Inde, foni yochokera ku ofesi ya membala inayimba

Wolemba Wakale Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), The Hill.

Kalata yotseguka kwa mamembala a Congress 

Wokondedwa Wanga,

Ndili ndi umboni kuti kukambirana patelefoni, komwe kunachitika mu ofesi yanga ya congressional kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2011, ponena za nkhani yomwe inachitika pamaso pa Congress ya nkhani yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, idatsekedwa.

Ndidakhala ndikugwira ntchito kuti ndiletse kuwukira kosaloledwa ku Libya, popanda chilolezo cha Congress, ndikugwiritsa ntchito War Powers Act kukakamiza mkangano ndi chisankho mu Congress kuti athetse kulowererapo kwa US kumeneko. Nditaona chiwonongeko cha Iraq potengera zabodza komanso mabodza, ndidatsimikiza mtima kuyesa kuletsa America kuti isalowe m'mavuto ena akunja.

Kukambirana ndi Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, mwana wa mtsogoleri waku Libya Moammar Gadhafi, kunachitika atakambirana ndi maloya muofesi ya House General Counsel omwe adanditsimikizira kuti pansi pa Ndime 6, Gawo XNUMX la Constitution, kukambirana ndi mtsogoleri wakunja kwaloledwa, malinga ndi ufulu wa mamembala a Congress kuti apeze zambiri.

Gadhafi adandifikira atandiyimba mobwerezabwereza ku White House ndipo ku State Department adakanidwa. Boma lake silinamvetsetse chifukwa chake likuwukiridwa chifukwa lidagwirizana ndi olamulira a Bush ndikuti omwe akufuna kugwetsa boma lake anali ophwanya malamulo.

Saif, poopa kugundidwa ndi drone, adagwiritsa ntchito foni yanthawi imodzi yokha kuti alumikizane ndi ofesi yanga. Ngati kuyimbako kudayimitsidwa ku Libya, ndauzidwa ndi akatswiri angapo anzeru kuti akangodziwika kuti membala wa Congress akutenga nawo gawo pazokambirana, kuyimitsa kuyenera kuthetsedwa.

Pachifukwa ichi, tepi ya zokambiranazo idatsitsidwa ku Washington Times mu 2015. Atolankhani ofufuza a Times adandisewera tepiyo. Ndinazitsimikizira.

Mu Meyi 2012, osadziwa kuti kuwunika kulikonse kwachitika, ndidatumiza zopempha zanthawi zonse za Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ku mabungwe onse azidziwitso. Yankho lochokera kwa Director of National Intelligence (DNI) lomwe lidalandira zaka zitatu pambuyo pake likutsimikizira kuti ofesiyo idayesetsa kuthana ndi zoyesayesa zapawiri zomwe cholinga chake chinali kuyimitsa kuwukira ku Libya.

Malinga ndi zomwe FOIA yayankha, a DNI adagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zotsutsana ndi malamulowo, kulumikizana ndi mamembala a House Armed Services Committee ndi a House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Kutengapo gawo kwa DNI kudapangitsa kuti lamuloli lichedwetse. Utsogoleri wa Republican udabweretsa cholowa m'malo, chomwe chidadutsa, ndikusokoneza zoyesayesa zathu zoletsa nkhondo.

Ofesi ya Director of National Intelligence inali ndi gawo pazotsatira zake popeza kuwukira kwa Libya kunali koyenera, mwa zina, kutengera nzeru zomwe bungweli lidapereka nthambi yayikulu. Chomwe chimapangitsa izi kukhala zowopsa ndikuti kuwukira kwa Libyan kudakhala tsoka losasinthika, lomwe ine ndi mamembala ena tidalosera.

Kazembe wathu ku Libya ndi anthu ena atatu aku America omwe amateteza malo ake adaphedwa ndipo mbendera yakuda ya al Qaeda posakhalitsa idawulukira panyumba yaku Benghazi. Zinapezeka kuti palibe nzeru zodalirika zomwe zidalungamitsa kuwukira kwa Libya. Udindo wonse ndi kulephera kunali kokwanira ndi olamulira a Obama ndi mabungwe anzeru.

Zaka zisanu chiyambireni pempho langa la FOIA, mabungwe angapo, kuphatikiza a DNI, sanayankhe mokwanira. Kutumiza kumodzi ku CIA, komwe sikunayankhidwe, kudachedwetsedwa zaka zitatu chifukwa bungweli linalemba molakwika dzina langa.

Mamembala a Congress ali ndi ufulu wodziwa momwe nthambi yoyang'anira imayang'anira ntchito zawo mobisa, komanso momwe amagwiritsidwira ntchito. Pachifukwa ichi ndikofunikira kukumbukira kuti CIA idavomereza kuti idabera makompyuta a Senate Intelligence Committee.

Mabungwe amachita kuchedwa kosatha kutulutsa zidziwitso kuti asokoneze zochitika za Congress, kukhumudwitsa kuyang'anira kong'ono komanso kusokeretsa mamembala a Congress.

Ndikanalangiza anzanga akale kuti adziwe kuti zolankhula zawo pafoni, ngakhale zili zotetezedwa ndi Constitution, sizingatetezedwe ku machitidwe achinsinsi a mabungwe azamalamulo.

Chingakhale chanzeru kwa FOIA mabungwe onse anzeru kuti awone yemwe wakhala akuwonera, kapena kumvetsera.

Poganizira za tsoka la Iraq ndi Libya, komanso kulephera kwa mabungwe azamalamulo, Congress iyenera kutsimikiziranso mphamvu zake zamalamulo pankhani zankhondo, kulimbikira kuti ili ndi udindo wake ngati nthambi yofanana ya boma ndikuyitanitsa kuyankha pa mfundo zakunja. Payenera kukhala zilango zowopsa kwa oyang'anira akuluakulu a bungwe lililonse la intel lomwe lingapezeke azondi pa Congress.

Kupatulika kwa Constitution, ufulu wa Congress ndi ufulu wa anthu aku America ali pachiwopsezo.

Kucinich adatumikira ku Congress kuyambira 1997 mpaka 2013.