by Sam Adams Associates, Agasti 23, 2021
AbakwaSam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence bayavuya ukwazisa umbhexeshi wemfazwe yedrone uDaniel Hale njengowafumana iMbasa ye-Sam Adams ka-2021 yeMfezeko kubukrelekrele. UHale - owayengumhlalutyi wezobukrelekrele be-Air Force kwiprogram ye-drone - wayengumkontraka wezokhuselo kwi-2013 xa isazela samnyanzela ukuba akhulule amaxwebhu ahleliweyo kumaphephandaba aveza ubugwenxa benkqubo yokubulawa ekujoliswe kuyo e-US [“Sibulala abantu ngokusekelwe kwimetadata” - Michael Hayden, owayesakuba nguMlawuli weCIA & NSA].
Amaxwebhu avuzayo - apapashwe kwi-Intercept ngo-Oktobha 15, i-2015 - ibonise ukuba ukususela ngoJanuwari 2012 ukuya kuFebruwari 2013, imisebenzi ekhethekileyo ye-airstrikes yase-US yabulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-200. Kwabafileyo, ngama-35 kuphela ekujoliswe kuwo. Kwisithuba seenyanga ezintlanu zomsebenzi, ngokutsho kwamaxwebhu, phantse i-90 ekhulwini labantu ababulawa kwii-airstrikes yayingeyiyo ekujoliswe kuyo. Abemi abamsulwa - ababehlala bebukele-bahlala behlelwa "njengeentshaba ezibulewe ngesenzo."
Ngomhla wama-31 kuMatshi ka-2021, uHale wavuma ityala elinye phantsi koMthetho wezobuNhloli, ethwele isigwebo seminyaka elishumi. NgoJulayi ka-10, wagwetywa iinyanga ezingama-2021 entolongweni ngokutyhila ubungqina bolwaphulo-mthetho lwase-US. Kwileta ebhalwe ngesandla eya kuJaji uLiam O'Grady Hale uchaze ukuba uhlaselo lwedrone kunye nemfazwe yase-Afghanistan "ayinanto yakwenza nokuthintela uloyiko ekungeneni eUnited States kunye nokunye okuninzi okunento yokwenza nokukhusela inzuzo yabavelisi bezixhobo. kunye nababizwa ngokuba ziikontraka zokhuselo. "
UHale uphinde wacaphula ingxelo ka-1995 yowayesakuba nguMphathi woMkhosi wase-US uGene LaRocque: “Ngoku sibulala abantu singakhange sibabone. Ngoku ucofa iqhosha elingamawaka eemayile kude ... kuba yonke into yenziwa yi-remote control, akukho kuzisola ... kwaye emva koko sibuyela ekhaya ngoloyiso.
Ngethuba lenkonzo yakhe yempi ukusuka kwi-2009 ukuya kwi-2013, uDaniel Hale uthathe inxaxheba kwiprogram ye-drone yase-US, esebenza kunye ne-NSA kunye ne-JSOC (i-Joint Special Operations Task Force) kwi-Bagram Air Base e-Afghanistan. Emva kokushiya uMkhosi woMoya, uHale waba ngumchasi ocacileyo wenkqubo yokubulala ekujoliswe kuyo e-US, umgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US ngokubanzi, kunye nomxhasi wabahlebi. Uthethe phandle kwiinkomfa, iiforam, kunye namaqela oluntu. Wayebonakaliswe ngokubalaseleyo kwi-documentary eyaphumelela imbasa yeSizwe, ifilimu malunga nabakhweli kwiprogram ye-drone yase-US ababandezeleka ngenxa yokulimala kokuziphatha kunye ne-PTSD.
I-Sam Adams Associates inqwenela ukukhahlela inkalipho kaDaniel Hale ekwenzeni inkonzo yoluntu ebalulekileyo ngeendleko ezinkulu zobuqu-ukuvalelwa entolongweni ngenxa yokuthetha inyaniso. Sibongoza ukuba kupheliswe iMfazwe ejongene nabagxeki kwaye sikhumbuze iinkokeli zikarhulumente ukuba iinkqubo zokuhlela iimfihlo azizange zibe nenjongo yokufihla izenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho zikarhulumente. Ngenxa yoko, ilungelo loluntu lokwazi malunga nezenzo ezingalunganga zorhulumente wabo - kubandakanywa nemiphumo emibi yemigaqo-nkqubo eyenziwa egameni labo - kufuneka ihlonishwe kwaye igcinwe.
UMnu. Hale ungowama-20 ngembasa yeSam Adams yeMfezeko kubuNtlola. Oogxa bakhe ababalaseleyo baquka uJulian Assange noCraig Murray, bobabini nabo bavalelwe ngokungekho sikweni ngenxa yokuthetha inyaniso. Abanye oogxa bam abagqwesileyo ngeMbasa yeSam Adams baquka impempe yeNSA uThomas Drake; iFBI 9-11 impempe uColeen Rowley; kunye ne-GCHQ impempe uKatharine Gun, ibali lakhe laphinda labaliswa kwifilimu ethi "Iimfihlo ezisemthethweni." Uluhlu olupheleleyo lwabawongi beSam Adams luyafumaneka apha samadamaward.ch.
Iinkcukacha malunga nomsitho ozayo weSam Adams Award ziya kubhengezwa kungekudala.
