Pakati pa mlandu wa mkulu wakale wa CIA Jeffrey Sterling, ndemanga imodzi ndiyodziwika. "Mlandu wolakwa," loya woyimira chitetezo a Edward MacMahon adauza oweruza koyambirira, "si malo omwe CIA imapita kuti akabwezeretse mbiri yake." Koma ndipamene CIA idapita ndi mlanduwu sabata yake yoyamba - kutumiza kwa mboni gulu la akuluakulu omwe amachitira umboni zaubwino wa bungweli ndikudzudzula mwamphamvu aliyense amene angapatse mtolankhani zidziwitso zachinsinsi.
Mbiri ya CIA ikufunikadi kukwezedwa. Zakhala zikutsika kwambiri pazaka khumi ndi ziwiri kuyambira pomwe adauza Purezidenti George W. Bush zomwe amafuna kuti dziko limve za zida zankhondo zaku Iraq. Chiwopsezo chachikulu chakupha pa mbiri ya bungweli sichinachiritsidwe kuyambira pamenepo, chokhudzidwa ndi nkhani monga kumenyedwa ndi ndege zowuluka, kutembenuzira akaidi ku maboma ozunza ndi osangalala komanso kutetezedwa kolimba kwa omwe amazunza omwe.
Malingaliro a CIA okhudza kukhululukidwa ndi kuimbidwa mlandu akuwoneka kuti mtsogoleri wakale wa ntchito yachinsinsi ya CIA, a Jose Rodriguez Jr., adavutika. palibe chilango chifukwa chowononga mavidiyo ambiri akufunsa mafunso ozunza ndi bungweli - lomwe Ankadziwa kuyambira pachiyambi kuti kuzunzidwa kunali koletsedwa.
Koma m'bwalo lamilandu, tsiku ndi tsiku, ndi kupembedza kokonda dziko lawo, mboni za CIA - ambiri aiwo amawonekera pamaso pa anthu kuti asunge zinsinsi zawo - achitira umboni kulemekeza kwawo malamulo.
Pamenepa, CIA ikuwulutsa zovala zake zonyansa kuposa kale m'bwalo lamilandu. Bungweli likuwoneka kuti likukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuyesa kutsutsa zolakwika za Operation Merlin - khama la CIA zaka 15 zapitazo kuti apereke zida za nyukiliya zolakwika ku Iran - m'buku la James Risen la 2006. State War.
Kuti atsindikitse kufunikira koletsa zambiri za Operation Merlin zomwe pamapeto pake zidawonekera m'bukuli, Rice adachitira umboni kuti - paudindo wake ngati mlangizi wachitetezo cha dziko mu 2003 - adakambirana ndi Purezidenti Bush ndipo adalandira chivomerezo chake asanakumane ndi oyimira New York Times. Rice anakwanitsa kukopa akuluakulu a nyuzipepala kuti asamafalitse nkhaniyi. (Kuwulula ma memo a CIA okhudza kayendetsedwe ka bungweli kukakamiza Times ndi atumizidwa monga ziwonetsero zoyeserera.)
Wochitira umboni nyenyezi kumapeto kwa sabata yatha, yemwe amadziwika kuti "Mr. Merlin, "anali wasayansi waku Russia wa CIA yemwe adapereka zida za zida za nyukiliya ku ofesi yaku Iran ku Vienna mu 2000. Monga akuluakulu a CIA omwe adachitira umboni, adawonetsa kunyadira kwa Operation Merlin - nthawi ina ngakhale akuwoneka kuti akunena kuti. zidalepheretsa Iran kupanga bomba la nyukiliya. (Izi zinali zodabwitsa kwambiri. Bambo Merlin mwiniwake adavomereza kuti zoyesayesa zake sizinayankhe chilichonse kuchokera ku Tehran, ndipo palibe umboni kuti opareshoniyo inali ndi vuto lililonse loletsa kuchulukana.)
Mosiyana ndi nkhani mu State War - zomwe zimamuwonetsa ngati wokayikira kwambiri za opaleshoniyo komanso wosafuna kutenga nawo mbali - umboni wa Mr. Merlin kudzera pa kanema unkafuna kuti adziwonetse yekha motsimikiza pokwaniritsa ndondomekoyi: "Ndinadziwa kuti ndiyenera kugwira ntchito yanga. . . . Sindinkakayikira.”
Woimira boma pamilandu atamufunsa ngati panafunika kumunyengerera kwambiri kuti achite nawo opaleshoniyo, a Merlin anayankha mwaukali kuti: “Sinali ntchito yankhanza. Inali ntchito yabwino kwambiri. " (Mutu m'buku la Risen wofotokoza za Operation Merlin umatchedwa "A Rogue Operation.")
Woimira bomayo mwina anakonda yankholo - kupatulapo chodziwikiratu kuti silinayankhe funso lake. Chifukwa chake anayesanso, kufunsa ngati zidatengera kukopa kwa mkulu wamilandu wa CIA kuti apitilize ntchito yomwe adatumizidwa ku Vienna. Funso linali lodziwikiratu kuti yankho la "Ayi". Koma a Merlin anayankha kuti: “Sindikudziwa.
Woimira bomayo anayesanso, ndikufunsa ngati sanafune kuvomera kupitiriza ntchitoyo.
Poyamba panalibe yankho, kungokhala chete moonekeratu. Kenako: “Sindikudziwa.” Kenako: “Sindinkakayikira. Sindinachedwe.”
Zonsezi ndizofunikira kwambiri pamlanduwo, popeza boma likunena kuti buku la Risen ndilolakwika - kuti Operation Merlin inali pafupi yopanda chilema komanso kuti Sterling adayambitsa nkhawa komanso nkhani yomwe idadziwika bwino.
Aliyense amavomereza kuti Sterling adadutsa njira zoyenera kuti agawane nkhawa zake ndi chidziwitso chodziwika ndi ogwira ntchito ku Senate Intelligence Committee kumayambiriro kwa March 2003. Koma wotsutsa, wokhala ndi zida za 10, adanena kuti adapitanso ku Risen ndikuwulula zambiri zachinsinsi. Sterling akuti ndi wosalakwa pazonse.
Boma silinafune kuti a Merlin apereke umboni, ponena kuti anali kudwala kwambiri (ndi khansa ya impso), koma Woweruza wa Khoti Lachigawo la US, Leonie Brinkema, adagamula kuti vidiyoyi iwonetsedwe. Izi zidakhala zomvetsa chisoni kwa ozenga milandu, popeza Merlin adachita chifunga komanso amazemba pakufunsidwa mafunso, ndikumayankha pafupipafupi monga "Sindikukumbukira" ndi "Sindikukumbukira." Chifunga chowawa kwambiri chomwe ankadzipangira chinachititsa kuti a Merlin akhale mboni ya boma.
Kuti atseke sabata yoyamba ya mlanduwu, kumapeto kwa sabata la masiku atatu, boma lidayitanira mboni zambiri za CIA. Iwo adatsimikiza kufunikira koyenera koyenera kwa maofesala a CIA kuti atsatire malamulo ndi malamulo posamalira zinthu zamagulu. Monga momwe mungaganizire, palibe amene anali kunena kanthu ponena za kusavomereza kuswa malamulo oletsa kuzunza kapena kuwononga umboni wa chizunzo. Komanso palibe chomwe chimanena zenizeni zenizeni mlandu wosankha za kutayikira, ndi akuluakulu aboma la US ndi ofesi ya atolankhani ya CIA nthawi zonse amafotokozera atolankhani omwe amakonda.
Koma akuluakulu apamwamba ndi ogwira ntchito za PR si okhawo ogwira ntchito ku CIA wokwanira kuthawa kuyang'anitsitsa kwambiri kuti mwina kuwulukira kwa atolankhani. Potengera umboni pamlanduwo, kafukufuku wovuta kwambiri amawunikira omwe amawonedwa ngati osakhutira. Mtsogoleri wa ofesi ya atolankhani ya CIA, William Harlow, anasonyeza kuti Sterling (yemwe ndi waku America waku America) adakhala wokayikira mwachangu pamilandu yotayikira ya Operation Merlin chifukwa m'mbuyomu adapereka suti yotsutsa bungweli ndi tsankho.
Zolakwa zina za Sterling motsutsana ndi malamulo oletsa kungokhala chete zidaphatikizapo ulendo wake ku Capitol Hill pomwe adataya nyemba kwa ogwira ntchito mu komiti yoyang'anira Senate.
M'bwalo lamilandu, sabata yoyamba ya mlanduwo, nthawi zambiri ndimakhala pafupi ndi katswiri wofufuza za CIA Ray McGovern, yemwe adatsogolera National Intelligence Estimates m'ma 1980s ndikukonza zolemba za CIA za tsiku ndi tsiku kwa apurezidenti kuyambira a John Kennedy mpaka a George HW Bush. Ndinadabwa kuti McGovern akupanga zotani; Ndinapeza pamene iye analemba kuti "nkhani yeniyeni ya mlandu wa Sterling ndi momwe kulowerera ndale kwa gulu la CIA pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi kwathandizira kulephera kwanzeru zambiri, makamaka kuyesetsa 'kutsimikizira' kuti maboma omwe akufuna ku Middle East anali kusonkhanitsa zida zowononga kwambiri. ”
Palibe zodziwikiratu ngati mamembala a jury angamvetse "nkhani yeniyeni" iyi. Woweruza Brinkema akuwoneka wotsimikiza kuti asaphatikizepo china chilichonse kupatula kungoganiza mozama pankhaniyi. Ponseponse, malingaliro okhazikika akukula kuchokera ku benchi, kuti apindule ndi boma.
"Pamlandu wa Sterling, ozenga milandu aboma akuwoneka kuti akufuna kuchita zonse ziwiri," adatero McGovern. "Akufuna kukulitsa mlanduwo kuti awononge mbiri ya CIA yokhudzana ndi luso lake lobisala koma ndikuchepetsa mlanduwo ngati oyimira chitetezo ayesa kuwonetsa oweruza milandu yomwe "Merlin" idawululira mu 2006 - momwe Purezidenti George Ulamuliro wa W. Bush unali kuyesera kuti akhazikitse mlandu wotsutsana ndi Iran chifukwa cha pulogalamu yake ya zida za nyukiliya monga momwe adachitira ndi ma WMD omwe analipo ku Iraq mu 2002-2003.
Ali m'njira, CIA ikufunitsitsa kugwiritsa ntchito mayeserowo momwe angathere pofuna kuwongolera kuwonongeka kwa zithunzi, kuyesera kukwera malo okwera omwe awonongeka pang'onopang'ono chifukwa cha nkhani zapamwamba zautolankhani zamtundu umene Risen anapereka m'mabuku ake. State War lipoti la Operation Merlin.
Ndipo CIA ikufuna chilango chowawa kwambiri kuti chikhale chenjezo kwa ena.
CIA ikufuna kupatsidwa ulemu wochulukirapo - kuchokera pawailesi yakanema, opanga malamulo, kuchokera kwa omwe atha kulembedwa - kuchokera kwa aliyense amene angafune kugonjera ulamuliro wake, ngakhale atakhala wachinyengo bwanji kapena kulibe. Kuwononga moyo wa Jeffrey Sterling ndi njira inanso yochitira izi.
Norman Solomon ndi director director a Institute for Public Accuracy komanso mlembi wa Nkhondo Yosavuta: Momwe Mabungwe ndi Mavuto Amatipitilira Ife Kufa. Ndiwoyambitsa nawo RootsAction.org.
