau ʻia ma lalo o ka laka a me ke kī a me ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻi draconian no ka mea e ʻaʻa e hōʻike, akā ua ʻike koke ʻia ka hemahema o kēlā ala. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ka "huna" koʻikoʻi o ka hana ʻana i kahi pōkā atomika he mea ia o nā kumu kumu o ka physics theoretical i ʻike mua ʻia a ʻike ʻia paha.

laila ia ʻO kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka ʻike i ʻike ʻole ʻia - he "mea huna" maoli - ma mua o 1945: inā paha e hana maoli ʻia ka hypothetical explosive hoʻokuʻu o ka ikehu e ka nuklea fission e hana i ka hana. ʻO ka Trinity atomic test o Iulai 16, 1945 ma Los Alamos, New Mexico, ua hāʻawi aku i kēia mea huna i ka honua, a ua holoi ʻia kekahi kānalua lōʻihi i ʻekolu pule ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o Hiroshima a me Nagasaki. I ka manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kēlā nīnau, ua ʻike ʻia ke ʻano pōʻino: Hiki i kēlā me kēia lāhui ma ka Honua ke kūkulu i kahi pōkā atomika hiki ke luku i kekahi kūlanakauhale ma ka Honua i ka pā hoʻokahi.

Akā ma ke kumu, ʻaʻole like ia me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻAʻole lawa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mea huna o ka hana ʻana i nā pōkā atomika. No ka hana maoli ʻana i kahi pōkā kino e pono ai ka uranium maka a me nā ala ʻoihana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā tona he nui i mea hiki ke hoʻololi. No laila, hoʻokahi laina o ka manaʻo i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ke kī o ka palekana nuklea ʻaʻole ia e hūnā i ka ʻike, akā loaʻa a mālama i ka mana kino ma luna o nā kumuwaiwai uranium honua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia hoʻolālā waiwai a i ʻole nā ​​hana pōʻino e kāohi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka ʻike ʻepekema i mālama i ka monopoly nuklea US no ka lōʻihi.

ʻEhā makahiki wale nō ka monopoly, a hiki i ʻAukake 1949, i ka wā i pahū ai ka Soviet Union i kāna pōkā atomika mua. Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Militarists a me kā lākou mau hoa Congressional i nā kiu - ʻoi loa ka pōʻino a kaulana hoʻi, ʻo Julius lāua ʻo Ethel Rosenberg - no ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka mea huna a hāʻawi iā ia i ka USSR. ʻOiai he moʻolelo wahaheʻe kēlā, akā naʻe, ua hoʻokō ʻo ia i ka mana i ke kamaʻilio ʻāina a hoʻomākaukau i ke ala no ka ulu ʻole o ka mokuʻāina palekana.2

I ka lua o ka manawa, ua neʻe holoʻokoʻa ka moʻolelo i ka ʻaoʻao o Cold Warriors, ʻoiai ua hāʻule ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika i ka nānā ʻana o Reds-Under-the-Bed o McCarthyism. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia nā pili i nā haneli he nui i ka huli ʻana o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa mai ka fission i ka hui. Me ka Soviet Union hiki ke hana i nā pōkā nuklea, ua lilo ka pilikia inā e hahai ʻo ʻAmelika i ka ʻimi ʻepekema no kahi "superbomb" - ʻo ia hoʻi ka thermonuclear, a i ʻole hydrogen bomb. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā physicists nukili, me J. Robert Oppenheimer ma ke alakaʻi, ua kū'ē ikaika i ka manaʻo, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana he mea ʻole ka pōkā thermonuclear ma ke ʻano he mea kaua kaua a hiki ke lawelawe i nā kumu genocidal wale nō.

Eia hou naʻe, ua lanakila nā manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa a nā kākāʻōlelo ʻepekema ʻoi loa, ʻo Edward Teller lāua ʻo Ernest O. Lawrence, a ua kauoha ʻo Pelekikena Truman e hoʻomau i ka noiʻi superbomb. ʻO ka pōʻino, ua holomua ka ʻepekema. I Nowemapa i ka makahiki 1952, ua hana ʻo ʻAmelika i ka pahū hui ʻana i ʻehiku haneri manawa i ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka mea nāna i luku iā Hiroshima, a i Nowemapa i ka makahiki 1955 ua hōʻike ka Soviet Union e hiki nō iā ia ke pane like. Ua holo ka heihei kaua thermonuclear.

Ua hoʻomaka ke kolu o ka manawa o kēia moʻolelo i ka makahiki 1960, ʻoi loa ma muli o ke ala ākea ākea o ka lehulehu i ka hana ʻino a me ka hoʻohana hewa ʻana i ka ʻike i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā o ke kaua US ma Asia Hikina Hema. He au kēia o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka lehulehu i ka hoʻokumu huna. Ua hoʻopuka i kekahi mau lanakila hapa, me ka paʻi ʻana o ka Pentagon Papers a me ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke kānāwai kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻike.

ʻO kēia mau ʻae ʻana, ʻaʻole i hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe hoʻohewa o ka hūnā aupuni a alakaʻi ʻia i "kahi ʻano hou o ka hana anti-secrecy," kahi i hoʻopuka ʻia ai e ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka ʻike i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ke ʻano he "ʻano hana politika," a kāhea aku i nā hōʻoia o ka Hoʻololi Mua. ma ke kūʻokoʻa o ka nūpepa "ma keʻano he mea kaua ikaika e kū'ē i nā keʻena o ka hūnā kānāwai" (pp. 336–337).

Ua lanakila ka poʻe hoʻoikaika kūʻē i ka malu i kekahi mau lanakila, akā i ka wā lōʻihi, ua lilo ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni i mea ākea a ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua o ka manawa. E like me ke kanikau o Wellerstein, "he mau nīnau hohonu e pili ana i ka pono o nā ʻōlelo aupuni e hoʻomalu i ka ʻike ma ka inoa o ka palekana aupuni. . . . aka, ua mau ka mea huna” (p. 399).

Ma waho aʻe o Wellerstein

ʻOiai ʻo ka moʻolelo o Wellerstein o ka hānau ʻana o ka mokuʻāina palekana ʻāina he paʻa, piha, a me ka noʻonoʻo, ʻaʻole naʻe i pōkole i kāna moʻolelo i ke ʻano o ko mākou hiki ʻana i ko mākou pilikia i kēia manawa. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ka hoʻokele ʻana o Obama, "i ka hopohopo o ka nui o kāna poʻe kākoʻo," ʻo ia "kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa i ka wā e hoʻopiʻi ai i nā leakers a me nā whistleblowers," i kākau ai ʻo Wellerstein, "ʻaʻole wau e hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui i kēia moʻolelo ma mua o keia wahi” (p. 394).

ʻO ka neʻe ʻana ma waho o kēlā wahi e lawe iā ia ma waho o ka pale o ka mea i ʻae ʻia i kēia manawa i ka haʻiʻōlelo ākea ākea. Ua komo ka loiloi i kēia manawa i kēia ʻāina malihini ma o ka hoʻāhewa ʻana i ka holo ʻana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka pūʻali koa o ka honua. No ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka nīnau e koi ʻia ka nānā hohonu ʻana i nā ʻano o ka huna huna a Wellerstein i haʻi wale ai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā hōʻike a Edward Snowden e pili ana i ka National Security Agency (NSA), a ma luna o nā mea āpau, WikiLeaks a me ka hihia o Julian Assange.

ʻŌlelo kūʻē i nā Hana

ʻO ka hana nui loa ma mua o Wellerstein i ka mōʻaukala o nā mea huna aupuni e pono ai e ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa hohonu ma waena o ka "huna o ka ʻōlelo" a me ka "huna o ka hana." Ma ka nānā ʻana i nā palapala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Wellerstein i ka ʻōlelo i kākau ʻia a haʻalele i ka nui o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo nui o ka mokuʻāina palekana ʻāina āpau i ulu aʻe ma hope o ka pale o ka hūnā aupuni.

ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka lehulehu e kūʻē i ka huna huna a Wellerstein i wehewehe ʻia he kaua ʻaoʻao hoʻokahi o nā ʻōlelo kūʻē i nā hana. I kēlā me kēia manawa ua puka mai nā hōʻike ʻana o nā haʻihaʻi nui o ka hilinaʻi lehulehu-mai ka papahana COINTELPRO a FBI a hiki i ka hōʻike ʻana o Snowden i ka NSA—ua hoʻopuka nā hui hewa i ka lehulehu. meaʻai a hoʻi koke i kā lākou ʻoihana huna ʻino-e like me ka maʻamau.

I kēia manawa, ua hoʻomau ʻia ka "huna huna o ka hana" o ka mokuʻāina palekana me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻole. ʻO ke kaua ea US ma Laos mai 1964 a hiki i 1973 - kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ʻelua a me ka hapa miliona o nā mea pahū ma kahi ʻāina liʻiliʻi a ʻilihune - ua kapa ʻia ʻo "ke kaua huna" a "ka hana huna nui loa i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika," no ka mea. ʻAʻole i alakaʻi ʻia e ka US Air Force, akā na ka Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).3 He pae mua loa kēlā naauao kaua, i kēia manawa e hana mau ana i nā hana paramilitary huna a me nā pahu drone ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua.

Ua pahū ʻo ʻAmelika i nā pahuhopu kīwila; ua hoouka ia na keiki a paa i ka lima a kipu ia ma ke poo, alaila, kii aku i ka lewa e huna i ka hana; kiʻi ʻia i nā kānaka kīwila a me nā mea nūpepa; hoʻonoho ʻia nā pūʻali koa "ʻeleʻele" no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hopu a me nā pepehi kanaka.

ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ke kumu nui o nā mea huna o kēia lā e hūnā i ka nui a me ke ʻano o ka US "mau kaua mau loa" a me nā hewa e pili ana i ke kanaka. Wahi a ka New York Times i ʻOkakopa 2017, ʻoi aku ma mua o 240,000 mau pūʻali koa US i hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka liʻiliʻi o 172 mau ʻāina a me nā panalāʻau a puni ka honua. ʻO ka hapa nui o kā lākou hana, me ka hakakā ʻana, he mea huna. Ua "hana ikaika" nā pūʻali ʻAmelika ʻaʻole wale ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, a me Suria, akā ma Niger, Somalia, Jordan, Thailand, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe. “He 37,813 mau pūʻali koa e lawelawe ana ma ka ʻoihana huna ma nā wahi i helu ʻia ma ke ʻano he 'ʻike ʻole ʻia.' ʻAʻole hāʻawi ka Pentagon i ka wehewehe hou aku. "4

Inā ʻo nā keʻena o ka hūnā aupuni i ka pale i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia iwakāluakūmākahi, ua hāʻawi ka hoʻouka kaua 9/11 iā lākou i nā pū a pau e pono ai lākou e hoʻihoʻi i kā lākou poʻe hoʻohewa a hoʻolilo i ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni i mea huna a emi ʻole ke kuleana. He ʻōnaehana o nā ʻaha kiaʻi huna i kapa ʻia ʻo FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) i noho a hana ma ke kumu o kahi kino huna o ke kānāwai mai 1978. Ma hope o 9/11, akā naʻe, ua ulu nā mana a hiki i nā ʻaha FISA. me ka exponentially. Ua wehewehe ka mea kākau moʻolelo noiʻi iā lākou e like me ka "lilo mālie ʻana i kahi ʻAha Kiekie like."5

ʻOiai ʻo ka NSA, CIA, a me ke koena o ke kaiāulu naʻauao e ʻimi i nā ala e hoʻomau ai i kā lākou mau hana abysmal ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻolaha pinepine ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo a lākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hūnā, ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano o nā hōʻike - inā ma ka leak, ma ka whistleblower, a i ʻole ma ka wehewehe ʻana. ʻaʻohe hopena. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi hopena politika kumulative i makemake nui ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻokumu kulekele e kāohi. He mea nui ka hakakā mau.

WikiLeaks a me Julian Assange

Ua kākau ʻo Wellerstein e pili ana i "kahi ʻano hou o ka mea hana . . . ʻO ka mea i ʻike i ka huna ʻana o ke aupuni he mea ʻino e hoʻopiʻi ʻia a huki ʻia," akā ʻaʻole i haʻi i ka hōʻike ikaika a maikaʻi loa o kēlā ʻano: WikiLeaks. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo WikiLeaks ma 2006 a ma 2010 i paʻi ʻia ma mua o 75 tausani mau pūʻali koa huna a me nā kamaʻilio diplomatic e pili ana i ke kaua US ma Afghanistan, a kokoke i ʻehā haneli tausani e pili ana i ke kaua US ma Iraq.

ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana o WikiLeaks i nā hewa he nui i ke kanaka i loko o ia mau kaua he mea weliweli a weliweli. ʻO nā uwea diplomatic leaked i loko o ʻelua piliona mau huaʻōlelo i paʻi ʻia e holo i kahi 30 tausani mau puke.6 Ua aʻo mai iā lākou "ua hoʻopā ʻo ʻAmelika i nā pahuhopu kīwila; ua hoouka ia na keiki a paa i ka lima a ki ia ma ke poo, alaila, kii aku i ka lewa e huna i ka hana; kiʻi ʻia i nā makaʻāinana a me nā mea nūpepa; ua hoʻonoho i nā pūʻali 'ʻeleʻele' o nā pūʻali kūikawā no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hopu pio a me ka pepehi kanaka," a me ke kaumaha, ʻoi aku ka nui.7

ʻO ka Pentagon, ka CIA, ka NSA, a me ke Keʻena Moku'āina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ua hoʻopūʻiwa ʻia a hoʻopūʻiwa ʻia i ka maikaʻi o WikiLeaks i ka hōʻike ʻana i kā lākou mau hewa kaua i ka honua e ʻike ai. He mea kupanaha ko lakou makemake nui e kau ma ke kea i ka mea nana i hookumu ia WikiLeaks, o Julian Assange, ma ke ano he kumu weliweli e hooweliweli aku ai i ka poe makemake e hoohalike ia ia. ʻAʻole i hoʻopiʻi ke aupuni ʻo Obama i nā hoʻopiʻi hewa iā Assange no ka makaʻu i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi kūlana weliweli, akā ua hoʻopiʻi ka Trump Administration iā ia ma lalo o ke kānāwai Espionage me nā hewa e lawe ana i ka hoʻopaʻi o 175 mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao.

I ka wā i noho ai ʻo Biden i ke keʻena ma Ianuali 2021, nui nā mea pale o ka Hoʻololi Mua i manaʻo e hahai ʻo ia i ka hiʻohiʻona o Obama a hoʻokuʻu i nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā Assange, ʻaʻole naʻe. I ʻOkakopa 2021, ua hoʻouna aku kahi hui o iwakāluakūmālima kūʻokoʻa paʻi, kūʻokoʻa kīwila, a me nā hui pono kanaka i kahi leka i ka Loio Kuhina Merrick Garland e koi ana i ka 'Oihana Hoʻokolokolo e hoʻōki i kāna mau hana e hoʻopiʻi iā Assange. ʻO ka hihia karaima e kūʻē iā ia, ua ʻōlelo lākou, "he mea hoʻoweliweli koʻikoʻi i ka paʻi kūʻokoʻa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma waho."8

ʻO ke kumu koʻikoʻi e pili ana ʻaʻole kūpono ka hana hewa ʻana i ka paʻi ʻana i nā mea huna aupuni me ka noho ʻana o ka nūpepa kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ai ʻo Assange ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai nā hana New York Times, ka Hawaii Post, a me nā mea hoʻolaha nūhou lehulehu ʻē aʻe i hana mau.9 ʻAʻole ka manaʻo o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa o ka paʻi ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona paʻa o kahi ʻAmelika kūʻokoʻa, akā ʻo ka ʻike ʻana he mea koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi ka nohona e pono e hakakā mau ʻia.

Pono nā mea pale a pau i ka pono kanaka a me ke kūʻokoʻa o ka nūpepa e hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia nā hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā Assange, a e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia mai ka hale paʻahao me ka kali ʻole. Inā hiki ke hoʻopiʻi ʻia a hoʻopaʻahao ʻia ʻo Assange no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo - "huna" a ʻaʻole ʻole - e pio nā ʻālohilohi hope loa o kahi paʻi kūʻokoʻa a e noho aliʻi ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni.

ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā Assange, ʻo ia wale nō ke kaua koʻikoʻi loa i ka hakakā ʻo Sisyphean e pale aku i ka noho aliʻi ʻana o ka poʻe e kūʻē i ka hoʻokaumaha ʻia o ka mokuʻāina palekana aupuni. A he mea nui e like me ka wehe ʻana i nā hewa kaua US, pono mākou e kiʻekiʻe: i e pale iā lākou ma ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kahi neʻe antiwar ikaika e like me ka mea i koi i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hoʻouka kaua ma Vietnam.

ʻO ka moʻolelo o Wellerstein o ke kumu o ka hoʻokumu huna ʻana o ka US he mea waiwai nui ia i ke kaua ideological e kūʻē iā ia, akā ʻo ka lanakila hope e pono ai-e hoʻohālikelike iā Wellerstein iā ia iho, e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna nei - "e hoʻolōʻihi i ka moʻolelo ma waho o kēlā wahi," e komo i ka hakakā no kahi ʻano hou o ke kaiāulu i hoʻokō ʻia i nā pono kanaka.

ʻIke i kaupalena ʻia: Ka Moʻolelo o ka Maluhia Nukelea ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa
ʻO Alex Wellerstein
Ke Kulanui o Chicago Press
2021
528 palapala i

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Cliff Conner he mea kākau moʻolelo ʻepekema. ʻO ia ke kumu o Ko ka pōʻino o ka ʻepekema ʻAmelika (Haymarket Books, 2020) a me He Moolelo Kanaka no ka Naauao (Bold Type Books, 2005).


Notes

  1. Aia nā hana mua e pale i nā mea huna o ka pūʻali koa (e ʻike i ka Defense Secrets Act o 1911 a me ka Espionage Act o 1917), akā e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o Wellerstein, "ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻohana ʻia i kekahi mea nui e like me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka poma atomika ʻAmelika" (p. 33).
  2. Aia nā kiu Soviet ma ka Manhattan Project a ma hope iho, akā, ʻaʻole i hōʻike mua ʻia kā lākou kiu i ka papa manawa o ka papahana kaua nuklea Soviet.
  3. Joshua Kurlantzick, He wahi maikaʻi e loaʻa ai ke kaua: ʻAmelika ma Laos a me ka hānau ʻana o kahi pūʻali koa CIA (Simon & Schuster, 2017).
  4. Papa Hoʻoponopono o New York Times, "ʻO nā kaua mau loa o ʻAmelika," New York Times, ʻOkakopa 22, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/opinion/americas-forever-wars.html.
  5. ʻO Eric Lichtblau, "Ma kahi huna, hoʻonui nui ka ʻaha i nā mana o NSA," New York Times, Iulai 6, 2013, https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/us/in-secret-court-vastly-broadens-powers-of-nsa.html.
  6. Loaʻa nā huaʻōlelo ʻelua piliona a i ʻole ma ka pūnaewele hulina WikiLeaks. Eia ka loulou i ka WikiLeaks 'PlusD, kahi acronym no "Puke Puke o US Diplomacy": https://wikileaks.org/plusd.
  7. ʻO Julian Assange et al., ʻO nā faila WikiLeaks: ʻO ka honua e like me ka US Empire (London & New York: Verso, 2015), 74–75.
  8. “Leta ACLU i ka US Department of Justice,” American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ʻOkakopa 15, 2021. https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/assange_letter_on_letterhead.pdf; E ʻike pū i ka leka wehe hui mai ka New York Times, ke Kahu, Le Monde, ʻO ke aniani, a ʻO El País (Nowemapa 8, 2022) e kāhea ana i ke aupuni US e hoʻokuʻu i kāna mau hoʻopiʻi kūʻē iā Assange: https://www.nytco.com/press/an-open-letter-from-editors-and-publishers-publishing-is-not-a-crime/.
  9. E like me ka wehewehe ʻana o ka loea kānāwai ʻo Marjorie Cohn, "ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻi ʻia ma lalo o ke kānāwai ʻo Espionage Act no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i ka ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo, kahi i mālama ʻia i ka hana Hoʻololi Mua." ʻO kēlā pono, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "he mea hana pono o ka nūpepa." ike ʻO Marjorie Cohn, "Ke alo nei ʻo Assange i ka Extradition no ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hewa kaua US," ʻO Truthout, ʻOkakopa 11, 2020, https://truthout.org/articles/assange-faces-extradition-for-exposing-us-war-crimes/.

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