NguNorman Solomon, Iziphumo
Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibini ngaphambi kokugwetywa kwakhe iinyanga ezingama-42 entolongweni ngokusekwe kwisigqibo sejury sokuba unike ulwazi oluyimfihlo ENew York Times intatheli, owayesakuba ligosa leCIA uJeffrey Sterling wayephakathi kwimizamo yexesha elide nengenasiqhamo yokufumana umntu kwiCongress ozimiseleyo ukujonga izityholo zakhe malunga nocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kwi-arhente.
I-ExposeFacts.org ifumene iileta ezivela ku-Sterling eziya kumalungu abalaseleyo eCongress, ebabongoza kwi-2003 kunye ne-2006 ukuba bamve malunga nobuhlanga kwi-CIA. USterling, ekulindeleke ukuba angene entolongweni kungekudala, unike ezi leta kwiveki ephelileyo. Babonisa ukuba wayekholelwa ukuba iCIA yayiziphindezela kuye ngokufuna ukuba ligosa letyala lokuqala elimnyama ukumangalela le arhente ngocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga.
Kwango-2000, uSterling wayefikelela ngaseCapitol Hill malunga neenkxalabo zakhe. Ufumene impendulo entle evela kwilungu leNdlu uJulian Dixon (D-Calif.), Owayesakuba ngusihlalo weCongressional Black Caucus, owabonisa umdla wokulandela umcimbi wocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kwiCIA kwaye wanxibelelana ne-arhente malunga netyala lakhe, utshilo uSterling. Kodwa ilungu leCongress leminyaka engama-20 labulawa sisifo sentliziyo ngo-Dec. 8, 2000.
USterling ukhumbula efumana unyango olukhethekileyo lokudutyulwa ekuqaleni kuka-2002 kuJohn Brennan, ngoko owayekwisikhundla esiphezulu seCIA, ngoku engumlawuli we-arhente kunye nomcebisi osondeleyo kuMongameli Obama: “Yena buqu wehla waya kwiofisi yolawulo ezondixelela ukuba ndigxothiwe. Umntu othile undixelele ukuba, ‘Utsale ikepisi kaSuperman.’”
Kungekudala emva kokuba iCIA imgxothile, i ENew York Times, abantu iphephancwadi kunye ne-CNN yabika ngetyala lika-Sterling elihlawulisa i-CIA ngocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga. Kodwa uSterling akazange afumane nkxaso kwimibutho yamalungelo oluntu.
Kwileta yomhla we-9 kaJan., 2003, eya kwi-Al Sharpton's National Action Network, uSterling ukhumbule ukujoyina i-CIA ngo-1993 "ukusebenzela ilizwe lam" - "kodwa umoya weklabhu kunye nobuhlanga obubodwa kwi-Arhente bandivimbile elo thuba."
Le leta yaqhubeka: “I-Arhente indifundise isiFarsi kwaye ndaqeqeshwa njengengcali echasene nabantu base-Irani nabanqolobi. Ndazingqina ndinobuchule endinabo njengegosa letyala, nangona kunjalo, xa kwafika ixesha lokuba ndisetyenziswe entsimini okanye ndinyukele kwizintlu zamagosa, ‘ndandimkhulu kakhulu yaye ndimnyama kakhulu.’ Olo kunye nolunye ucalucalulo endilufumene ngexesha ndikwi-Arhente lukhuthazo olusemva kwesuti yam.”
Kudliwano-ndlebe lomboniso omtsha “Indoda engabonakaliyo: NSA Whistleblower uJeffrey Sterling” (endivelise egameni le-ExposeFacts), uSterling uxelele umlawuli wefilimu uJudith Ehrlich ukuba iinkokeli zeCIA zakhawuleza zagxila kuye xa zifunda malunga nokuvuza kolwazi olucazululiweyo. Maxesha intatheli uJames Risen ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo ka-2003. Maxesha ubunkokeli kwaye zange bafikelele eluntwini de kwavela incwadi kaRisen ngoJanuwari 2006.)
"Bebesele benomatshini olungele mna," utshilo uSterling kwifilimu. "Ngelixa beva ukuba kukho ukuvuza, yonke iminwe yalatha kuJeffrey Sterling." Wongeze wathi: “Ukuba igama elithi ‘impindezelo’ alicingelwanga xa nabani na ejonga amava endiye ndawafumana kule arhente, ndiye ndicinge ukuba awujongi.”
Iileta zakhe eziya kumalungu eNkongolo, ezixelwe apha okokuqala, zibonisa ukuba uSterling wayelindele imbuyekezo eqatha kwangoko phakathi ku-2003 - ngaphezulu kweminyaka esixhenxe phambi kokuba agwetywe ngamatyala amaninzi, kubandakanywa asixhenxe phantsi koMthetho we-Espionage, kutyholwa ukuba wazisa u-Risen malunga ne-CIA's Operation Merlin. Elo phulo lalinike urhulumente waseIran isixhobo sokuyila izixhobo zenyukliya ngendlela engafanelekanga ebutsheni bowama-2000. Ngokutsho kwengxelo kaRisen, uMerlin “kusenokwenzeka ukuba yayiyenye yezona nkqubo zokungakhathali kwimbali yanamhlanje yeCIA.”
Ngelixa umtshutshisi wabeka amangqina angama-23 avela kwiCIA ngexesha letyala lika-Sterling ngoJanuwari kulo nyaka, izimvo ezingalunganga malunga nomsebenzi wakhe wokwenene kwiCIA zazinqabile ngexesha lobungqina babo. Owahlukileyo yayinguDavid Cohen, owayekhokela i-ofisi yeCIA eNew York xa uSterling wayesebenza apho. UCohen - ingqina elichasayo elabiza ukusebenza kuka-Sterling ngokuthi "kwinqanaba eliphantsi kakhulu" - wakhupha uSterling kwiofisi yaseNew York ngo-2000.
Kungekudala emva kwe-9 / 11, uCohen washiya i-CIA ukuba aqhubele phambili inkqubo yeSebe lePolisa laseNew York eliye lafumana ukugxekwa okunamandla kunye nenkcaso evela kumaqela enkululeko yoluntu. Ngo-2002, njengomlingane wam uMarcy Wheeler wabhala, uCohen “wafumana inkundla yomanyano ukuba iyekelele izikhokelo zeHandschu, ezamiselwa ngowe-1985 ukuphendula i-NYPD eyayijolisa abantu kwintetho yabo yezobupolitika. … Emva kokuba imithetho inyenyisiwe, uCohen wenze amaqela abantu abanolwazi abangena kwii-mosque kwaye babenamagosa ekhathalogu yeendawo zokutyela, iivenkile kunye nezikolo zamaSilamsi.
I-CIA yagxotha uSterling ngoJanuwari 2002 emva kweenyanga ezininzi zolawulo. Iileta zakhe kunyaka olandelayo zabonisa ukuphoxeka okukhulayo kunye nomsindo ngenxa yokungabikho komdla kumalungu eCongress kunye nemibutho yamalungelo oluntu kuquka i-Rainbow Push Coalition kunye ne-NAACP. USterling uthi akukho namnye owaphendula iileta zakhe.
"Kuye ... kubonakala ukuba kukho uloyiko oluqhelekileyo lokuthatha iCIA," yatsho ileta ye-26 kaJuni ka-2003 esuka ku-Sterling isiya kusihlalo weCongressal Black Caucus, u-Eliya Cummings (D-Md.). “Ngenxa yoko, ndiye ndabandakanyeka kumlo wedwa necala elinye nxamnye ne-Arhente elindishiye ndonakalisiwe. Khange kubekho mntu ume nam ngenxa yokoyika nokungazi. Ngalo lonke ixesha, i-Arhente izamile ukundinyelisa kwaye yalisusa ityala lam. " (Isimangalo sika-Sterling sasiza kuqhubeka kwindlela yokugweba ephikisiweyo ngaphezulu kweminyaka emibini eyongezelelweyo, de ekugqibeleni inkundla yasichitha ngesizathu sokuba ityala liya kutyhila iimfihlo zikarhulumente.)
USterling uthi akazange afumane mpendulo kwiRep. Cummings.
"UCongressman Cummings akakhumbuli efumana le leta," unobhala wakhe weendaba uTrudy Perkins undixelele kule veki.
Ileta kaSterling eya kuCummings yeza kwiinyanga ezimbini emva kokuba i-White House iphumelele ukucenga Maxesha abaphathi ukuba bangapapashi ibali likaRisen kwi-Operation Merlin. Ngeli xesha, urhulumente wayekhangela umntu oza kubeka ityala ngokuvuza. "Ngoku kubonakala ngathi ndiyinxalenye yophando oluvuzayo olwenziwa yi-FBI," yatsho ileta kaSterling. "Kuyabonakala ukuba, ulwazi olunxulumene nomsebenzi obuthathaka kakhulu endiye ndadlala indima enkulu ekuqhubeni lwavuza kumaphephandaba ngaloo ndlela kubangele ukuba i-FBI iqalise uphando."
Le leta yongeze yathi: “Njengoko ndingenanto ndiyifihlayo, ndivumile ukudibana neFBI ukubonisa ubunyani bam kwaye ndincedise kuphando lwayo. Ngexesha laloo ntlanganiso, kwacaca ukuba i-CIA ibe negalelo ekukhombiseni umnwe ngqo kum njengomthombo woku kuvuza. Nangona ii-Agents ze-FBI eziqhuba iseshoni zigxininise ukuba bendingeyonjongo yophando lwabo, bekucace gca kum ukuba ndim oza kuwa ekugqibeleni. ”
Ukubekwa ityala kukaJeffrey Sterling kweza emva kweminyaka esixhenxe enesiqingatha, ekupheleni kuka-2010.
Ubungqina kulingo luka-Sterling babonisa ukuba i-FBI yenze uphando oluncinci okanye aluzange lubekho lwabanye abantu ababenolwazi olubanzi nge-Operation Merlin. Umzekelo, owayesakuba ngusihlalo weSenate Intelligence Committee, uPat Roberts (R-KS), wakhusela umphathi wekomiti ngokunyanzelisa ukuba i-FBI ingadliwanondlebe naye malunga nokuvuza - nangona, okanye mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba, abaphandi bajonge intloko yabasebenzi bekomiti njengomrhanelwa ophambili. Ubungqina bovavanyo bubonise ukuba i-FBI yayikrokrela ekuqaleni ukuba ukuvuza kwakuvela kubasebenzi bekomiti ye-Senate.
Ngomhla we-17 kaJulayi, i-2003 - iinyanga ezine emva kokuhlasela kwe-US e-Iraq - uSterling wathumela ileta kuSen. "Ngenxa yesibindi osibonakalisileyo kunye nezinye iiSenetha ezimbalwa ekuthetheni malunga nengxabano yobukrelekrele ekhoyo ngoku enxulumene ne-Iraqi WMD," wabhala uSterling, "Ndivakalelwa kukuba unokuba nguSenator ofanelekileyo ukufikelela kuye. Into endiyithethayo inxulumene kakhulu nengxoxo yangoku malunga nobukrelekrele be-WMD. "
Kwityala lika-Sterling kwiinyanga ezine ezidlulileyo, uMgwebi uLeonie Brinkema wavala ngokusebenzayo iinzame zokhuselo zokubonisa ulwazi olunxulumene neenkxalabo zika-Sterling malunga nemiba enjalo. Kodwa ezo nkxalabo zibonakala kwileta ka-Sterling eya kuSen. Levin, eyayithetha ngemicimbi ye-CIA enxulumene nezixhobo zokutshatyalaliswa okukhulu kummandla we-Middle East.
Ileta kaSterling eya kuLevin yathi "ukusukela ngo-Epreli ka-2000" - kwiinyanga nje ezimbini emva kokuba i-Operation Merlin inike ulwazi loyilo lwezixhobo zenyukliya e-Iran - "Bendizama ukufikelela kumalungu amaninzi eCongress kubandakanya zombini iikomiti zobuntlola ukuba bazise kwiinkxalabo zam Iinzame zeCIA ezijolise kubunqolobi (gqalisela kwi-9/11) kunye nobungozi bemisebenzi ethile, ngakumbi ebandakanya iWMD kuMbindi Mpuma. Yonke imigudu yam yaphelela emoyeni.”
Le leta iqhubekile yathi: “Ekugqibeleni, emva kweminyaka emithathu yokuzama, ndiye ndafumana abaphulaphuli kunye neKomiti yezobuntlola ye-Senate- ngakumbi, abasebenzi beKomiti kulo Matshi udlulileyo. Ndabaxelela izinto ezindikhathazayo ndaza ndabanika iinkcukacha eziyimfuneko kunye neenkcukacha. Ndachaza nangona ndinamava amaninzi ekusebenzeni kwe-Iranian, ulwazi lwe-WMD lwalunempembelelo ebalulekileyo kubukrelekrele obunxulumene ne-Iraq.
(u-Sterling uye wahamba ngeendlela zomthetho ukuze adibane nabasebenzi beKomiti ye-Senate Intelligence Committee. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesibini kamva, ubungqina kwityala lika-Sterling babonisa ukuba kuphela isenzo esingathandabuzekiyo esibangeleyo. Ilungu eliphezulu labasebenzi bekomiti lixelele ngokubuza i-CIA ukuba i-Operation Merlin yayiyingxaki. , kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo i-CIA yaphendula ukuba umsebenzi ulungile.)
Kungekudala emva kokuba edibene nabasebenzi bekomiti yeNdlu yeeNgwevu, ileta kaSterling eya kuSen. Levin yathi, “ebutsheni buka-Epreli le nkcazelo ngokucacileyo yakhutshwa kumaphephandaba. Andazi ukuba abasebenzi benze ntoni ngolwazi, kodwa kunzima kum ukucinga ukuba ukuvuza akuveli ngandlel' ithile kwiKomiti yeNgqondo yeSenethi. Ukusuka kwindlela i-CIA eyayisoyikisa ngayo igqwetha lam ngezohlwayo kunye nezoyikiso zokuthumela abantu bokhuseleko ukuba bandityelele, kwacaca ukuba i-CIA ngokuzenzekelayo yayicinga ukuba ndingumthombo wokuvuza ngaphandle kokuqinisekisa ukuba ndithethile nabantu abavunyelwe ukuva. ulwazi. …
“Bendizama ukwenza into elungileyo, kwaye ndazifumana ndiphakathi kwesivunguvungu somlilo esibandakanya uLawulo lwe [Bush] kunye namanqanaba aphezulu eCIA kunye neFBI. Ngenxa yengxoxo-mpikiswano ekhoyo malunga nobukrelekrele kunye nokuthembeka kukaMongameli, ngokuqinisekileyo ndiyakwazi ukuqonda iinzame zokundenza ukuba 'ndihambe.' Ngaphandle komngcipheko omkhulu endiwenzayo wokufikelela kuni, ndibona kungumsebenzi wam ukuzisa kwingqwalasela yenu ulwazi olubalulekileyo kukhuseleko lwesizwe lweli lizwe. Ndivakalelwa kukuba oku ngokukodwa xa uMongameli kunye nolawulo bathe bagqwetha inyaniso malunga nobukrelekrele be-WMD. "
Ileta kaSterling eya kuLevin yaphawula ukuba “njengoNdlunkulu, ufanele ube nemvume efanelekileyo yokuthetha nawe ngemibandela yobuntlola,” yaza yaqukumbela ngomhlathi onesivakalisi esinye: “Ndinethemba lokuva kuwe kungekudala.”
USterling wandixelela ukuba akazange eve kuSen. Levin.
Ngokunjalo, uSterling uthi, akazange afumane mpendulo kwi-2 ka-Oktobha 2006 ileta awayeyithumele ku-Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC), owathi ngoko waba ngusihlalo weCongressional Black Caucus. (Watt, njengoLevin, akasekho kwiCongress.) Loo nyaka wawuqalile ngokupapashwa kwencwadi kaRisen ethi "State of War," elandelwa lugqogqo lwe-FBI kwikhaya elikufutshane neSt. umfazi Holly. “Ngoku kukho inkundla enkulu ehleliyo ezama ukuza nento eza kundibeka ityala,” ubhale watsho uSterling. Ekhumbula indlela ityala lakhe localucalulo elakhutshwa ngayo enkundleni ngenxa yezizathu “zokhuseleko lwelizwe,” wongezelela wathi: “Ndicinga ukuba ilusizi indlela endiye ndalivinjwa ngayo ithuba lokusebenzisa iinkundla ukuze ndikhusele amalungelo am, ukanti zinokusebenzisa inkqubo enye ngokunokwenzeka undityhole ngento ekucingelwa ukuba ndiyibulele.”
Njengokuhamba kwakhe kumajelo ekufaka isikhalazo sangaphakathi kwiCIA kwaye emva koko kusimangalo senkundla esityhola ucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga kwi-arhente, u-Sterling uhamba ngeendlela zokuvakalisa iinkxalabo kwiKomiti yeNgqondo yeSeneti yayiza kusetyenziswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngokuchasene naye ngexesha lelingo likaJanuwari 2015. kwaphumela ekubeni agwetywe iminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha entolongweni. Ngaphakathi kwenkundla, phambi kwejaji, umtshutshisi wayedla ngokukhankanya isimangalo sakhe kunye nokunxibelelana kwakhe nabasebenzi beKomiti yeSenate Intelligence njengemiqondiso ecacileyo yobukrakra, impindezelo kunye nesizathu sokuthatha amanyathelo atyholwa kwisimangalo.
Kwi-CIA kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa, abasemagunyeni bahlala bebonisa uJeffrey Sterling njengomsebenzi "ongonwabanga". Ngexesha lodliwanondlebe "Indoda engabonakaliyo,” wathetha ngendlela lo mfanekiso uye wadlala ngayo kuye: “Ndicinga ukuba igama elithi ‘akazange ndaneliseke’ livela ngexesha endakhalaza ngalo, kuyo nayiphi na inkalo. Ndandingeyonxalenye yeqela. … Abantu bathi umntu ngamnye udlala ikhadi lomdyarho. Kuthekani ngelinye icala laloo nto? Ikhadi lomdyarho ngokuqinisekileyo belidlalwa ngam. Kwaye unokuthi yayilikhadi logqatso olumhlophe kuba ndandingengomlungu. Babenawo onke loo makhadi. ... Kwaye ukuba akuyi kubakho uphando oluyinyani, lokwenyani, olunyanisekileyo ngalo naluphi na ukunyaniseka, isiphelo sendalo siya 'kunganeliseki.' Luphawu olulula kakhulu ukulibeka.”
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Iincwadi zikaNorman Solomon zibandakanya iMfazwe Yenziwe Yalula: Indlela abaongameli kunye neePundits abasigcina ngayo Ukusifa. Ungumlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu kwaye uququzelela iprojekthi yayo yee-ExposeFacts. USolomon ngumseki weRootsAction.org, ekhuthaze iminikelo kwi Ingxowa-mali yeSterling yoSapho. Ukubhengezwa: Emva kwesigwebo setyala kwiinyanga ezine ezidlulileyo, uSolomon wasebenzisa iimayile zakhe zokuhamba rhoqo ukuze afumane amatikiti endiza yeHolly noJeffrey Sterling ukuze bakwazi ukuya ekhaya eSt.
