Anthu ena aku America amvapo New York Times mtolankhani komanso wolemba mabuku James Risen ndi kukana kwake kuwulula gwero. Koma, chifukwa malipoti ambiri okhudza nkhaniyi amapewa mosamalitsa nkhani ya zomwe Risen idanenedwa, ndi anthu ochepa okha omwe angakuuzeni. M'malo mwake, Risen adanenanso (m'buku, monga New York Times inamvera pempho la boma kuti likhale chete) kuti m'chaka cha 2000 CIA inapereka mapulani a zida za nyukiliya ku Iran. Zolakwika zidadziwika mu mapulaniwo, ndi cholinga chochepetsa pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya ya Iran ngati ilipo. Lipoti la Risen loti zolakwikazo zinali zoonekeratu, kuphatikiza zomwe zidali kale zaku Russia zomwe zidaperekedwa kuti zipereke mapulani ku Iran, zidapangitsa kuti dongosololi liwonekere loyipa kwambiri kuposa momwe limamvekera poyamba.
Jeffery Sterling, yemwe amagwira ntchito ku CIA pazinthu zakale zaku Russia, adapezeka wolakwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino chifukwa chokhala gwero la Risen. Adaweruzidwa pamaziko a umboni womwe umadziwika kuti "meta-data" womwe NSA ikunena kuti sitiyenera kuda nkhawa nawo, koma khothi la apilo Lachinayi lidagamula kuti kusonkhanitsidwa kosagwirizana ndi malamulo. Sterling akuyembekezeka kuweruzidwa Lolemba kukhala mndende kwa nthawi yayitali.
M'kati mwa mlandu wa Sterling, CIA yokha idalengeza nkhani yayikulu kuposa yomwe idalemba pa Sterling. CIA idawulula, mosakayikira mosakayika, kuti mapulani a zida za nyukiliya atangothetsedwa kwa anthu aku Irani, CIA idapemphanso chinthu chomwechi kuti apite ku boma la Iraq ndi cholinga chomwecho. CIA idawulula izi popereka umboni chingwe ichi:
A S., omwe amadziwikanso kuti Bob S., anali ndipo ndi mkulu wa CIA. M ndichidule cha Merlin chomwe ndi code ya Russian wakale komanso dzina la opaleshoni (Operation Merlin). Chingwechi chimatanthawuza kukulitsa kovutirapo kwa opareshoni kupita kwinakwake osati Iran. Dzina la malo enawa limayamba ndi mavawelo, chifukwa limatsatira mawu osatchulika akuti “AN.”
Yang'anani mozama palemba la chingwe. Zilembozo zimakhala m'mizere yowongoka komanso mizere yopingasa yokhazikika. Ndi grid. Mawu osowa pamzere wachisanu ndi chiwiri amayamba ndi mavawelo ndipo ali ndi zilembo zisanu. Itha kukhala IRAQI kapena OMANI.
Pitirizani kuwerenga. Mawu osowa pamzere wakhumi ali ndi zilembo zinayi. Ndi IRAQ kapena OMAN.
Kumatsatira zokambirana za malo osonkhanira, omwe mwina sali ku Iraq (kapena Oman).
Werengani mpaka mzere womaliza. Pamenepo mawu osowa ali ndi zilembo zisanu ndi chimodzi. Itha kukhala IRAQIS kapena OMANIS.
Umboni wotsimikizika wosankha Iraq pa Oman ngati chandamale chachiwiri cha Operation Merlin ndi wolemera kwambiri kuposa zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kuweruza Jeffrey Sterling podziwitsa anthu za cholinga choyamba. Oman sananenepo poyera ndi aliyense kuti ali ndi zida zanyukiliya kapena kutsata pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya. Oman sanadziwikepo kuti ndi chandamale chankhondo yaku US. Iraq mu 2000 idakhala chandamale cha zoyeserera zingapo zothandizidwa ndi CIA. Zida zaku Iraq zidali patsogolo pa CIA. Pasanathe zaka ziwiri, zonena za zida za Iraq zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi CIA kuthandizira kuwukira kwa US ku Iraq komwe kudzabwera mu Marichi 2003.
Zonena za 2002-2003 za Purezidenti George W. Bush panthawiyo komanso Mlangizi wa National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice kuti mfuti yosuta ikhoza kubwera kuchokera ku Iraq ngati mtambo wa bowa zimatengera kuwala kwina pamene timva kuti kanthawi kochepa kale CIA idaganiza zopatsa Iraq zida za nyukiliya ngati gawo la pulogalamu yomwe Condoleezza Rice adanyengerera. New York Nthawi zosawululira.
Mu 1995, mkamwini wa Saddam Hussein, Hussein Kamel, adauza akuluakulu a intelligence a US ndi Britain kuti "zida zonse - biological, chemical, missile, nyukiliya zinawonongedwa." Komabe, pa October 2, 2002, Purezidenti Bush anati, “Boma lili ndi asayansi ndi zipangizo zopangira zida za nyukiliya, ndipo likufunafuna zinthu zofunika kutero.” Izi zinali zonena zomwe adalembanso m'kalata yopita ku Congress komanso mu 2003 State of the Union Address.
Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Dick Cheney adafika mpaka kunena, pa Marichi 16, 2003, pa Pezani Nkhani, "Ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti adapanganso zida zanyukiliya."
Panalibe umboni wa izi, ndithudi, ndipo umboni wonyengerera unapangidwa mosamala, kuphatikizapo zolemba zabodza zomwe zimasonyeza kuti Iraq ikuyesera kugula uranium, ndi kusanthula kolakwika kwa machubu a aluminiyamu omwe anayenera kufufuzidwa mosamala pambuyo pa akatswiri onse achizolowezi. anakana kupereka yankho lofunidwa.
“Tikudziwa kuti pakhala zinthu zotumizidwa . . . ku Iraq. . . machubu a aluminiyamu omwe amangoyenera - zida zapamwamba za aluminiyamu [sic] zomwe zimangoyenera pulogalamu ya zida za nyukiliya, mapulogalamu apakati," adatero Condoleezza Rice pa CNN's. Late Edition ndi Wolf Blitzer pa September 8, 2002.
Pamene akatswiri a m'madipatimenti a mphamvu, boma, ndi chitetezo anakana kunena kuti machubu aluminiyamu ku Iraq anali zida za nyukiliya, chifukwa iwo ankadziwa kuti iwo sakanakhoza kukhala ndipo anali pafupifupi ndithu roketi, anyamata angapo pa Army National Ground. Intelligence Center pafupi ndi Charlottesville, Va., Anali okondwa kukakamiza. Mayina awo anali a George Norris ndi Robert Campus, ndipo analandira “mphoto za kachitidwe” (ndalama) za utumikiwo. Kenako Secretary of State Colin Powell adagwiritsa ntchito zonena za Norris ndi Campus m'mawu ake a UN ngakhale adachenjeza antchito ake kuti sizowona.
Boma la US silinachitepo chilichonse chofuna kunena zabodza kuti Oman ikufuna zida za nyukiliya.
Kodi CIA idatsata Merlin ndikupereka chilichonse ku boma la Iraq? Kodi idapereka mapulani a zida za nyukiliya ngati Iran? Kodi idapereka zida za zida za nyukiliya, monga zidalengedwera ku Iran koma sizinatsatire?
Sitikudziwa. Koma tikudziwa kuti CIA idapitilizabe kulipira "Merlin" ndi mkazi wake pantchito zina. Monga a Marcy Wheeler adanenera, "onse, CIA idalipira Merlins pafupifupi $413,223.67 pazaka 7 James Risen akuti adawononga Merlin ngati chuma." Pazonse zomwe tikudziwa, ife okhometsa msonkho timaperekabe ndalama kunyumba ya Merlin.
