NguNorman Solomon
Ityala lowayesakuba ligosa le-CIA uJeffrey Sterling, eza kuqalwa phakathi kuJanuwari, laliyindlela enkulu yokulwa urhulumente wase-US ekuchaseni impempe. Ngokusebenzisa kwayo umthetho we-Espionage ukoyikisa kwaye utshutshise abantu ukuvuza kwiindawo “zokhuseleko lukazwelonke”, ulawulo luka-Obama luzimisele ukugcina ukufihla izinto ezibalulekileyo ukuba uluntu lunelungelo lokwazi.
Emva kokugubungela okwethutyana isimangalo sikaSterling kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, iindaba zosasazo azenzanga nto ukukhanyisa ityala lakhe-ngelixa ngamanye amaxesha benika ingxelo ngokwala ENew York Times Intatheli uJames Risen ukuba angqina malunga nokuba uSterling wayengumthombo wencwadi yakhe ye-2006 ethi "Imfazwe."
Ukuma okungaxengaxengiyo kwemfihlo yemithombo kuyancomeka. Kwangelo xesha, uSterling - ojamelene namatyala olwaphulo-mthetho ali-10 aquka isixhenxe phantsi komthetho we-Espionage Act - akafanelanga ukufumana inkxaso.
Ukutyhilwa okuvela kwisandi esibhanyabhayo kubalulekile ukuze kufumaneke imvume kulawulo. Ngobundlova bayo, iSebe lezobuLungisa lika-Obama lilwa imfazwe esemthethweni kumalungelo ethu entando yesininzi ukuze bazi ngakumbi ngezenzo zikarhulumente kunamabali asemthethweni. Yiyo loo nto ingxabano yegumbi elingelide ye-United States of America v. UJeffrey Alexander Sterling ibaluleke kangaka.
USterling utyholwa ngokuxelela u-Risen malunga nokusebenza kwe-CIA eyayibonelele ngesiphoso se-Iran kwi-2000. Izityholo azivezwanga.
Kodwa akukho mntu uphikisayo ukuba uSterling uxelele abasebenzi beKomiti ye-Intanethi ye-senate malunga nesenzo se-CIA, wabizwa ngokuba yi-Operation Merlin, ethi incwadi kaRisen kamva wayityhila kwaye wayazisa njengeyisidenge kwaye iyingozi. Ngelixa ngokujolise ekuthinteleni ukwanda kwenyukliya, i-CIA ibeka emngciphekweni ukuyiqhubela phambili.
Xa wazisa abasebenzi kwikomiti ejongene nokongamela ye-Senate malunga ne-Operation Merlin, uSterling wayehamba ngeendlela zokuba ngundaba-mlonyeni. Kucacile ukuba wayesazi ukuba ukwenza njalo kuyakucaphukisa ubukhosi beCIA. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinambini kamva, njengoko urhulumente ezimisele ukubhiyozela inkundla yamatyala, lixesha lokuhlawula ikwi-corral yokhuseleko.
Utshutshiso olungagungqiyo lweSterling ekujolise kuko ekubetha iimpempe ngomyalezo ongafakwanga: Sukudiza naziphi na iimfihlo "zokhuseleko lukazwelonke" ezenza ukuba urhulumente wase-US akhangeleke ngokungafanelekanga, ukhohlakeleyo, ulungisa okanye uyingozi. Ungaze uyicinge loo nto.
Ngomngcipheko omkhulu, Isicelo esitsha esithi "Ukubetha impempe kuRhulumente kukungabi namsebenzi kuyinkonzo kawonke-wonke, hayi ulwaphulo mthetho" Ufumene ngaphezulu kwama-30,000 abasayiniweyo kwiiveki ezidlulileyo, ebongoza urhulumente ukuba azirhoxise zonke izityholo abebekwa zona uSterling. Abaxhasi bokuqala baquka i-ExposeFacts, i-Freedom of the Press Foundation, iProjekthi yoXanduva lukaRhulumente, Wesizwe, Inkqubela / IZiko leMidiya kunye neNtando yesininzi, abaRhwebi beNdawo ngaphandle kwemida kunye neRootsAction.org. (Isibhengezo: Ndisebenzela i-ExoseFacts kunye ne-RootsAction.)
Iphepha lePentagon lalibetha impempe uDaniel Ellsberg ngokufutshane washwankathela umxholo weenzame zikarhulumente ekutshutshiseni uSterling. "Intlungu ka-Sterling ivela kwisicwangciso sokuothusa abarhuqa abanamandla, nokuba ngaba ngunobangela wokuvuza okanye hayi," utshilo u-Ellsberg kudliwanondlebe nodliwanondlebe. inqaku Intatheli uMarcy Wheeler nam sabhalela Isizwe. “Injongo yokohlwaya abenzi benkathazo ngokuhlukumeza, ukugrogrisa, ukutyhola, iminyaka enkundleni kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni- nokuba bathe badlula kumajelo asemthethweni ukubhalisa izityholo kubaphathi babo nakwiarhente. Oko kukuthi, ngendlela, isilumkiso esisebenzayo kwabo babeza kuba ngabapempe abanokukhetha 'ukulandela imigaqo.' Kodwa kuyo nayiphi na imeko, nokuba ngubani oyena mntu wayeyimithombo yolwazi malunga nokwaphulwa kolwaphulo-mthetho kwisiHlomelo sesine, kwityala le-NSA, okanye ukungakhathali ngokungakhathali, kwityala le-CIA, benze umsebenzi omkhulu woluntu. ”
Inkonzo kawonke-wonke ebaluleke kangaka ifanelwe kukudumisa nenkxaso esebenzayo
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