Wolemba Norman Solomon
Mlandu wa mkulu wakale wa CIA Jeffrey Sterling, womwe udzayambike pakati pa Januware, ukuwoneka ngati nkhondo yayikulu pakuzinga boma la US polimbana ndi kuyimba mluzu. Pogwiritsa ntchito lamulo la Espionage Act kuwopseza ndikuimba mlandu anthu chifukwa cha kutayikira kwa "chitetezo cha dziko", olamulira a Obama atsimikiza kubisa mfundo zofunika zomwe anthu ali ndi ufulu wodziwa.
Pambuyo pofotokoza mwachidule za mlandu wa Sterling zaka zinayi zapitazo, atolankhani sanachite zambiri kuti awonetsere mlandu wake - pomwe nthawi zina amafotokoza za kukana. New York Times mtolankhani James Risen kuti achitire umboni ngati Sterling anali gwero la buku lake la 2006 "State of War."
Kuyimirira kosasunthika kwa Risen pankhani yosunga chinsinsi kwa magwero ndikosangalatsa. Nthawi yomweyo, Sterling - yemwe akukumana ndi milandu 10 yopalamula, kuphatikiza asanu ndi awiri pansi pa Espionage Act - sakuyeneranso kuthandizidwa.
Zovumbulutsidwa zochokera kwa oyimba milandu olimba mtima ndizofunikira pakuvomereza kodziwitsidwa kwa olamulira. Ndi ziwawa zake, Dipatimenti Yachilungamo ya Obama ikumenya nkhondo yovomerezeka pa ufulu wathu wa demokalase kuti tidziwe zambiri za zomwe boma likuchita kuposa nkhani zovomerezeka. N’chifukwa chake mkangano wa m’khoti womwe watsala pang’ono kuchitika pa mlandu wa “United States of America v. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling” uli wofunika kwambiri.
Sterling akuimbidwa mlandu wouza Risen za ntchito ya CIA yomwe idapereka zida zolakwika za zida za nyukiliya ku Iran mu 2000. Milanduyi sinatsimikizidwe.
Koma palibe amene amatsutsa kuti Sterling adauza ogwira ntchito ku Senate Intelligence Committee za zomwe CIA idachita, yotchedwa Operation Merlin, yomwe buku la Risen linavumbulutsa pambuyo pake ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ndi losayankhula komanso lowopsa. Ngakhale kuti akufuna kuletsa kuchuluka kwa zida za nyukiliya, CIA idayika pachiwopsezo chopititsa patsogolo.
Pamene adadziwitsa antchito a komiti ya Senate yoyang'anira za Operation Merlin, Sterling anali kudutsa m'njira kuti akhale woimba mluzu. Mwina ankadziwa kuti kuchita zimenezi kukwiyitsa akuluakulu a CIA. Zaka khumi ndi ziwiri pambuyo pake, pomwe boma likukonzekera kukakumana ndi khothi, ndi nthawi yobwezera m'boma lachitetezo.
Kuzenga mlandu kosalekeza kwa Sterling kumalimbana ndi omwe angakhale oyimbira mbiri ndi uthenga wofunikira: Osaulula zinsinsi zilizonse za "chitetezo cha dziko" zomwe zimapangitsa kuti boma la US liwoneke ngati losakwanira, loyipa, loyipa kapena lowopsa. Musaganize nkomwe za izo.
Ndi zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo, pempho latsopano lakuti “Kuwomba Mluzu pa Kusasamala kwa Boma Ndi Ntchito Yaboma, Osati Mlandu” lapeza anthu opitilira 30,000 osayinira m'masabata aposachedwa, kulimbikitsa boma kuti lisiye milandu yonse yomwe Sterling akuimba. Othandizira oyamba akuphatikiza ExposeFacts, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Project Accountability Project, Nation, The Progressive / Center for Media and Democracy, Reporters Without Borders and RootsAction.org. (Chodzikanira: Ndimagwira ntchito ku ExposeFacts and RootsAction.)
Wolemba nkhani ku Pentagon Papers a Daniel Ellsberg afotokoza mwachidule zomwe boma likuchita pozenga mlandu wa Sterling. "Mavuto a Sterling amachokera ku njira yowopseza anthu omwe angaimbire mluzu, kaya ndi amene adayambitsa izi kapena ayi," adatero Ellsberg poyankhulana ndi munthu wina. nkhani mtolankhani uja Marcy Wheeler ndi ine tinalembera Nation. "Cholinga chake ndi kulanga anthu oyambitsa mavuto powazunza, kuwawopseza, kuwaimba mlandu, zaka zambiri m'khothi komanso mwina kukhala m'ndende - ngakhale atangodutsa njira zovomerezeka kuti alembetse milandu yokhudza akuluakulu awo ndi mabungwe awo. Ndiko kuti, mwa njira, chenjezo lothandiza kwa omwe angakonde 'kutsata malamulo.' Koma mulimonse momwe zingakhalire, aliyense amene anali magwero enieni a atolankhani okhudza kuphwanya malamulo a Fourth Amendment, pamlandu wa NSA, kapena kulephera mosasamala, pamlandu wa CIA, adachita bwino kwambiri. ”
Utumiki wapagulu waukulu woterowo uyenera kutamandidwa ndi chichirikizo chathu.
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Norman Solomon ndi director director a Institute for Public Accuracy komanso mlembi wa "War Made Easy: Momwe Mapurezidenti ndi Pundits Amapitirizira Kutifera." Ndiwoyambitsa nawo RootsAction.org.
