Liti New York Times mtolankhani James Risen adasindikiza buku lake lakale, State War, ndi Times anamaliza kuchedwa kwake kwa chaka chimodzi ndipo adasindikiza nkhani yake yokhudza akazitape opanda chilolezo m'malo mongotengeka ndi bukhuli. The Times adati silinafune kukopa chisankho cha pulezidenti wa 2004 podziwitsa anthu zomwe Purezidenti akuchita. Koma sabata ino a Times adatero mkonzi 60 Mphindi kuti a White House adamuchenjeza kuti zigawenga zomwe zidachitika ku United States ndizomwe zidachitika Times ngati wina atsatira kufalitsa - kotero zikhoza kukhala kuti Nthawi ' Zonena za kunyozedwa kwa demokalase inali nkhani yachikuto ya mantha ndi kukonda dziko lako. The Times sananenepo nkhani zina zofunika m'buku la Risen.
Imodzi mwa nkhanizo, zomwe zapezeka m'mutu wotsiriza, zinali za Operation Merlin - mwina dzina lake chifukwa kungodalira matsenga kukanapangitsa kuti zitheke - momwe CIA inapereka mapulani a zida za nyukiliya ku Iran ndi kusintha koonekeratu mwa iwo. Izi zikuyenera kuti zichepetse kulephera kwa Iran popanga zida za nyukiliya. Risen adafotokoza za Operation Merlin pa Demokarase Tsopano sabata ino ndipo adafunsidwa za izi 60 Mphindi zomwe zinatha kusiya kulongosola kulikonse komwe kunali. Boma la US likuzenga mlandu a Jeffrey Sterling pomuganizira kuti ndi amene adatulutsa Risen, ndikuyimbira mlandu. Awuka kufuna kuti aulule gwero (zake).
The Risen media blitz sabata ino ikutsagana ndi kusindikizidwa kwa buku lake latsopano, Lipirani Mtengo Uliwonse. Kuwuka bwino sikubwerera m'mbuyo. Nthawi ino wapanga nkhani yake yopusa-yomwe-CIA-adachita-posachedwapa nkhani yachiwiri osati yomaliza, komanso nkhani yomaliza. New York Times wanena kale. Tikukamba za "ntchito zozunza," "Iraq ali ndi WMDs," "tiyeni tonse tiyang'ane mbuzi" kusayankhula apa. Tikukamba za mtundu wazinthu zomwe zingatsogolere boma la Obama kuyesa kuyika munthu m'ndende. Koma sizikuwonekeratu kuti pali gwero lachinsinsi lomwe liyenera kudzudzula nthawi ino, ndipo Dipatimenti Yotchedwa Justice ili kale pambuyo pa Sterling ndi Risen.
Sterling, mwa njira, sanamvepo poyerekeza ndi Chelsea Manning kapena Edward Snowden kapena ena oimba mluzu Risen akufotokoza m'buku lake latsopano. Anthu, zikuwoneka, sapanga ngwazi ngati woimbira mluzu kufikira pambuyo pomwe mawailesi amakanema apangitsa kuti munthuyo adziwike kuti ndi wachiwembu. Sterling, chochititsa chidwi, ndi woimba mluzu yemwe akanangotchedwa "wachiwembu" ngati kukanakhala chiwembu kuti awulule chiwembu, popeza anthu omwe amaganiza motere pafupifupi padziko lonse lapansi adzawona kupereka mapulani a nyukiliya ku Iran ngati chiwembu. M'mawu ena, iye alibe kuukira mwachizolowezi, koma anakhalabe pa chiyambi-iwo-amanyalanyaza-inu siteji chifukwa palibe kampani chidwi kufotokoza Merlin nkhani.
Ndiye kusayankhula kwatsopano kwa Langley ndi chiyani? Izi zokha: kuthyola njuga-chizoloŵezi cha makompyuta dzina lake Dennis Montgomery yemwe sakanatha kugulitsa Hollywood kapena Las Vegas pazachinyengo zamapulogalamu ake, monga kuthekera kwake kuwona zomwe zili mu tepi ya kanema zomwe sizikuwoneka ndi maso, adagulitsa CIA pazachinyengo. kuti atha kuwona mauthenga achinsinsi a al Qaeda powulutsa pawailesi yakanema ya Al Jazeera. Kunena chilungamo, Montgomery akuti CIA idakankhira lingaliro pa iye ndipo adathamanga nalo. Ndipo osati CIA yokha yomwe idameza hooey yake, komanso momwemonso mfundo komiti yayikulu, mamembala omwe anali, kwanthawi yayitali: Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Dick Cheney, Mlangizi wakale wa National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Wotchedwa Mlembi Wachitetezo a Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Director wa CIA George Tenet, ndi Attorney General John. Ashcroft. Tenet amatenga gawo lake lanthawi zonse ngati woyang'anira nkhani ya Risen, koma a John Brennan amadziwika kuti nawonso adachita nawo lunacy ya Dennis Montgomery. Bush White House idayimitsa ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha machenjezo achinsinsi a Montgomery za chiwonongeko, ndikuganizira mozama ndege zowombera kuchokera kumwamba.
Pamene France idafuna kuwona maziko oyambira ndege, idawona mwachangu mulu wowotcha ndowe za akavalo ndikudziwitsa US. Chifukwa chake, CIA idachoka ku Montgomery. Ndipo Montgomery adapitilira kumakontrakitala ena ogwira ntchito pazitosi zina za akavalo ku Pentagon. Ndipo palibe chodabwitsa pamenepo. "Kafukufuku wa 2011 wa Pentagon," Risen akuti, "adapeza kuti pazaka khumi pambuyo pa 9 / 11, Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo idapereka ndalama zoposa $ 400 biliyoni kwa makontrakitala omwe adaloledwa kale pamilandu yokhudzana ndi $ 1 miliyoni kapena kuposerapo mwachinyengo. .” Ndipo Montgomery sanaloledwe. Ndipo ife anthu amene anamulemeretsa ndi mamiliyoni sanauzidwe kuti alipo. Palibe chachilendo pamenepo. Zinsinsi ndi chinyengo ndizodziwika bwino m'nkhani yomwe Risen akutiuza, kufotokoza zachinyengo za anthu omwe amapha anzawo, ozunza anzawo, opindula, komanso ochita mantha - makampani omwe adalembedwa ganyu kuti apange chipwirikiti. Kutaya ndalama kumagulu ankhondo kwasudzulidwa mwamphamvu m'nkhani zapagulu kuchokera ku zovuta zachuma zomwe zimabweretsa kuti Risen amatha kunena mawu a Linden Blue, wachiwiri kwa wapampando wa General Atomics, akudzudzula anthu omwe amatenga ndalama kuboma. Amatanthauza anthu osauka omwe amatenga ndalama zochepa kuti akwaniritse zosowa zawo, osati opanga ma drone omwe amalemera monyanyira ponamizira kuti ma drones amapangitsa dziko kukhala lotetezeka.
Chomwe chimayambitsa vutoli, monga a Risen akuwona, ndikuti asitikali ndi chitetezo chadziko lakwawo apatsidwa ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe angadziwire zoyenera kuchita. Kotero, iwo amalingalira mopanda nzeru choti achite nazo izo. Izi zikuchulukirachulukira, Risen akulemba, mwamantha kwambiri kotero kuti anthu safuna kunena kuti ayi ku chilichonse chomwe chingagwire ntchito ngakhale m'maloto awo owopsa - kapena zomwe Dick Cheney adazitcha kuti ndi udindo woyika chilichonse chomwe chili ndi mwayi wa 1%. Adawuka adanena Demokarase Tsopano ndalama zomwe adawononga pankhondo zidamukumbutsa za mabanki aku Wall Street. M'buku lake akutsutsa kuti opindula kwambiri pankhondo awonedwa kuti ndi aakulu kwambiri kuti alephere.
Risen akufotokoza nkhani zingapo mu Lipirani Mtengo Uliwonse, kuphatikizapo nkhani ya mapaleti a ndalama. Pa $ 20 biliyoni yotumizidwa ku Iraq mu mabiliyoni a $ 100, akulemba kuti, $ 11.7 biliyoni sichidziwika - yotayika, yabedwa, yogwiritsidwa ntchito molakwika, kapena yaponyedwa mukuyesera kulephera kugula chisankho cha Ayad Allawi. Risen akuti pafupifupi $ 2 biliyoni yandalama zomwe zidasowa zimadziwika kuti zakhala mulu ku Lebanon, koma boma la US lilibe chidwi chobwezera. Kupatula apo, ndi $ 2 biliyoni yokha, ndipo mafakitale ankhondo akuyamwa $ 1 thililiyoni pachaka kuchokera ku US Treasury.
Pamene Risen, monga wina aliyense, amatchula mtengo wa nkhondo zaposachedwa za US ($ 4 triliyoni pazaka khumi, akutero), nthawi zonse ndimadabwa kuti palibe amene amawona kuti ndi nkhondo zomwe zimalimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama "zanthawi zonse" zankhondo. ina $10 thililiyoni pazaka khumi zilizonse pamayendedwe apano. Sindikukhulupiriranso kuti Risen akulemba kuti "kwa America ambiri, nkhondo yakhala yolekerera koma yopindulitsa." Chani? Zachidziwikire kuti ndizopindulitsa kwambiri kwa anthu ena omwe amasokoneza boma. Koma "ambiri aku America"? Anthu ambiri (osati ambiri) ku US ali ndi ntchito m'makampani ankhondo, kotero ndizofala kuganiza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama pankhondo ndi kukonzekera nkhondo kumapindulitsa chuma. Zoonadi, kugwiritsa ntchito madola omwewo pa mafakitale amtendere, pa maphunziro, pa zomangamanga, kapena ngakhale kuchepetsa msonkho kwa anthu ogwira ntchito kungapangitse ntchito zambiri ndipo nthawi zambiri ntchito zolipira bwino - ndi ndalama zokwanira zothandizira aliyense kuti asinthe kuchoka ku nkhondo kupita ku ntchito yamtendere. . Ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zimachulukitsa kusagwirizana komanso kusokoneza ndalama zomwe anthu a m'mayiko omwe alibe zida zambiri amakhala nazo. Ndikulakalakanso kuti Risen adatha kuphatikiza nkhani imodzi kapena ziwiri kuchokera ku gulu lomwe likupanga 95% ya ozunzidwa ndi nkhondo ku US: anthu akumalo komwe nkhondo zimachitikira.
Koma Risen amagwira ntchito yabwino kwa omenyera nkhondo aku US omwe akuzunzidwa, pakuchulukira kwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwamadzi, komanso nthano zoseketsa za boma la US kulowerera pamilandu ndi mabanja a 9/11 motsutsana ndi omwe atha kupezera ndalama aku Saudi a 9/11 - nkhani, gawo lomwe limaperekedwa mochulukirapo malinga ndi momwe Afghanistan imakhudzira mu bukhu laposachedwa la Anand Gopal. Palinso nkhani yofanana ndi Merlin yokhudza kugulitsa kotheka kwa ma drones opangidwa ndi US kwa adani aku US kunja.
Mabuku osonkhanitsira a SNAFU awa ayenera kuwerengedwa ndi maso pa nkhalango yonse, ndithudi, kuti tipewe kunena kuti zomwe tikufunikira ndi nkhondo yomwe yachitika bwino kapena - chifukwa chake - Wall Street yachita bwino. Sitikufuna CIA yabwinoko koma boma wopanda CIA. Kuti mavuto omwe afotokozedwa siatsopano amakumbukiridwa, kwa ine, powerenga bukhu la Risen, ndikubwerezabwereza ku Dulles Airport. Komabe, zikuyamba kuwoneka ngati abale a Dulles salinso ngodya yobisika ya boma, koma oyera mtima a anthu onse aku America. Ndipo ndizowopsa. Zinsinsi zimalola misala, ndipo chinsinsi chachikulu chikugwiritsidwa ntchito kuti asunge chinsinsi chamisala. Zingakhale bwanji "Chinsinsi cha Boma" kuti CIA idagwera wojambula wachinyengo yemwe adanamizira kuti akuwona mauthenga amatsenga pa Al Jazeera? Ngati kuimbidwa mlandu kwa a Obama kwa oimba mluzu sikuchenjeza anthu za ngoziyo, makamaka kumathandiza kugulitsa mabuku a Jim Risen, omwe amayenera kudzutsa anthu bwino kusiyana ndi ulendo wapakati pausiku kuchipatala kuchokera ku Alberto Gonzales ndi Andrew Card.
Pakadali kawonekedwe kakang'ono kakhalidwe kakhalidwe kazandale ku US. Andale achinyengo aku Iraq, m'buku la Risen, adzikhululukira ponena kuti masiku oyambilira a 2003 anali ovuta. A New York Times adauza mkonzi 60 Mphindi kuti zaka zingapo zoyamba pambuyo pa 9/11 sizinali nthawi yabwino ya utolankhani waku US. Izi siziyenera kutengedwa ngati zifukwa zovomerezeka za khalidwe losayenera. Pamene nyengo yapadziko lapansi ikuyamba kufanana ndi ntchito ya CIA, sitikhala ndi zina koma nthawi zovuta. Pakadali pano asitikali aku US akukonzekera kuthana ndi kusintha kwanyengo ndi zomwe amagwiritsa ntchito pothana ndi Ebola kapena uchigawenga kapena kufalikira kwa demokalase. Ngati sitipeza anthu okhoza kuganiza pa mapazi awo, monga Risen amachitira pamene akuyang'ana pansi pa mbiya ya chilango cha ndende ku US, tidzakhala mu zonyansa zenizeni.
