NaJohn Hanrahan, ExposeFacts.org
Kunzwa divi remuchuchisi achizviudza mukutongwa kwaenderera mberi kwaJeffrey Sterling, aimbove mukuru weCIA achipomerwa mhosva yekukweretesa kwenyika inosanganisira Iran, Sterling ine mukana (kusimbisa zvingangoita):
* akaisa CIA "safa" panjodzi;
* kukuvadza kutora vamwe vevasina defender, vadzidzisa uye Turncoats;
* kutyisa zvimwe "zvinhu" zvazvino kuve nekufunga kwechipiri nezvekusara sepfuma;
* yakanongedza maIrani nemaRussia nedzimwe nyika izvo CIA inotakura zvirongwa zvakavanzika zvekuvhiringidza dzimwe nyika zvirongwa zvehondo yenyukireya;
* pamwe yakakonzera iyo US kuti ishandise zvadzo kuronga zvombo zvenyukireya, uye, zvakanaka, iwe unowana mufananidzo.
Zvakaitwa naSterling - anopomedzerwa kupa mutori venhau veNew York Times, James Risen neruzivo rwekuvanzika kweCIA, Operation Merlin, inosanganisira kuburitsa zvombo zvenyukireya kuIran vanhu vemuVienna - zvakare anogona "kuparira mhosva kufa kwevanhu mamiriyoni evasina mhosva. ”
Kana kuti akadaro CIA mune zvekutaura zvikamu zvakagadzirirwa ipapo-National Security Adviser uye Hyperbolist-in-Chief Condoleezza Rice yemusangano nevashandi veNew York Times munaApril 2003 mukubudirira kuuraya nyaya yaRisen pamusoro peMerlin. Risen akazotevera akarondedzera hurongwa hwekubvunzurudza kweIranian mubhuku rake re2006 "Nyika Yehondo," zvakanyanya kunyadziswa kweCIA (uye New York Times mupepeti uyo akauraya chidimbu chake chepakutanga).
Yese nyevero dzakakomba dzakaunzwa zvinoshamisa nevamiriri vehurumende mukuvhura nekuvhara kupokana, nevashandi vezvino neve CIA, aimbove mukuru weFBI counterintelligence nevamwe vakuru vekuchengetedza nyika. Mhosva iyi yave kupomedzerwa nejury.
Pane chinhu chimwe chete chisina kunaka nerondedzero yemuchuchisi nezvemhedzisiro inokonzerwa nebhuku raJames Risen uye nekufungidzirwa kwaSterling - inenge isina humbowo zvachose.
Vakadzvinyirirwa nemagweta ezvekudzivirira kwemavhiki maviri apfuura, vashandi vakasiyana-siyana vekudzivirirwa kwenyika havagone kutaura chero munhu akaurayiwa kana kukuvara nekuda kwekuburitswa kwebhuku raRisen, rakabuda makore mapfumbamwe apfuura - nguva yakakwana kufungidzira kwengozi kuitika.
Hapana mienzaniso yevanotarisirwa "midziyo" avo vakati kwete-kuvonga nekuda kweRisen kuburitswa. Hapana semuenzaniso chero weazvinhu iye zvino asset anga arega pamusoro pezvabudiswa. Hapana shanduko yezvirongwa zvehondo yenyukireya yeUS. Uye, aiwa, Condi Rice, hapana munhu akaurayiwa nezvisiri zviripo zveIrish zvombo zvenyukireya kana mune iro rinotyisa howa iwe watinyevera isu zvenhema nezve mukumhanya-kusvika kune 2003 yekupinda muWMD-isina Iraq.
Chaizvoizvo svondo rino kwaive humbowo hweaimbove mukuru weCIA, David Shedd, parizvino akabata director weDziviriro Intelligence Agency, akataura kune zvakawanda zvakakonzera mhedzisiro yebhuku reRisen razvino kusakurira. Akadana iyo leak "kuputsa kwekuchengetedza izvo zvinogona kukanganisa mabasa akafanana," uye akanyevera kuti kuvuza kwakadaro "kungangoda kuchinjwa" kwezvirongwa zveU.S. nyukireya - sezviri pachena nekuti hurongwa hwekufungidzira hwaive nezvinhu zvakanaka mavari, warts uye zvese, zvakapihwa mazano ezve chirongwa cheUS. Izvo chete zvinosimbisa iyo craziness: Kana pane zvakanaka zvinhu mune zvisiri izvo zvirongwa, nei ungade kuenda navo kuIran kana chero imwe nyika iwe yaunofunga semhandu?
Kune nyaya yehurumende, hongu, zvakakwana kutaura nezvekukuvara kungangoita kukuvadza chaiko kuchengetedzwa kwenyika, chimwe chinhu muchuchisi Eric Olshan akazviita nehunyanzvi pakakavharwa kwake. Wedzera kune icho chikonzero chehuwandu hwehungwaru hwevanhu munharaunda kuudza jury kuti isu tese tinofanirwa kunge tisinga pfuure kutya nekuti imwe cockamamie, njodzi yeCIA yakafumurwa. Izvo zvinobatsira kutapira muhari, uye inogona kukwana kunyengerera mamwe majaji kunyangwe pasina chokwadi. Uye uve neBush management yepamusoro-soro senge Condi Rice inowedzera zvimwe zvehurefu nezveWMDs, panguva ino kuIran. Kana iwe usinawo humbowo munhepfenyuro yekuviriridza yenyika, zivisa ivo.
Uye umboo, kupfuura hwakatenderedza uye hwakajeka (kana husina kukwana) chronology inoratidza Risen naSterling vachibvunzana nguva zhinji mumafoni panguva dzakakosha nguva, zvaive zvoshomeka zvakanyanya.
Gweta rezvekudzivirira, VaEdward MacMahon, vachinyatsotora humwe humbowo hunokosha hwevapupuri vechitsotsi vhiki rino, zvapupu izvi zvakamanikidzwa kubvuma kuti havana kuwana humbowo hwekuti Sterling akapa Risen gwaro rebhuku rake; kana kuti yaive Sterling uyo akapa Risen chero ruzivo nezve chero chinhu mubhuku rake; kana kuti chero munhu akamboona Risen naSterling pamwechete; kana kuti Sterling yakatora kumba kana kuti neimwe nzira magwaro akanangana neOperation Merlin.
Uye MacMahon pamwe negweta rezvekudzivirirwa, Barry Pollack varatidzawo kuti kune zvimwe zvakawanikwa zviwanikwa zvekubhadharisa zvigadzirwa zveMerlin asi hapana chakawongororwa. Izvi zvinosanganisira sainzi yekuRussia iyo yakanyatso rasa hurongwa hwekunyepedzera hwekunongedza nyukireya neIran. mukuru muVenice, vamwe vakuru veCIA, uye vashandi vakasiyana-siyana veSenate Select Intelligence Committee (kwaari Sterling akange aenda zviri pamutemo mu2003 semuridzi wetsiva kuti ataure zvaimunetsa pamusoro pe Merlin). Pollack, mukuvhara magakava, airatidza kuti pakanga paine nhamba yakakura yevanhu vangave masosi eRisen, kusanganisira vashandi ve90 CIA iyo humbowo hwehurumende yakaratidza kuti inogona kuwana chirongwa cheMerlin.
FBI nyanzvi mumiriri Ashley Hunt, uyo akatungamira kuongororwa kweFBI kweye Merlin leak kweanopfuura makore gumi, akapa humbowo hwakasimba hwekupokana naSterling - ratidziro yambotaurwa. MacMahon yakamuita kuti abvume kuti haana kutevera - kana kuvharika kubva munzira - dzekubvunza nzira idzo dzinogona kunge dzakasimudza vamwe vafungidzi sosi yeruzivo rweMerlin iyo Risen yakagashira.
Hunt akabvuma pasi pemubvunzo wakaomarara kuti akambenge achimboongorora nyaya dzakanyorwa achiti Sterling angangodaro asiri iye aimbwerekera uye kuti angangove mumwe munhu kubva kuSeneti Select Intelligence Committee (SSIC). Akabvumawo kunyora memo pakutanga 2006 achitaura nezve "kupikiswa kwakabatana" pakuferefeta kwake mukati mekomiti, iyo yaifanirwa kutarisa Merlin. Akapupurira kuti sachigaro wekomiti, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) akamuudza kuti aisazobatana neFBI, uye director director weDare, Republican William Duhnke, akaramba kutaura naye zvachose.
Vaviri vaimbove vashandi kubva kuSSIC vakasangana naSterling muna Kurume 2003, paakaunza izvo ivo pamwe nezvimwe zvichuchisi vakatsanangura sekunyunyuta kweuroyi nezvechirongwa cheMerlin, vakapupurira sevapupuri vekupomerana pakutongwa kwaSterling. Pasi pekubvunzwa, ivo vakapa humbowo hunobatsira kuna Sterling hwairatidza kuti Risen, chaizvo, sezviri pachena aive nemaviri kukomisheni - komiti yaive yatozivikanwa neOperation Merlin kunyangwe Sterling isati yauya kwavari aine zvaimunetsa.
Mumwe aimbove mushandi, Donald Stone, akatobvuma muuchapupu hwake kuti akange atora runhare kubva kuRisen imwe nguva mushure memusangano uyu naSterling, asi kuti iye akange amuudza kuti aisakwanisa kutaura nevezvenhau. Stone akati anga asina kupa Risen neruzivo chero rwechinyorwa chero chipi.
Mumwe aimbova mushandi, Vicki Divoll, akadzingwa basa kukomisheni mushure mekupa ruzivo rusina kutsanangurwa kumushandi weDare redzimhosva pamusoro penyaya yemvumo yehuchenjeri hwemvumo yekukakavara, kungoona izvo ruzivo (izvo zvainyadzisa vaRepublican) vakaridza hwamanda zuva raitevera muna yepamberi-peji New York Times nyaya yakanyorwa na- James Risen. Akapupurira kuti akange asati ambotaura naRisen nezvenyaya ipi neipi, asi kuti vamwe mukomisheni vaibata naRisen nguva nenguva.
Divoll akabvuma achiudza FBI pane imwe nguva kuti Alfred Cumming, director weDemocratic staff director, akange ataura naRisen apo neapo. Akapupurirawo kuti akange anzwa panguva yekomisheni yavo - asi vasina ruzivo rwakakwana - kuti vaviri veDemocratic neRepublican directorors mukomisheni iyi vakataura nevatori venhau nezvenyaya dzakasiyana siyana, uye kuti mamwe makurukota dzimwe nguva aipa vatapi venhau ruzivo rwavaida muquid-pro -oo kuronga uko mutori wenhau angatobvumawo kunyora nyaya yaidiwa nemukuru wekomiti. Iye akataura kuti iyi yaive ruzivo "rwechitatu-ruoko", pamwe kunyange "yechishanu-ruoko."
Magweta edziviriro akagunun'una pachinhu ichi kuburikidza neuchapupu kubva kune vakapomera muchuchisi uyu kuti kunyangwe zvinyorwa zvaRisen uye zvimwe zvinowanikwa muCIA uye paCapitol Hill (kusanganisira kurudyi paSSCI), hapana kana nzvimbo dzavakatsvaga dzakatsvaga, zvirimo zvemakomputa avo zvakaongororwa, mbozhanhare yavo matanda akaongororwa, ravo rebhangi uye kadhi rechikwereti rakatsvaga - sezvazvaive zvakaita neSterling.
Sechikamu chekupokana kwakanangana neyekudzivirirwa, Pollack akati mumagariro ake ekupedzisira: "Ivo vane dzidziso, ini ndine dzidziso." Asi, akawedzera, mutongi haafanire kupomera kana kugamuchira mumwe munhu nekuda kwefungidziro yakakura zvakadaro. nyaya Asi, akati, ibasa rehurumende kuburitsa humbowo hunoratidza mhosva kupfuura kupokana kunonzwisisika, uye "havana kuzviita."
Kune kwakawanda kwekutongwa uku, dare redzimhosva rave kusahadzika mukusavimbika. Ehe saizvozvo, majaji anokwanisa kusarudza kutapura kubva mukumhan'ara kwekutevedzana kwese kwese humbowo hwekuti Sterling aitova, imwe yezvinyorwa naRisen. Uye vamwe vavo vanogona kutya zvakakwana nekurondedzerwa nehurumende kuti vatende kuziviswa kwe “Hondo Yehondo” kwakaita kuti tisanyanya kuchengeteka. Mukutuka kwehurumende kupokana nekuvhara kwaPollack, muchuchisi James Trump akaridza hunyengeri nemakadhi ekudaidzira, kuitira kuti vatongi vange vatadza kuwana mukana pakutanga. Sterling anga "atengesa nyika yake ... atengesa CIA ...", kusiyana nevashandi veCIA "vanoshanda uye isu tinozorora zviri nyore semhedzisiro."
Tichifunga nezvekupererwa nemhosva kwenyaya yakatarwa pamusoro paSterling, kungava kusarasika kwekutonga kana achizotongerwa mhosva uye otarisana nejeri kwenguva refu pamusoro pechinhu chisiri chinopfuura kutadza - uye kutya kwehusiku hwehusiku hurumende inoti inogona kuitika nekuda kweiyo Operation Merlin kuburitswa.
John Hanrahan aimbova director director weThe Fund for Investigative Journalism uye mutori wenhau we Washington Post, iyo Washington Star, UPI nemamwe masangano enhau. Iye zvakare ane ruzivo rwakakura senge ongororo yepamutemo. Hanrahan ndiye munyori we Hurumende neContrakti uye co-munyori we Yakarasika Frontier: Kushambadzira kweAlaska. Akanyora zvakawandisa nezveNiemanWatchdog.org, chirongwa cheNieman Foundation yeZvenhau paHarvard University.
