Ndi Medea Benjamin, World BEYOND War, December 21, 2020
Zinali zopweteka kwambiri kupulumuka pa nthawi yaku US ku Iraq komwe kudawononga anthu ambiri komanso kuzunzika popanda chifukwa chomveka.
Tsopano tikukumbutsidwanso za cholowa choopsa cha Bush ndi Purezidenti wosankhidwa wa Biden posankha Avril Haines kukhala Director of National Intelligence. Haines, yemwe ali ndi mbiri yakulankhula mokoma mtima komanso kuyankhula mokoma, anali wabwino kwambiri kwa othandizira a CIA omwe adabera makompyuta a ofufuza a Senate Intelligence Committee akuyang'ana momwe CIA imagwiritsira ntchito kuzunza-kuyimitsa madzi, kugona tulo, hypothermia, kudyetsa kwamphongo, kukwapula, kuchititsidwa manyazi pogonana- kundende ku Guatanamo ndi Afghanistan munkhondo ya Bush on Terror.
Monga Wachiwiri kwa Director wa CIA muulamuliro wa Obama, Haines adasankha kuti asalangize omwe akubera CIA omwe aphwanya magawano, kuwoloka malire ndikumanga zida zamoto pakati pa nthambi zoyang'anira ndi zamalamulo. Kuphatikiza apo, Haines adatsogolera gulu lomwe lidasinthiratu nkhani yazaka 5, 6,000 ya Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture mpaka idasinthidwa kukhala chidule cha masamba 500 chopakidwa ndi inki yakuda kuphimba zoopsazi komanso tetezani iwo omwe ali ndi udindo.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake opulumuka kuzunzidwa ndi owalimbikitsa adangotulutsa chiwonongeko Kalata Yotseguka kulimbikitsa ma senema kuti asavote NO pa Haines pomwe kusankhidwa kwake kudzagwera pakati pa Januware kapena February atadzitukumula komanso chifukwa chokhazikitsidwa ndi Purezidenti. Kalatayo, yomwe idasainidwa ndi omangidwa / opulumuka kwa zaka khumi zapitazo ku Guantanamo, ikutsutsana ndikusankhidwa kwa Mike Morell, wofufuza wa CIA pansi pa Bush, kukhala Director wa CIA.
"Kukweza okhululukira oponderezedwa kuti akhale atsogoleri muulamuliro wa Biden kudzawononga momwe USA ikuyimira ndikupatsa olamulira mwankhanza dziko lapansi," adatero.
Djamel Ameziane, womangidwa ku Guantanamo wochokera ku Algeria yemwe adazunzidwa ndikumangidwa popanda mlandu kuyambira 2002-2013, mpaka pomwe adatulutsidwa m'ndende.
Kutengera kwa Morell kumatha kuchepa ndi oyang'anira a Biden, komabe, pambuyo poti zoyeserera zikuyambitsa kampeni yolimbana ndi Morell, Wachiwiri wakale ndi Woyang'anira Director wa CIA motsogozedwa ndi Obama, ndi Senator Ron Wyden - Democrat wamphamvu pa Senate Intelligence Committee - adamutcha " wopepesa wozunza "ndipo adati kusankhidwa kwake kukhala mtsogoleri wa CIA" sikunayambitse "
Zotsutsa Morell zikuphatikiza zake chitetezo a Agency's "Kufunsa mafunso" machitidwe: kumizidwa m'madzi, "kumenyedwa" - akumenyetsa akaidi mobwerezabwereza kukhoma, kukwapula omangidwa ndi zingwe zamagetsi, kutaya madzi ozizira ozimitsa ogwidwa maliseche kupatula matewera.
Morell anakana kuzitcha izi kuti ndizizunzo. "Sindimakonda kuyitcha kuzunza pachifukwa chimodzi chosavuta: kuyitcha kuti kuzunza akuti anyamata anga anali ozunza," Morell adavomereza kwa atolankhani a Vice mu 2015. "Ndikuyenera kuteteza anyamata anga mpaka nditatsiriza kufa," adatero Morell. amene amaika mabwenzi ake a CIA pamwamba pa chowonadi, malamulo ndi ulemu.
Morell satchula kuzunza, koma wopulumuka ku Guantanamo Moazzam Begg amadziwa bwino zomwe kuzunzidwa kuli. Begg, yemwe adasaina chivomerezo chabodza pomwe akuzunzidwa, ndi Outreach Director wa CAGE, bungwe ku UK lomwe limatumikira madera omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi War on Terror. Begg akukumbukira masiku ake akusungidwa ku US. “Anandimanga ndi manja kumbuyo kwa miyendo yanga, adandimenya mutu, adandimenya kumbuyo, adandiwopseza kuti anditengera ku Egypt kuti akazunzidwe, agwiriridwe, ndikumenyedwa ndi magetsi. Iwo anali ndi mkazi akufuula mchipinda chotsatira yemwe ndimakhulupirira kuti panthawiyo anali mkazi wanga. Iwo anagula zithunzi za ana anga ndipo anandiuza kuti sindidzawaonanso. ”
Mosiyana ndi lipoti la Senate komanso kuwunika kwamkati kwa CIA, Morell adalungamitsa kuzunzidwa pomangonena kuti kudali kotheka polepheretsa ziwembu zamtsogolo motsutsana ndi aku America. Ogwira ntchito ku Senate ati Morell ali ndi mayina, masiku ndi zowona zonse zosakanikirana, ndipo anali wolakwika pakuzunza.
Wopulumuka wozunzidwa komanso wolemba wopambana mphotho Mansoor Adayfi, wogulitsidwa kwa asitikali aku US ku Afghanistan chifukwa chololeza ndalama ndikuikidwa m'ndende popanda chindapusa ku Guantanamo kwa zaka 14, amadziwa yekha kuti kuzunza sikugwira ntchito. "Ku Guantanamo, akakuikani munthawi yoyipa kwambiri - ngati maola 72 pansi pa mpweya wozizira kwambiri, ndipo mumangiriridwa pansi ndipo wina abwera ndikutsanulirani madzi ozizira - mudzawauza chilichonse chomwe akufuna nenani. Ndisaina chilichonse, ndidzavomera chilichonse! ”
Kuphatikiza pakunyalanyaza kugwiritsa ntchito kuzunza, Morell adathandizira kuteteza omwe amakuzunza kuti asayankhe mlandu poteteza chiwonetsero cha CIA cha 2005 cha makanema pafupifupi 90 ofunsidwa mwankhanza a Abu Zubaydah ndi ena omwe adamangidwa m'malo akuda a CIA.
Opita patsogolo ayenera kudziwa posachedwa ngati ubale wabwino wa Morell ndi othandizira a CIA munthawi ya Bush akuyika chisankho chake mwabwino.
Biden akuyembekezeka kusankha amene akufuna kukhala director wa CIA tsiku lililonse. Kwa a Jeffrey Kaye, wolemba Cover-Up ku Guantanamo ndikusayina kalata ya Open, Purezidenti Wosankhidwa akuyenera kupitiliza Morell ndipo Senate iyenera kukana Haines. "Morell ndi Haines aika kukhulupirika kwa omwe amazunza a CIA kuposa kutsatira mapangano aku US ndi malamulo apakhomo, komanso amakhalidwe abwino. Kuwalola kuti azigwira ntchito m'boma kungatumize uthenga kwa onse omwe akuwazunza apita, ndikuti milandu yankhondo nthawi zonse azichotsera ndi diso kuchokera kwa omwe ali ndiudindo. "
Omwe asainira kalata yotsutsa Morell ndi Haines ndi awa:
- Mohamedou Ould Salahi, mkaidi wa ku Guantanamo wosungidwa kwa zaka 14; kumenyedwa, kukakamizidwa kudyetsedwa, kusagona tulo; anamasulidwa mu 2016, wolemba, Zolemba za Guantánamo;
- A Major Todd Pierce (Asitikali aku US, Opuma pantchito), Woyimira milandu Woweruza General pa magulu achitetezo kwa omenyera ufulu wa asitikali aku Guantánamo;
- Mlongo Dianna Ortiz, mishonale waku US, mphunzitsi wa ana aku Mayan, yemwe adazunzidwa ndi gulu lankhondo lothandizidwa ndi CIA ku Guatemala;
- Carlos Mauricio, Pulofesa wa ku College adagwidwa ndikuzunzidwa ndi magulu akumapeto akumapiko akumanja aku US ku El Salvador; Mtsogoleri Wamkulu: Stop Impunity Project;
- Roy Bourgeois, wansembe waku Roma Katolika yemwe adayambitsa School of the Americas Watch kuti atsutsane ndi US yophunzitsa asitikali aku Latin America machitidwe ozunza;
- Colonel Larry Wilkerson, Whistleblower ndi Chief of Staff kwa Secretary of State Colin Powell;
- A John Kiriakou, omwe kale anali wapolisi wa CIA adamangidwa atawulula zambiri zazamadzi za CIA;
- Roger Waters, woimba yemwe kale anali ndi Pink Floyd, yemwe nyimbo yake "Kandulo Yoying'ono Iliyonse" ndi ulemu kwa wovutitsidwayo.
Ma Progressives akhala akukopa anthu kuti asaphatikizidwe ndi omwe amateteza nkhanza m'boma la Biden kuyambira nthawi ya Ogasiti Democratic National Convention, pomwe nthumwi 450 zidapereka kalata kwa Biden akumulimbikitsa kuti alembere aphungu atsopano azamayiko akunja ndikukana Haines. Pambuyo pake CODEPINK anakhazikitsa pempho inayinidwa ndi anthu opitilira 4,000, ndipo bungwe la Capitol Hill likuyitanitsa maphwando ndi Muslim Delegates and Allies kuti achoke "No on Haines, No on Morell," mauthenga kumaofesi a mamembala a Senate Intelligence Committee omwe amayenera kufunsa a Haines pamilandu yotsimikizira.
Kwa miyezi ingapo, Morell amamuwona ngati wotsogola kwa wamkulu wa CIA, koma kutsutsana ndikudzitchinjiriza kwake kochititsa manyazi kwapangitsa kuti asankhidwe. Tsopano olimbana ndi nkhondo akuti akufuna kuwonetsetsa kuti kusankhidwa kwake kulibe patebulopo, ndikuti Biden ndi Senate akumvetsetsanso Avril Haines ayenera kukanidwa chifukwa chololeza kuthana ndi kuzunzidwa kwa CIA.
Pali zambiri, nawonso.
Onse a Morell ndi a Haines adathandizira kusankha kwa a Gina Haspel kwa Director wa CIA - kusankha komwe Senator Kamala Harris, ma Democrat ena odziwika, ndi Senator John McCain adatsutsa mwamphamvu. Haspel adayang'anira ndende yakuda ku Thailand ndikulemba zolemba zomwe zikuloleza kuwonongedwa kwa matepi aku CIA olemba kuzunzidwa.
Malinga ndi a Colonel Wilkerson, Chief of Staff for Secretary of State wa a Colin Powell, "Kubedwa, kuzunzidwa ndi kuphedwa kulibe malo mu demokalase ndikusintha CIA kukhala apolisi achinsinsi ... kachiwiri. ”
Ndipo iwo akanakhoza-ngati Biden ndi Senate angakwezeke opepesa ozunza ndi oyera ku White House.
Tikufuna atsogoleri anzeru omwe amavomereza kuti kuzunzika kuli zoletsedwa ndi malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi; zimenezo ndi kupanda umunthu; kuti zilibe ntchito; kuti zimaika pachiwopsezo asitikali aku US omwe agwidwa ndi adani. Anthu aku America akuyenera kutumiza uthenga womveka kwa Purezidenti-wosankhidwa Biden kuti sitivomereza omwe amamuzunza mu kayendetsedwe kake.
Medea Benjamin ndi amene amapanga CODEPINK kwa Mtendere, ndi wolemba mabuku angapo, kuphatikiza Nkhondo za Drone: Kupha mwa Kutali Kwambiri. Adachita nawo ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi kuzunza kunja kwa Ndende ya Guantanamo ku Cuba, ku White House komanso ku Misonkhano ya DRM.
Marcy Winograd wa Progressive Democrats of America adatumikira monga 2020 DNC Delegate wa Bernie Sanders ndipo adakhazikitsa Progressive Caucus ya California Democratic Party. Wogwirizira CODEPINKCONGRESS, Marcy akutsogolera Capitol Hill kuyitanitsa zipani kuti zithandizire othandizira ndi kuvotera malamulo amtendere ndi mfundo zakunja.
