Wolemba Ray McGovern, Januware 12, 2020
kuchokera Nkhani za Consortium
FOfesi yoyendetsa ntchito ya ormer CIA a Jeffrey Sterling alandila Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence Lachitatu lino, kujowina 17 m'mbuyomu opindula yemwe, monga Sterling, adawonetsa kudzipereka modabwitsa ku chowonadi ndi lamulo lamalamulo pakulimba mtima kuwomba mzungu pa zoyipa zaboma.
Lachiwiri lidzakhala chikumbutso chachisanu kuyambira kuyambiranso kwa Sterling kwa Espionage - mtundu wa mlandu womwe ukanapangitsa ngakhale Franz Kafka, wolemba buku lazakale kwambiri Chiyeso, odabwitsika chifukwa chosakhulupirira.
Pakhoza kukhala mtengo wolemera womwe ungafotokozedwe povumbula maboma achinsinsi - makamaka omwe saletsa atolankhani mpaka kufika poti sangathe kuwonetsedwa potsatira malamulo. Kuwonetsa kuti izi zikuwonekeratu, ndichimodzi mwazinthu zomwe boma la US limayang'ana kuti aziyimba mluzu ngati Sterling m'ndende - kuti ena angamve kuti akhoza kuwomba mluzu ndi kupulumuka.
Ndi mphotho yake ya Sam Adams, Sterling amabweretsa anthu asanu omwe alandila mphotho chifukwa chofikira boma (osawerengera 2013 Sam Adams, Ed Snowden, yemwe sanawerengeredwe ndipo wakhala akuwoneka mdziko la Russia kwa zaka zopitilira zisanu ndi chimodzi). Choyipa chachikulu, a Julian Assange (2010) ndi Chelsea Manning (2014) amakhalabe m'ndende, pomwe Special Special Repporteur ku Torture Nils Melzer akuti akuzunzidwa.
Mphotho ya Sam Adams mu 2016, a John Kiriakou, atakhala m'ndende zaka ziwiri chifukwa cholankhula motsutsana ndi kuzunzidwa ku US, adzakhala m'modzi mwa omwe amalandila Sterling pamwambo wopereka Lachitatu. Onsewa adawachitira chifundo a Judge Leonie Brinkema - yemwe amadziwika kuti ndi "woweruza wopachikika" wa m'boma lachigawo laku East ku Virginia, pomwe Assange adaweruzidwa ndi mlandu womwewo wa World I Espionage Act womwe adagwiritsa ntchito pomulamula Sterling.
Mlandu wa Sterling watchedwa molakwika kuti "cholakwika" cha chilungamo. Sizinali zolakwika, kunali kuchotsa mimba. Ndine woziwona ndi maso ake.
Zaka zisanu zapitazo, a Kafka akupereka chithunzithunzi chachitali, ndidakhala m'mayesero a Sterling ndi anzanga ochepa omwe amadziwa bwino za "chilungamo" cha Queen-of-Hearts Brinkema ayenera kuti angagwiritse ntchito. Zachisoni, adapitilira ziyembekezo zathu - moperewera monga iwo anali. Ponena za Sterling, adadziwa kuti anali wosalakwa. Adatsata malamulowa popita kwa oyang'anira oyang'anira mamembala kuti akamawonetse pobisalira zomwe sizabwino komanso zowopsa. Chifukwa chake, anali ndi chidaliro kuti adzayesedwa - ngakhale kuti ndi "woweruza wopachikidwa," woweruza woyera, komanso lamulo la Espionage Act.
Amadziwa kuti anali wosalakwa, koma masiku ano kudziwa kuti ndiwe wosalakwa kumatha kubweretsa chitetezo chabodza komanso kudzidalira. Sterling adaganiza - molondola, zidapezeka - kuti boma lingabwere popanda umboni wokopa wotsutsana naye. Pazochitika zoterezi sizingakhale zanzeru kwa iye kuvomera ngati akufuna kuperekera milandu yofananira nthawi zonse. Mwachionekere, kudalira kwake kotheratu m'dongosolo lathu lachiweruzo sikunasinthidwe. Akadadziwa bwanji kuti akhoza kuzengedwa mlandu, kuweruzidwa, ndikuyika mndende popanda umboni wina woposa "metadata"; ndiko kuti, zochepa-zochepa, umboni wotsimikizira.
Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti nthawi ya ndende ya Sterling tsopano yamutsata. Iye ndi mkazi wake wolimba mtima Holly abwereranso sabata ino ku Washington, komabe mwachidule, ndi abwenzi ndi otchuka omwe akufunitsitsa kukondwerera kukhulupirika komwe iye ndi Holly adawonetsa pazaka zisanu zapitazi zowawa.
'Kuzonda Osafunikira: Kuzunzidwa kwa whistleblower waku America'
Uwu ndiye mutu Sterling wopatsa chidwi kwambiri chomwe adalengeza kugwa komaliza. Wogwira ntchito / wolemba David Swanson, amenenso adapita pamlanduwo, adalemba woyamba review za Amazon; adawatcha kuti "Lowani ku CIA: Yendani Padziko Lonse Kupita Pampweya wa Nyukiliya. 'chenjezo: Musanawerenge ndemanga zachidziwitso za Swanson, mutha kufunitsitsa "kukhala ndi khadi yanu ya ngongole" chifukwa zimakuvutani kukana chidwi chofuna kuyitanitsa bukuli.)
Mbiri yakutsogolo kwa mtundu wa Sterling Chiyeso ikhoza kupezeka mu bulangeti, chophimba chamantha Nkhani za Consortium adapatsa zaka zisanu zapitazo. Pambuyo pake, (pa Marichi 2, 2018) Mgwirizano adafalitsa zomwe zimafufuza mozama kwambiri komanso zopatsa chidwi za wolemba kopulupudza wa Merlin yemwe atchulidwa kuti akufuna kukopa Iran - nkhani mwa kupereka mphotho mtolankhani wofufuza, Gareth Porter, wotchedwa "Momwe 'Operation Merlin' idawunikira US Intelligence ku Iran."
Nkhani ya Porter siingokhala nkhani ya "baseball mkati mwazomwe zachitika mwazovuta zadzidzidzi zomwe zidakumana ndi nzeru zaku US zaka makumi awiri zapitazi. M'malo mwake, ndi umboni wosatsutsika wa ovala zofunafuna omwe akuyendetsa CIA nthawi imeneyo komanso kufunafuna kwawo zinthu zamphamvu monga Israel Lobby poyesa kupanga chithunzi cha "mtambo wa bowa" waku Irani - mnzake wofanana ndi womangidwa mpaka "Tsimikizira" nkhondo ku Iraq.
Inde, ndikudziwika bwino kuti Israeli idafuna Purezidenti George W. Bush ndi Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Dick Cheney kuti "achite Iran", asanafike ku Iraq. Alangizi a neema a Bush akumenya zifuwa zawo, akufuula, "Amuna enieni amapita ku Tehran."
M'malingaliro mwanga, atsogoleri anzeru olakwika, omwe adakhazikika pa braggadocio ndipo adapanga "luntha" kuti athandize, ndi omwe amayenera kukhala m'ndende - osati okonda dziko lapansi ngati Sterling, yemwe adayesa kufotokozera zopusa. Zotsatira za Porter zokhudzana ndi "poizoni wa nzeru za US ku Iran" zikukhudzanso masiku ano. Kodi tingakwanitse kuyang'anitsitsa "nzeru" zomwe zidapereka umboni ku udani wa US ku Iran? Chidutswa cha Porter ndichofunika kuwerenga masiku ano akukangana kwambiri ndi Teheran.
Wadzuka. (Wikipedia)
Kuyesera kwa Sterling kunaphatikizapo zinthu zomwe zimachitika kuchokera ku masewera a farce komanso sewero. Pachitsanzo cha onsewa, CIA idatulutsa zingwe zoyambirira zomwe zidasankhidwa mosamala kuti zitsimikizire kuti Sterling ali ndi mlandu wobwereza zambiri za Risen wa ku Iran omwe akuwoneka kuti ndi Ophunzira Merlin, chiwembu cha CIA chogwiritsa ntchito chidule cha Russia kupangira cholakwika cha nyukiliya chida, chofuna kuwononga pulogalamu ya nyukiliya ya Iran.
Zingwezo zidapangidwanso, mwachidziwikire. Koma, tsoka, sikokwanira kubisa zomwe zikuwoneka kuti ndizofunikira kwambiri pa nkhani ya Merlin - kutanthauza kuti Iraq, komanso Iran, idali m'mphepete mwa Merlin pobisalira. Mosadabwitsa, atolankhani adaphonya izi, koma Swanson, yemwe adapita pamlanduwo, adasanthula mwachinsinsi imodzi ya zingwe zomwe adazipeza ngati umboni ndipo adazipeza kuti zidaweruzidwa mwachangu. Inspector Clouseau, iyemwini, akadatha kupeza mawu ofunikira pansi pazowonjezera.
Swanson adasindikiza ake zotsatira pansi pa mutu: "Mukutsutsa a Jeff Sterling, CIA Adawulula Kuposa Zomwe Anamuimba Kuti Akululira." chidutswa cha Swanson chikuwulula.
Ndi okhawo omwe akufuna chowonadi cha Operation Merlin ndi omwe adazindikira. Zomwe zimafunikira kuti Swanson akhale (1) kuti asamaone ngati chilungamo, kapena kuchotsedwa kwa chilungamo, chatsala pang'ono kuchitika, ndipo (2) kuyika zachiwerewere zina zodziwika bwino zofufuza ndi kuzindikira.
Omwe ali ndi matumbo olimba omwe sanawerenge chaputala cha Operation Merlin mu Risen's State War, amalimbikitsidwa kwambiri kutero. Mutu wa Risen upatsa owerenga chidwi chachikulu chifukwa chomwe ochita ntchito zabwino za CIA zolipiridwa bwino amakwiya ndi mavumbulutsidwewo ndipo amakhudzidwa ndi malingaliro akuti kutaya kowonjezera kungakhalepo pokhapokha ngati wina - aliyense - atayilidwa, kutsutsidwa, ndi kumangidwa.
Kafka Amawonetsa 'Kuyesa' kwa Sterling
Pogwiritsa ntchito seweroli pazokhudza omwe Sterling anali, zomwe zidapangitsa, komanso momwe boma lingamuwikire m'ndende pazinthu zapa metadata komanso zina zomwe zingapezeke kwa omwe akufuna kudziwa zambiri, ndiloleni ndionjezere mtundu wina pazokhudza chidwi chachikulu cha mayesowo pawokha - metadata yamilandu, ngati mungathe.
Zochitikazo zinali zachiwawa. Mlanduwo unayamba pa Jan. 14, 2015 ndi mboni zikuyankhula kumbuyo kwa chinsalu chotalika 12, mtundu wa chithunzi cha utsi ndi magalasi omwe tatsala pang'ono kuwululidwa. Sizinali zotheka kutero Chiyeso ya Kafka m'maganizo mwanga. M'bukhu lopanda tanthauzo la Kafka wotsutsa, "Joseph K.", ali ndi vuto lalikulu pangozi - wokhala wopanda thandizo m'manja mwa "Khothi" lodabwitsa. (Kafka anali wogwira ntchito m'boma ku Hapsburg Austria ali ndi mwayi wokwanira kuwona ukadaulo ukugwira, mbali yomwe ili yofunikira kwambiri mu bukuli.)
Chiyeso chikuwonetsera olamulira, mabungwe azikhalidwe, komanso magulu achitetezo olamulila ena. "Joseph K." alibe mlandu uliwonse; ngakhale izi, amangidwa ndikuphedwa. Choyipa chachikulu, onse omwe akutchulidwa mu bukuli - kuphatikiza a Mr. K. - amaweramitsa mitu yawo poyerekeza, poganiza kuti izi ndi zabwinobwino, ngati mwatsoka, zinthu sizili bwino.
Kodi munthu angamasulire bwanji? Chiyeso kwa ophunzira kusekondale kapena ophunzira ku koleji, ndimadziganizira. Kusaka kwa Google apezeka kalozera wophunzitsira ku buku lochokera ku Nyumba Yopanda Pake.
Kodi aphunzitsi angathe bwanji kuthana ndi zovuta zina zomwe zikupezeka Chiyeso? Choyamba, yesani "kuwona m'mavuto a Josef K. vuto lalikulu lomwe anthu angadziwe: momwe angadzitetezerere kwa wolamulira wamphamvu kwambiri." Zabwino. Koma mkati Chiyeso sikuti anyamata abwino sakupambana, koma palibe anyamata abwino - palibe otchulidwa abwino m'nkhaniyi yomwe ikukhumudwitsa. Ndipo - zoyipa kwambiri - palibe chikondi.
Apa ndipomwe mayeso a Sterling amachokera ku Kafka. Pali zambiri zosilira pankhani ya Sterling. Oyambirira otchuka, woyamba komanso woyamba, Sterling ndi mkazi wake wolimba mtima Holly. Izi si Hapsburg Austria, koma United States of America; izi sizachilendo; safuna; palibe kuweramitsa mitu.
Ndipo nawonso anzawo. Sitikusowa tsatanetsatane wazidziwitso pakubisika kwa zinthu zowononga, zamantha. Ponena za chidwi cha chikondi - kawirikawiri sindinawonepo zitsanzo zolimbikitsa za chikondi cha tsiku ndi tsiku ndi kuthandizana. Holly amakhala alipo nthawi zonse. Sangokumana ndi kuphedwa koyesedwa ngati a "Kafka" a Joseph K., Sterling akuyimilira motsimikiza - ndipo adzalemekezedwa sabata ino ndi anzawo. Si Kafka panonso.
Amuna achigonjetsi apamwamba omwe adayesa kufafaniza ndi kufooketsa a Sterlings adachita zosiyana. Pansi pa zochitika zonse, machitidwe a bungwe la CIA pakuvuta kwake awululidwa.
Conmen & Condoleezza
Zinali zosangalatsa, osakhumudwitsa, kuti aziwonera ku khothi (kapena atatsekeredwa ndi pulogalamu yayikulu, kungomvetsera) kwa mabungwe a CIA kuchokera kumbali yakuseri ya bungweli akuchita malonda awo kuzomwe zimawoneka kuti ndizopanda pake, zopanda chiyembekezo - ngakhale otsutsa, oweruza, kapena oweruza milandu. Magwirawa ndi, “oyang'anira milandu”; malonda awo akugulitsa akufikitsa anthu - kaya khothi, ku Phiri, kapena atolankhani kale.
Kunja, zowonjezera, amagwiritsa ntchito miluzi yawo yopanga bwino kupangira alendo kuti awukire dziko lawo. Panthawi ya Sterling, zojambula zawo zidawonetsedwa kwathunthu. Chomwe chatsala sichidziwike ngati mipherezero ya khothi laulimi wawo ndikulemba ntchito akudziwa kuti alumikizidwa. Mukudziwa kapena ayi, oyang'anira milandu ku CIA anamanga mgwirizano wogwirizana pamaso pa woweruza ndi oweruza.
Patsiku lomaliza la mlanduwo, boma linabweretsa akuluakulu abodza kuti achititse chidwi apolisiwo kuti atseke milandu yawo. Nthawiyi atolankhani anali nawo kwambiri, pomwe duchess-of-the-the-the-the -au-minister, mlembi wakale wa boma komanso chitetezo mdziko muno a Condoleezza Rice stiletto-adalowa m'bwalo lamilandu kuti achitire umboni motsutsana ndi Sterling. Kuchokera pamachitidwe oseketsa zinali zowonekeratu kuti adavalabe zogwira mtima kwambiri - ngati fanizo - Teflon.
Amatha kunena kuti, "mantha ndi mantha" a mtundu wina. Palibe m'modzi mwa anthu odabwitsawa yemwe amawoneka kuti sanayang'anitsidwe ndi mabodza omwe Rice adauza zaka zingapo m'mbuyomu kuti "awongolere" nkhondo yankhondo yaku Iraq, kapena magawo a White House omwe adakonza kuti auze akulu akulu achitetezo aku Bush pazovuta za CIA njira zodziwonera zomwe agulitse ndikuwonetsetsa kuti sangathe kuona kuti alibe mlandu. (Poganizira zazifupi zomwe zidasinthidwa), Woimira General John Ashcroft Ndemanga, "Mbiri siyidzatikomera mtima." Zachisoni, omwe akukhudzidwa sakupulumutsidwa.
Ine ndinali nditakhala kumapeto kwa kanjira pomwe Rice amadutsa, ndipo iye adandimwetulira mwachimwemwe. Pochita izi, sindingathe kuletsa kunong'oneza liwu limodzi la mawu oti "prevaricator." Mopanda mantha, iye anamwetulira kwambiri.
komanso kuchitira umboni patsiku lomaliza linali William Harlow, prevaricator-in-chief wa CIA motsogozedwa ndi "slam-dunk" wamkulu George Tenet, yemwe "Utsogoleri" wake Operation Merlin idapangidwa ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito. Kuphatikiza pa mabuku olembedwa ndi a Tenet ndi ena otero, zomwe a Harlow adachita kuti atchukire zimangoyendetsa bwino atolankhani kuti asatsimikizike kuti Iraq idalibe WMD isanaukiridwe pa Marichi 20, 2003.
Pa Feb. 24, 2003, Newsweek adasindikiza lipoti lokhazikitsidwa ndi a John Barry potengera zolemba za bungwe loyang'anira bungwe la UN loletsa kuphedwa kwa a Hussein Kamel, mpongozi wa Saddam Hussein. Kamel anali woyang'anira zida zankhondo za nyukiliya, zamankhwala, komanso zachilengedwe ku Iraq komanso zoponya kuti abweretse zida zotere. Kamel adawatsimikizira omwe adafunsa mafunso kuti onse adawonongedwa. (Poyang'aniridwa pang'ono, NewsweekBarry adatinso, "Nkhani ya defector ija imabutsa mafunso ngati masheya a WMD ku Iraq adakalipo.")
Barry adawonjezeranso kuti Kamel adafunsidwa magawo osiyanasiyana ndi CIA, wanzeru zaku Britain, komanso trio kuchokera ku timu yowunikira ya UN; kuti Newsweek anali atatha kutsimikizira kuti chikalatacho ndi choona, ndipo Kamel "adanenanso nkhani yomweyo ku CIA ndi ku Britain." Mwachidule, chithunzi cha Barry chidatsimikiziridwa kale. Ndipo CIA idadziwa motsimikiza kuti zomwe Kamel adanena mu 1995 zidali zowona mu 2003. Umboni wa zolembedwa - bomba lomwe lingakhalepo. Kodi izi zikanakhudza bwanji kuukira Iraq patatha mwezi umodzi?
Harlow adanyamuka pamwambowu. Atolankhani atamufunsa za Barry adanena, iye anazitcha izo "Zabodza, zabodza, zolakwika, zabodza." Ndipo makanema ofalitsa nkhani anati, "Ah, Gosh. Zikomo chifukwa chotidziwitsa. Tikadakhala kuti tidayimba nawo nkhani. ”
Ine sindine wosunga madandaulo. Ndikupangira Harlow. Atatha kuchitira umboni adawona kuti mpando wokhawokha m'bwalo lamilandu ndiomwe udayandikana ndi ine. "Moni, Ray," anatero, akuyenda kulowa pampando. Sindinkafuna kupanga chochitika, choncho ndinamulemba ndikumupatsa chikalatacho:
"Newsweek, Feb 24, 2003, a Hussein Kamel debrief atachotsedwa mu 1995:" Ndalamula kuti a WMD onse awonongedwe. "
Harlow anati nkhani ya Newsweek "yolakwika, yabodza, yolakwika, yabodza."
Asitikali 4,500 XNUMX aku US afa. Bodza. "
Harlow adalemba cholembedwachi, nandimwetulira mosangalala ndi a Condoleezza Rice, ndipo adati, "Ndikubwera, Ray."
Chikumbutso chochokera kwa Lord Acton, wandale komanso wolemba mbiri yakale wa m'zaka za m'ma 19 kuti: "Zonse zachinsinsi zimasiyanasiyana, ngakhale kuwongolera chilungamo."
Pansipa pali mawu osungidwa omwe adatsatiridwa ndi Jeffrey Sterling:
Ray McGovern amagwira ntchito ya Tell the Word, gulu lofalitsa la Mpingo wa Mpulumutsi wa mumzinda wa Washington. Anali msitikali wankhondo / woyang'anira zankhondo kenako wowunika za CIA kwa zaka 30 ndipo adalemba mwachidule m'mawa mwa Purezidenti Daily Brief nthawi yoyamba muulamuliro wa Reagan. Atapuma pantchito adapanga nawo Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
