Wolemba John Hanrahan, ExposeFacts.org
Kuti amve mbali yotsutsa ikunena pamlandu womwe ukupitilira a Jeffrey Sterling, msilikali wakale wa CIA yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu wokhudza chitetezo cha dziko la Iran, Sterling akhoza (kutsindika zotheka):
* adayika "katundu" wa CIA pachiwopsezo;
* kuvulaza anthu omwe ali ndi vuto linalake, azidziwitso ndi ma turncoats;
* kuwopseza "katundu" wina wapano kuti asakhalenso ndi malingaliro otsalira ngati chuma;
* adadziwitsa anthu aku Irani ndi aku Russia ndi mayiko ena kuti CIA imapanga ziwembu zosokoneza zida za nyukiliya za mayiko ena;
* mwina zidapangitsa US kuti isinthe mapulani ake a zida za nyukiliya, ndipo, mupeza chithunzicho.
Zomwe Sterling akuganiza - akuimbidwa mlandu wopatsa mtolankhani wa New York Times James Risen ndi chidziwitso chachinsinsi cha CIA scam, Operation Merlin, yokhudza kupereka zida zolakwika za zida za nyukiliya kwa aku Iran ku Vienna - zithanso "kupangitsa kuti anthu aphedwe. mamiliyoni a anthu osalakwa.”
Kapenanso adatero CIA pokambirana mfundo zokonzekera panthawiyo National Security Adviser ndi Hyperbolist-in-Chief Condoleezza Rice pamsonkhano ndi ogwira ntchito ku New York Times mu April 2003 pofuna kuyesa kupha nkhani ya Risen ya Merlin. Risen pambuyo pake adanenanso za mapulani anyukiliya aku Iran omwe adasokonekera m'buku lake la 2006 "State of War," zomwe zidachititsa manyazi CIA (ndi akonzi a New York Times omwe adapha chidutswa chake choyambirira).
Machenjezo onsewa adaperekedwa moyipa ndi ozenga milandu aboma potsegulira ndi kutseka mikangano, ndi ogwira ntchito pano komanso akale a CIA, yemwe kale anali wa FBI counterintelligence ndi akuluakulu ena achitetezo mdziko. Nkhaniyi ikukambidwa ndi oweruza.
Pali chinthu chimodzi chokha cholakwika ndi zomwe wozemba milandu adafotokoza za zotsatira zoyipa zomwe zidabwera chifukwa cha buku la James Risen komanso zomwe Sterling akuti zatulutsa - zilibe umboni.
Atapanikizidwa ndi maloya achitetezo m'masabata awiri apitawa, ogwira ntchito osiyanasiyana aboma lachitetezo cha dziko sakanatha kunena kuti palibe amene adaphedwa kapena kuvulazidwa chifukwa cha zomwe zidawululidwa m'buku la Risen, lomwe lidatuluka zaka zisanu ndi zinayi zapitazo - nthawi yokwanira yokwanira. tsoka lomwe linanenedweratu kuti lidzachitika.
Palibe zitsanzo za "katundu" woyembekezeredwa omwe adanena kuti ayi, chifukwa cha zowulula za Risen. Palibe chitsanzo cha chinthu chimodzi chomwe chidasiya kuululidwa. Palibe kusintha kwa mapulani a zida za nyukiliya ku US. Ndipo, ayi, Condi Rice, palibe amene adaphedwa ndi zida zanyukiliya za ku Iran zomwe sizinalipo kapena mumtambo wowopsa wa bowa womwe munatichenjeza ife zabodza pofika ku 2003 kuwukira kwa Iraq wopanda WMD.
Zodziwika bwino sabata ino zinali umboni wa mkulu wakale wa CIA a David Shedd, yemwe ndi mkulu wa bungwe la Defense Intelligence Agency, yemwe adawonetsa zotsatira zoyipa zomwe buku la Risen lidawululira. Adatcha kutayikirako "kuphwanya chitetezo komwe kungakhudze ntchito zomwezi," ndipo adachenjeza kuti kutayikira koteroko "kungafunike kusinthidwa" kwa mapulani anyukiliya aku US - mwachiwonekere chifukwa mapulani onyengawo anali ndi zinthu zabwino zomwe, zankhondo ndi zonse, zimaperekedwa. malangizo okhudza pulogalamu ya US. Zomwe zimangotsimikizira misala: Ngati pali zinthu zabwino m'mapulani olakwika, bwanji mungafune kuzigulitsa ku Iran kapena dziko lina lililonse lomwe mukuganiza kuti ndi mdani?
Pankhani ya boma, ndithudi, ndikwanira kulankhula za chiwonongeko chomwe chingachitike osati kuvulaza kwenikweni chitetezo cha dziko, chinachake chomwe woimira boma pa milandu Eric Olshan anachita mwaluso pomaliza mkangano wake. Onjezani zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu ambiri azidziwitso ammudzi akuwuza oweruza kuti tonse tiyenera kuchita mantha pang'ono chifukwa chiwembu chowopsa cha CIA chidawululidwa. Izi zimathandizira kutsekemera mphika, ndipo zitha kukhala zokwanira kukopa oweruza ngakhale palibe zowona. Ndipo khalani ndi katswiri wazoyang'anira Bush ngati Condi Rice sankhani nkhani zazitali za WMDs, nthawi ino ku Iran. Mukakhala mulibe umboni pamlandu wonena za chitetezo cha dziko, awopsyezeni.
Ndipo umboni, kupitirira zochitika komanso zochititsa chidwi (ngati sizinakwaniritsidwe) zomwe zimasonyeza Risen ndi Sterling akulankhulana pafupipafupi pama foni panthawi yofunika kwambiri, zinali zosowa kwambiri.
Ndi loya woyimira milandu a Edward MacMahon posankha mwaluso umboni wina wofunikira wa mboni zozenga mlandu sabata ino, mbonizi zidakakamizika kuvomereza kuti sizinapeze umboni wosonyeza kuti ndi Sterling yemwe adapatsa Risen chikalata cha bukhu lake; kapena kuti anali Sterling amene anapereka Risen chidziwitso chilichonse chokhudza chilichonse m'buku lake; kapena kuti wina adawonapo Wauka ndi Sterling palimodzi; kapena kuti Sterling adapita kunyumba kapena kusokoneza zikalata zokhudzana ndi Operation Merlin.
Ndipo MacMahon ndi loya mnzake wa chitetezo Barry Pollack awonetsanso kuti pali zina zambiri zomwe zingatheke kuti zida za Merlin zitayike koma palibe amene adafufuzidwa. Awa akuphatikizapo wasayansi waku Russia yemwe adasiyadi zida zolakwika za zida za nyukiliya zotengedwa ndi waku Iran. wogwira ntchito ku Venice, akuluakulu ena a CIA, ndi antchito osiyanasiyana a Senate Select Intelligence Committee (omwe Sterling adapitako mwalamulo mu 2003 ngati woimba mluzu kuti afotokoze nkhawa zake za Merlin). Pollack, pomaliza mikangano, adawonetsa kuti panali anthu ambiri omwe akanakhala magwero a Risen, kuphatikizapo antchito 90 a CIA omwe umboni wa boma unasonyeza kuti ali ndi mwayi wopita ku Merlin.
Wothandizira wapadera wa FBI Ashley Hunt, yemwe watsogolera kafukufuku wa FBI wa Merlin kutayikira kwa zaka zopitirira khumi, anapereka umboni wamphamvu kwambiri wotsutsa Sterling - ndondomeko yomwe tatchulayi. MacMahon adamupangitsa kuti avomereze kuti sanatsatire - kapena adaletsedwa kutsatira - njira zina zofufuzira zomwe zikadapangitsa kuti ena omwe akuwakayikira ngati gwero la chidziwitso cha Merlin chomwe Risen adalandira.
Hunt adavomereza atafunsidwa movutikira kuti adalembapo zofufuza m'mbuyomu ponena kuti Sterling mwina sanali wobwereketsa ndipo mwina yemwe adachokera ku Senate Select Intelligence Committee (SSIC). Adavomerezanso kulemba memo koyambirira kwa 2006 ponena za "kutsutsa kogwirizana" pakufufuza kwake mkati mwa komiti, yomwe imayenera kuyang'anira Merlin. Iye anachitira umboni kuti tcheyamani wa komitiyi panthaŵiyo Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) anamuuza kuti sangagwirizane ndi a FBI, ndipo mkulu wa ogwira ntchito m’komitiyo, Republican William Duhnke, anakana kulankhula naye mpang’ono pomwe.
Awiri omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito ku SSIC omwe adakumana ndi Sterling mu Marichi 2003, pomwe adabweretsa zomwe iwo ndi mboni zina zozenga mlandu adazifotokoza ngati madandaulo okhudza dongosolo la Merlin, adachitira umboni ngati mboni zozenga mlandu pamlandu wa Sterling. Pofunsidwa, adapereka umboni wothandiza kwa Sterling womwe udawonetsa kuti Risen, mwachidziwikire, anali ndi magwero a komiti - komiti yomwe idadziwa kale Operation Merlin ngakhale Sterling asanabwere kwa iwo ndi nkhawa zake.
Mmodzi wakale wogwira ntchito, a Donald Stone, adavomereza mu umboni wake kuti adayimba foni kuchokera ku Risen nthawi ina pambuyo pa msonkhano ndi Sterling, koma adamuuza kuti sangathe kuyankhula ndi atolankhani. Stone adati sanapatse Risen chidziwitso chilichonse pamutu uliwonse.
Wina yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito, Vicki Divoll, adachotsedwa mu komitiyi atapereka zidziwitso zosadziwika kwa wogwira ntchito Komiti Yowona zamilandu pamilandu yotsutsana ndi intelligence, kungowona kuti chidziwitso (chomwe chinali chochititsa manyazi kwa aku Republican) chidalimbidwa tsiku lotsatira. Nkhani yakutsogolo ya New York Times yolembedwa ndi - James Risen. Anachitira umboni kuti sanalankhulepo ndi Risen pa nkhani iliyonse, koma kuti ena mu komitiyi adachitapo ndi Risen nthawi ndi nthawi.
Divoll adavomereza kuti adauza FBI nthawi ina kuti Alfred Cumming, woyang'anira komiti ya Democratic, adalankhula ndi Risen nthawi zina. Adachitiranso umboni kuti adamva nthawi yomwe anali komiti - koma sanadziwe zenizeni - kuti oyang'anira ogwira ntchito ku Democratic ndi Republican mu komitiyi amalankhula ndi atolankhani pazinthu zosiyanasiyana, komanso kuti akuluakulu onsewa nthawi zina amapereka atolankhani zomwe akufuna. -quo dongosolo lomwe mtolankhani angavomerezenso kulemba nkhani yomwe mkulu wa komiti amafuna. Anati izi zinali zambiri "zachitatu", mwinanso "dzanja lachisanu."
Oyimira milandu adatsutsa mfundoyi kudzera mu umboni wochokera kwa mboni zotsutsa izi kuti ngakhale Risen adachokera ku CIA komanso ku Capitol Hill (kuphatikiza kumanja kwa SSCI), palibe amene adafufuzidwa komwe amakhala, zomwe zili pamakompyuta awo zidawunikidwa, foni yawo. matabwa atafufuzidwa, zolemba zawo zakubanki ndi kirediti kadi amafufuzidwa - monga momwe zinalili ndi Sterling.
Monga gawo la nkhani zotsutsana ndi chitetezo, Pollack adati m'mawu ake omaliza: "Ali ndi chiphunzitso, ndili ndi chiphunzitso." Koma, iye anawonjezera kuti, oweruza sayenera kuweruza kapena kumasula munthu pamaziko a malingaliro pa mlandu waukulu wotero. M’malo mwake, iye anati, unali udindo wa boma kupereka umboni wosonyeza kuti ndi wolakwa popanda kukaikira, ndipo “sanatero.”
Nthawi zambiri pamlanduwu, khotilo lakhala likukayikira kwambiri. Zachidziwikire, oweruza atha kusankha kutengera nthawi ya omwe akuzenga mlanduwo paumboni wotsimikizika kuti Sterling anali, m'modzi mwamagwero a Risen. Ndipo ena aiwo atha kuchita mantha mokwanira ndi nkhani ya boma kuti akhulupirire kuti "Nkhondo Yankhondo" idatipangitsa kukhala otetezeka. Potsutsa boma pamakani omaliza a Pollack, wozenga mlandu James Trump adasewera makadi achigawenga ndi achiwembu, ngati oweruza adaphonya uthengawo m'mbuyomu. Sterling "adapereka dziko lake ... adapereka CIA ...", mosiyana ndi antchito a CIA omwe "amatumikira ndipo timapumula mosavuta."
Poganizira kufooka kwa mlandu womwe waperekedwa motsutsana ndi Sterling, kungakhale kuphwanya chilungamo ngati atapezeka kuti ndi wolakwa ndikuweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende nthawi yayitali popanda zongoganiza chabe - komanso kuopa zoopsa za zida za nyukiliya zomwe boma likuti zitha kuchitika. chifukwa cha kuwululidwa kwa Operation Merlin.
A John Hanrahan ndi wamkulu wakale wa The Fund for Investigative Journalism komanso mtolankhani wa The Washington Post, The Washington Star, UPI ndi mabungwe ena atolankhani. Amakhalanso ndi chidziwitso chochuluka monga wofufuza zamalamulo. Hanrahan ndi mlembi wa Boma ndi mgwirizano ndi wolemba wothandizira Lost Frontier: Kutsatsa kwa Alaska. Walembera kwambiri NiemanWatchdog.org, pulojekiti ya Nieman Foundation for Journalism ku Harvard University.
