Abanye abantu baseMelika baye beva ENew York Times intatheli kunye nombhali wencwadi uJames Risen kunye nokwala kwakhe ukuveza umthombo. Kodwa, ngenxa yokuba uninzi lweengxelo ngalo mbandela ziwuthintele ngokucokisekileyo umbandela wokuba uVukile uxelelwe, bambalwa abantu abanokukuxelela. Ngapha koko, uRisen unike ingxelo (kwincwadi, njenge ENew York Times wathobela isicelo sikarhulumente sokuba kuthuleke) emva phayaa ngonyaka ka-2000 iCIA yanika izicwangciso zezixhobo zenyukliya eIran. Iziphene zazizisiwe kwizicwangciso, ngenjongo echaziweyo yokucutha inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya yase-Iran ukuba ikhona. Ingxelo kaRisen yokuba iziphene zazicace gca, kubandakanywa ne-asethi yangaphambili yaseRashiya eyabelwe ukuhambisa izicwangciso e-Iran, yenza ukuba iskimu sibonakale sibi ngakumbi kunokuba sasivakala ekuqaleni.
UJeffery Sterling, umphathi weCIA we-asethi yangaphambili yaseRussia, wagwetywa kwangoko kulo nyaka ngokuba ngumthombo kaRisen. Wagwetywa ngesiseko sobungqina obuzinze obaziwa ngokuba yi "meta-data" ethi i-NSA igcina ukuba asifanelanga sikhathazeke ngayo, kodwa inkundla yezibheno ngoLwesine yagweba ingqokelela enkulu yokungavisisani nomgaqo-siseko. USterling kulindeleke ukuba agwetywe ixesha elide ngoMvulo.
Ngexesha lokuvavanywa kwetyala lika-Sterling, iCIA ngokwayo yenza uluntu ibali elikhulu kunelo yalifaka kuSterling. I-CIA yatyhila, ngokungathandabuziyo, ukuba nje emva kokuba izicwangciso zezixhobo zenyukliya ziye zayekiswa abantu base-Irani, i-CIA yayicebise kwaloo asethi ukuba iza kuphinda isondele kurhulumente wase-Iraq ngenjongo efanayo. I-CIA iveze oku ngokufaka ubungqina kule ntambo:
UMnu. S., okwabizwa ngokuba nguBob S., wayeligosa leCIA kwaye uligosa. I-M imfutshane kwi-Merlin eyikhowudi ye-Russian yangaphambili kunye negama lomsebenzi (i-Operation Merlin). Intambo ibhekisa kulwandiso olwenzeka ngakumbi lomsebenzi ukuya kwenye indawo ngaphandle kwe-Iran. Igama lale enye indawo liqala ngesikhamiso, kuba lilandela i-indefinite article “AN.”
Jonga ngokusondeleyo kwisicatshulwa sentambo. Oonobumba bemi kwimiqolo ethe nkqo kunye nemiqolo ethe tye eqhelekileyo. Yigridi. Igama elishiyiweyo kumgca wesixhenxe liqala ngesikhamiso kwaye linoonobumba abahlanu. Isenokuba yi-IRAQI okanye i-OMANI.
Qhubeka ufunda. Igama elishiyiweyo kumgca weshumi linoonobumba abane. Inokuba yi-IRAQ okanye i-OMAN.
Kulandela ingxoxo yendawo yendibano, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ayikho e-Iraq (okanye e-Oman).
Funda ukuya kumgca wokugqibela. Apho igama elishiyiweyo linoonobumba abathandathu. Isenokuba yi-IRAQIS okanye i-OMANIS.
Ubungqina obubambekayo bokukhetha i-Iraq ngaphezu kwe-Oman njengethagethi yesibini ye-Operation Merlin inobunzima kakhulu kunoko kwasetyenziswa ukugweba uJeffrey Sterling ngokwazisa uluntu ngokujoliswe kuko kuqala. U-Oman akazange atyholwe esidlangalaleni nguye nabani na ukuba okanye ulandela inkqubo yezixhobo zenyukliya. I-Oman ayikaze yaziwe ukuba ijolise kumkhosi wase-US. I-Iraq ngo-2000 yayiyeyona nto kujoliswe kuyo kwiinzame ezininzi ezixhaswa yiCIA. Izixhobo zase-Iraq yayiyeyona nto iphambili ekugxilwe kuyo yiCIA. Kwisithuba seminyaka emibini, amabango malunga nezixhobo zase-Iraqi aya kusetyenziswa yiCIA ukuxhasa uhlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq olwaluza kufika ngoMatshi ka-2003.
Amabango ka-2002-2003 nguMongameli ngelo xesha uGeorge W. Bush kunye noMcebisi wezoKhuseleko weSizwe ngoko u-Condoleezza Rice ukuba umpu wokutshaya unokuvela e-Iraq ngendlela yelifu le-mushroom uthatha ukukhanya okwahlukileyo xa sifumanisa ukuba kwixesha elifutshane ngaphambili I-CIA yayicebise ukunika i-Iraq izicwangciso zezixhobo zenyukliya njengenxalenye yenkqubo uCondoleezza Rice wacenga ngokwakhe. Inew york Amaxesha angavezi.
Ngo-1995, umkhwenyana kaSaddam Hussein uHussein Kamel wayexelele amagosa ase-US kunye naseBrithani ukuba "zonke izixhobo zebhayoloji, iikhemikhali, imijukujelwa, inyukliya zatshatyalaliswa." Ukanti, ngo-Oktobha 2, 2002, uMongameli Bush wathi, “Urhulumente unezazinzulu nezixhobo zokwakha izixhobo zenyukliya, yaye ufuna izinto eziyimfuneko ukuze enze oko.” Eli yayilibango awayeza kulifaka kwileta eya kwiNkongolo nakwiNtetho yakhe yobume beManyano ka-2003.
USekela Mongameli uDick Cheney uye wade wafaka ibango, ngoMatshi 16, 2003, kuqhubeke Dibana no-Maphephandaba, "Kwaye sikholelwa ukuba, eneneni, uzenze ngokutsha izixhobo zenyukliya."
Kwakungekho bungqina boku, ngokuqinisekileyo, kunye nobungqina bokuzenzisa benziwe ngononophelo, kubandakanywa namaxwebhu abunjiweyo abonisa ukuba i-Iraq izama ukuthenga i-uranium, kunye nohlalutyo olungalunganga lwetyhubhu ze-aluminium ekufuneka zifunwa ngononophelo emva kweengcali eziqhelekileyo. wala ukunika impendulo oyifunayo.
Siyazi ukuba bekukho iimpahla ezithunyelwayo . . . ukuya eIraq. . . yeetyhubhu ze-aluminiyam ezilungele kuphela - izixhobo ze-aluminium ezikumgangatho ophezulu [sic] ezilungele kuphela iinkqubo zezixhobo zenyukliya, iinkqubo ze-centrifuge, "utshilo uCondoleezza Rice kwi-CNN's. Uhlelo lwamva nje kunye neWolf Blitzer NgoSeptemba 8, 2002.
Xa iingcali kwiSebe lezaMandla, iLizwe, kunye noKhuseleko ziye zala ukutsho ukuba iityhubhu ze-aluminium e-Iraq zezezixhobo zenyukliya, kuba zazisazi ukuba azinakwenzeka kwaye zaziphantse zibe ngamarokhethi, isibini sabafana kwi-Army National Ground. Iziko lezobuntlola kufutshane neCharlottesville, Va., Bakuvuyela ukunyanzela. Amagama abo ibinguGeorge Norris noRobert Campus, kwaye bafumana “iimbasa zokusebenza” (imali) ngale nkonzo. Emva koko uNobhala kaRhulumente uColin Powell wasebenzisa amabango kaNorris kunye neCampus kwintetho yakhe ye-UN nangona isilumkiso sabasebenzi bakhe ukuba babengeyonyani.
Urhulumente wase-US akazange abandakanyeke kuyo nayiphi na imizamo enjalo yokuchaza u-Oman njengokufuna izixhobo zenyukliya.
Ngaba i-CIA ilandele uMerlin kwaye inike nantoni na kurhulumente wase-Iraq? Ngaba ibonelele ngezicwangciso zezixhobo zenyukliya njengaseIran? Ngaba ibonelele ngezixhobo zenyukliya, njengoko yayicingelwa i-Iran kodwa ayizange ilandelwe?
Asazi. Kodwa siyazi ukuba i-CIA yaqhubeka ihlawula "i-Merlin" kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ngenkonzo ethile. Njengoko uMarcy Wheeler wachazayo, "iphelele, iCIA yahlawula iMerlins malunga ne-413,223.67 yeedola kwiminyaka esi-7 emva kokuba uJames Risen etyholwa ukuba wonakalise ukuba luncedo kukaMerlin njenge-asethi." Kuko konke esikwaziyo, thina bahlawuli berhafu sisaxhasa ngemali umzi wakwaMerlin.
