NguMedea uBenjamin noMarcy Winograd, World BEYOND War, UDisemba 29, 2020
Kwanangaphambi kokuba uMongameli-oNyuliweyo uJoe Biden abeke inyawo kwi-White House, iKomiti yezoBuntlola ye-Senate ingaqala ukumanyelwa ngokuchongwa kuka-Avril Haines njengoMlawuli wezoBuntlola beSizwe.
Igqwetha eliphambili likaBarack Obama kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko kuZwelonke ukusukela ngo-2010 ukuya ku-2013 elandelwa nguSekela Mlawuli we-CIA ukusukela ngo-2013 ukuya ku-2015, iHaines yingcuka eyingzekeliso kwimpahla yegusha. Ungumbulali onobungozi, ngokutsho kuka Newsweek, uya kubizwa ezinzulwini zobusuku ukuba athathe isigqibo sokuba ummi weliphi na ilizwe, kubandakanya nelethu, kufuneka atshiswe kuqhanqalazo lwedrone yaseMelika kwilizwe elikude kwi-Middle East enkulu. IHaines ikwadlale indima ephambili ekugubungeleni inkqubo yaseMelika yokungcungcuthekisa abantu, eyaziwa ngokuba “yindlela yokuphucula ukubuza imibuzo,” eyayiquka ukuphinda-phinda ukungena emanzini, ukuhlaziswa ngokwesini, ukungalali kakuhle, ukuvusa amabanjwa ahamba ze ngamanzi abandayo omkhenkce, kunye nokuvuselelwa kwamanzi kwakhona.
Ngenxa yezi zizathu, phakathi kwabanye, amaqela omzabalazo CODEPINK, aqhubela phambili amaDemokhrasi eMelika, World Beyond War kwaye iRoots Action isungule umkhankaso ubiza iSenethi ukuba iyala ukwamkelwa kwakhe.
La maqela afanayo aphumelele amaphulo okuphelisa u-Biden ekukhetheni abanye abagqatswa abashushu kwizikhundla zomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle: I-China-hawk Michele Flournoy kuNobhala Wezomkhosi kunye nokuxolisa uMike Morell kuMlawuli we-CIA. Ngokubamba amaqela abizayo kwiiSenethi, ngokusungula izikhalazo kunye nokupapasha iileta ezivulekileyo ezivela Abathunywa be-DNC, ababhinqileyo-Kuquka uAlice Walker, uJane Fonda, noGloria Steinem —kwaye Abasindileyo baseGuantanamo, Abaphembeleli banceda ukuhambisa abaviwa ababekhe bathathelwa ingqalelo njenge-shoo-ins kwikhabhinethi kaBiden.
Ngoku amatshantliziyo acela umngeni ku-Avril Haines.
Ngo-2015, xa iHaines yayinguSekela Mlawuli weCIA, iiarhente zeCIA kuqhekezwe ngokungekho mthethweniiikhompyuter zeKomiti ye-Senate Intelligence Committee yokuthintela uphando lweKomiti kwinkqubo yokuvalelwa kunye neenkqubo zokuncinwa. IiHaines zongamele uqobo lweCIA loMhloli Jikelele kwi ukusilela ukohlwaya iiarhente zeCIA owaphule umthetho wohlula-hlulo loMgaqo-siseko wase-US Ngokwengxelo yomntu owayebetha impempe kwi-CIA uJohn Kiriakou, akazange anqande kuphela abahlaseli ukuba bangaphenduli kodwa wabanika nembasa ye-Career Intelligence.
Kwaye kukho okungakumbi. Xa iphepha elipheleleyo le-6,000-iphepha Ingxelo yeKomiti yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu yokuNgcungcuthekiswa Ekugqibeleni yagqitywa, emva kweminyaka emihlanu yophando kunye nophando, uHaines uthathe uxanduva lokuphinda ayenze kwakhona ukukhanyela ilungelo loluntu lokwazi iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo, ukunciphisa uxwebhu kwisishwankathelo esinamaphepha angama-500.
Olu thintelo lwadlula ngaphaya nje "kokukhusela imithombo kunye neendlela"; ithintele ihlazo leCIA, ngelixa iqinisekisa ukuba ikhula phambili kwikhondo lomsebenzi.
Ngapha koko, iHaines ixhase ukuxolisa uGina Haspel njengoMlawuli weCIA kaTrump. IHaspel yaqhuba indawo efihlakeleyo ejele eThailand apho ukungcungcuthekiswa kwabantu kwakusenzeka rhoqo. IHaspel ikwadrafta imemo eyalela ukuba kutshatyalaliswe phantse iividiyo ze-100 ezibonisa ukungcungcutheka kweCIA.
NjengoDavid Segal weNkqubela phambili yeMfuno xelelwe I-CNN, “iHaines inengxelo elusizi yokufihla ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwabo bangcungcuthekisayo nabangcungcuthekisi. Ukunyanzeliswa kwakhe kukuphinda kwenziwe ingxelo engcungcuthekisayo, ukwala kwakhe ukohlwaya abasebenzi be-CIA abaye batyhoboza kwi-Senate kunye nenkxaso yakhe ye-Gina Haspel-eyathi yatshutshiswa yi-Trump White House njengoko iiDemokhrasi zazimi phantse ngokuchaseneyo ngokuchaseneyo ukukhokela i-CIA - kufuneka bancinwe ngexesha lenkqubo yokuqinisekisa. ”
Olu luvo lwalunjalo yavuma Ngu-Mark Udall, i-senator ye-Democratic kwikomiti yezobuntlola xa igqiba ingxelo yokuhlukunyezwa. "Ukuba ilizwe lethu liza kutyhila iphepha kwisahluko esimnyama sembali yethu eyayiyinkqubo yokuhlukunyezwa yiCIA, kufuneka siyeke ukutyumba kwaye siqinisekise abantu abakhokele le nkqubo yoyikekayo bancedisa ukuyifihla."
Esinye isizathu sokutyunjwa kukaHaines kufuneka sikhatyiwe yinkxaso yakhe yokwanda kweedrones zokubulala. Kubekho iinzame ezihlanganisiweyo zangaphambili kwabo basebenza no-Obama ukupeyinta iiHaines njengezwi lesithintelo elazama ukukhusela abahlali. Kodwa ngokwangaphambili Impimpi ye-CIA Kiarikou, IHaines yayihlala ivuma ukuqhushumba kweedrone ezazingabulali abanqolobi kuphela, kodwa iintsapho zonke, kubandakanya nabantwana, abasweleka njengomonakalo wesibambiso. ” NguAvril othathe isigqibo sokuba ingaba kusemthethweni na ukutshisa umntu ovela esibhakabhakeni, ”utshilo uKiriakou.
Xa amaqela amalungelo abantu egxeka u-Obama ngokungxama ukusebenzisa ukubulala okungafunekiyo, kubandakanya nokucinga ukuba yonke iminyaka yobudala emkhosinis kummandla woqhankqalazo “babengabalweli botshaba” kwaye ke ngoko bekujoliswe kubo ngokusemthethweni, iHaines yangeniswa umbhali-mbhali "isikhokelo somgaqo-nkqubo kamongameli" esitsha sokuqinisa imigaqo. Kodwa esi “sikhokelo” sitsha, esikhutshwe ngoMeyi 22, 2013, saqhubeka siwuphazamisa umgca phakathi kwabahlali kunye namajoni, kulungiswa ukubulawa kwabantu ekujoliswe kubo kwaye kugxothwe ngokufanelekileyo "ukuqikelela ukuba msulwa" obe ngumgaqo-siseko womthetho woluntu ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-800.
Incwadi yokudlala yedrone, "IINKQUBO ZOKWAMKELA UKWENZIWA KWEENKQUBO NGOKUQHELEKILEYO NGOKUQHUBA IINJONGO ZABANQANYI EZIBHALWE NGAPHANDLE KWE-UNITED STATES NEENDAWO ZOKUHLAWULWA KWEENKOSI," Kwiphepha loku-1 ithi naliphi na "inyathelo elithe ngqo kufuneka lenziwe ngokusemthethweni kwaye kuthathwe ngokuchasene neethagethi ezisemthethweni," ukanti izikhokelo azikhange zibhekise kwimithetho yamazwe aphesheya okanye yasekhaya echaza ukuba ukubulawa kwabantu ngaphandle komda womkhosi kuvumelekile.
Kwiphepha 4, izikhokelo zoqhankqalazo lwedrone zivumela isenzo esibulalayo ngokuchasene nalabo "abangajoliswanga kwixabiso eliphezulu," ngaphandle kokuchaza indlela i-CIA eya kuthi ichonge umntu njengoyikiso olusondeleyo kukhuseleko lwe-United States. Kwiphepha le-12, ababhali-kunye, iHaines phakathi kwabo, baphinde balungisa ezona mfuno zisezantsi zomntu "otyunjiweyo" ukuba abulale. Kwaigama nje elithi “otyunjiweyo” licebisa iinzame zokubulala abantu ekujoliswe kubo, ngokungathi oko kuqhushumbo kuqhushumbe kubekwe kwisikhundla sekhabhinethi kaMongameli wase-US. [QAPHELA: Ungafuna (ngandlel ngokuhlekisayo) ufune ukubeka "[sic]" emva kokusetyenziswa kokuqala kwegama "otyunjiweyo"]
Ngapha koko, izikhokelo ngokwazo zihlala zingahoywa ngokupheleleyo. Umgaqo-nkqubo Ithi, umzekelo, ukuba i-US "ibeke phambili, njengomgaqo-nkqubo, ukubanjwa kwabagrogrisi njengokhetho olunokubulawa" kwaye inyathelo elibulalayo kufuneka lithathwe "kuphela xa ukubanjwa komntu kungenakwenzeka." Kodwa ulawulo luka-Obama alwenzi nto ngoluhlobo. Phantsi kukaGeorge Bush, ubuncinane be780 abarhanelwa abanqolobi babanjwa baphoswa kwi-gulag eqhutywa e-US eGuantanamo. Izikhokelo zeHaines ziyakwalela ukudluliselwa eGuantanamo ke, endaweni yoko, abarhanelwa batshiswa nje.
Izikhokelo zifuna "kufutshane nokuqiniseka ukuba abo bangalwiyo abayi kubulawa okanye benzakale," kodwa le mfuno yayihlala iphulwe, njengoko ziweyo yiBhunga loPhando loLwazi.
Isikhokelo somgaqo-nkqubo weHaines nawo Ithi ukuba i-US iyakuhlonipha ubukhosi bamanye amazwe, kuphela ngokwenza isenzo esibulalayo xa abanye oorhulumente "bengenako okanye bengayi" ukujongana nesoyikiso e-US Oku, nako, kwaba ngamagama angenanto ephepheni. I-US ayide ibonisane noorhulumente kwindawo yabo eyaphosa iibhombu kwaye, kwimeko yePakistan, bamchasa elubala urhulumente. NgoDisemba 2013, iNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yasePakistan ngamxhelo mnye zivunyiwe Isigqibo esichasene noqhankqalazo lwedrone yase-US ePakistan, lubabiza ngolwaphulo-mthetho “lomgaqo-siseko weZizwe eziManyeneyo, imithetho yezizwe ngezizwe nezithethe zoluntu” kunye nowayesakuba yiNkulumbuso yasePakistan. UNawaz sharif Ukusetyenziswa kweedrones akupheleli nje ekwaphuleni ingqibelelo yethu, kodwa kuyasenzakalisa kwisigqibo sethu kunye neenzame zokuphelisa ubunqolobi kwilizwe lethu. Kodwa i-US ayihoyanga izicelo zikarhulumente wasePakistan.
Ukwanda kokubulawa kweedrone phantsi kuka-Obama, ukusuka e-Yemen ukuya eSomalia, kukwaphule nomthetho wase-US, onika iCongress igunya lokugunyazisa ukungqubana kwezomkhosi. Kodwa iqela lezomthetho lika-Obama, elaliquka iHaines, lawuthintela umthetho ngokunyanzelisa ukuba ungenelelo lomkhosi lwawa phantsi kogunyaziso luka-2001 loSetyenziso loMkhosi (AUMF), umthetho weCongress wadlulisa ukujolisa eAfghanistan emva kohlaselo lwango-9/11. Le ngxoxo ixabisekileyo yanikezela ngokutya okusetyenziselwa gwenxa ukusetyenziswa gwenxa kwe-2001 AUMF ethi, ngokwe-Congressional Research Service, ibi kuxhomekeke ekuqinisekiseni isenzo somkhosi wase-US ubuncinci amaxesha angama-41 kumazwe ayi-19.
Ukongeza, izikhokelo azifuni nokuba i-CIA kunye nezinye iiarhente ezithatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yedrone yokwazisa uMongameli, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, malunga nokuba ngubani oza kubulawa kugwayimbo lwedrone, ngaphandle kwaxa umntu ekujoliswe kuye ummi wase-US okanye xa iiarhente ezijongene nazo zingenakuvumelana kwithagethi.
Zininzi ezinye izizathu zokuyikhaba iHaines. Ukhuthaza yandisa ukuthotywa kwezoqoqosho kumantla e-Korea okusingela phantsi uxolo ekuxoxiswene ngalo, kunye "notshintsho kulawulo" -ukuzenzela ngobuchwephesha ngumlingani wase-US-onokushiya iNorth Korea edilikileyo isengozini yobusela babanqolobi kwizixhobo zayo zenyukliya; Wayengumcebisi kwi-WestExec Advisors, ifemi exhaphaza ukungena ngaphakathi kukarhulumente ukunceda iinkampani zikhusele i-plum Pentagon contract; kwaye wayengumcebisi kunye IPalantir, inkampani yemigodi yedatha eququzelele ukugxothwa kukaTrump kwabaphambukeli.
Kodwa irekhodi le-Haines malunga nokuhlukunyezwa kunye ne-drones, iyodwa, kufanelekile ukuba yenele ukuba iiSenethi zikukhabe ukutyunjwa kwakhe. I-spy spy engathandabuzekiyo-eyayiqala e-White House njengomcebisi wezomthetho kwiSebe le-Bush State ngo-2003, unyaka apho i-US yahlasela i-Iraq-ingabonakala kwaye ivakala ngakumbi njengoprofesa wakho wekholeji oyithandayo kunomntu owenza ukubulala ngolawulo olude okanye Wayephethe usiba olumnyama lokugubungela ukungcungcuthekiswa kweCIA, kodwa uvavanyo olucacileyo lwexesha lakhe elidlulileyo kufanelekile ukuba iqinisekise iSenate ukuba iHaines ayikulungelanga isikhundla esiphezulu kulawulo oluthembisa ukubuyisela elubala, ukuthembeka, kunye nentlonipho kumthetho wamanye amazwe.
Xelela Ilungu leNdlu yeeNgwevu yakho: VOTA HAYI kwiiHaines.
