NguRay McGovern, nge-12 kaJanuwari 2020
ukusuka News Consortium
Figosa lokusebenza le-Ormer CIA uJeffrey Sterling uza kufumana imbasa ye-Sam Adams yoBumbano kubuLumko kulo Lwesithathu, ajoyine ali-17 ngaphambili abaphumeleleyo othe njengoSterling wabonakalisa ukuzinikela okungaqhelekanga kwinyani nakulawulo lomthetho ngokuba nesibindi sokuvuthela impempe kububi bukarhulumente.
Lwesibini luphawula isikhumbuzo sesihlanu seminyaka yokuqala kwetyala likaSterling lwe-espionage - uhlobo lolingo olunokuthi lwamshiya u-Franz Kafka, umbhali wencwadi yenqaku Uvavanyo, wothuka kukungakholelwa.
Kunokubakho ixabiso elinzima elixelwe ukubhengeza ukuphathwa gadalala ngoorhulumente abaziimfihlo - ngakumbi abo bangenise eli cala leendaba ukuya kuthi ga kwindawo apho bangathintelwa khona xa bethatha inkululeko enkulu nomthetho. Ukwenza le nyani icace gca, kunjalo, yenye yeenjongo eziphambili zikarhulumente wase-US ukubeka abavuthelayo njengoSterling ejele - hleze abanye bafumane umbono abanokuthi bavuthele impempe kwaye bahlukane nayo.
Ngebhaso lakhe le-Sam Adams, uSterling uzisa isihlanu inani labamkeli ngamabhaso abanjelwe ukubhengeza ukuphathwa gadalala kukarhulumente (engabali ka-2013 Sam Adams laureate, u-Ed Snowden, ongenakwenziwa isambatho kwaye sele ebanjiwe eRussia ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithandathu). Okubi nangakumbi, uJulian Assange (2010) kunye noChelsea Manning (ngo-2014) bahlala ejele, apho i-UN Special Reportereur eTorture Nils Melzer bathi bayatshutshiswa.
Umamkeli wamabhaso we-Sam Adams ngo-2016, u-John Kiriakou, echithe iminyaka yakhe emibini ejele ngenxa yokuthetha ngokuchasene nokuhlukumeza e-US, uzakuba phakathi kwabo bamkeleyo kuSterling kumsitho wokubhiyoza ngoLwesithathu. Bobabini babekwa kwiimfesane zeJaji Leonie Brinkema-eyaziwa ngokubanzi njenge "jaji exhonyiweyo" yesithili esithandekayo seMpuma yeVirginia, apho uAsange naye wagwetywa khona phantsi komthetho omnye weWorld I Espionage Act owawusenziwa ukugwetywa uSterling.
Ityala likaSterling libizwa ngokuba yimpazamo. Akuzange kube kukuphatha kakubi, sisisu. Ndilibonele kuyo.
Kwiminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo, xa uKafka waphosa isithunzi eside, ndahlala ecaleni kukaSterling neqela elinamahlakani elibuhlungu elazi uhlobo lwe-Queen-of-Hearts oluhlobo "lwezobulungisa" uBrinkema wayenokuthi afake isicelo. Okulusizi, ukugqithile ngaphaya kokulindelwe kwethu - ubumnyama njengoko babenjalo. Ngokubhekisele kuSterling, wayesazi ukuba akanatyala. Wayeyilandele le mithetho ngokuya kubaphathi abongameleyo becongciongionedised information eyenzelwe ukuba babhengeze umsebenzi wokufihlakala okwakungelonto ingenabugwenxa kodwa futhi kuyingozi. Ke, wayeqinisekile ukuba uya kugwetywa- ngaphandle “komgwebi oxhonyiweyo,” ibala elimhlophe, kunye nomthetho we-Espionage Act.
Wayesazi ukuba akanatyala, kodwa kwezi ntsuku ukwazi ukuba umsulwa kunokubangela ukuba ube nengqondo yokhuseleko kunye nokuzithemba. Ukulinganisa kucingelwe - ngokuchanekileyo, kwavela - ukuba urhulumente wayenokuza nobungqina obuqinisekileyo nxamnye naye. Kwezi meko akunakuba sengqiqweni ukuba amkele uhlobo lwesicelo sokuxoxwa ngokwesiko kwiimeko ezinjalo. Ngokucacileyo, ukuthembela kwakhe ngokupheleleyo kwinkqubo yethu yomgwebo yenziwa ngendlela engeyiyo. Wayenokuyazi njani ukuba angagwetywa, agwetywe, kwaye athunyelwe entolongweni ngaphandle kobungqina ngaphandle kwe "metadata"; Oko kukuthi, umxholo-ubuncinci, ubungqina bembonakalo.
Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba ixesha lika-Sterling lentolongo selisemva kwakhe. Yena kunye nenkosikazi yakhe ethembekileyo uHolly bazakubuyela kule veki eWashington, nangona kunjalo ngokufutshane, nabahlobo kunye nabathandekayo abazimiseleyo ukubhiyozela ukuthembeka ababonakalise yena noHolly kule minyaka mihlanu idlulileyo.
'Ukufunwa okungafunekiyo: Ukutshutshiswa kwe-whistleblower yaseMelika'
Leyo sisihloko uSterling wanika i-memoir entle kakhulu epapashe ukuwa kokugqibela. Itshantliziyo / umbhali uDavid Swanson, naye owayeye kwityala, wabhala owokuqala kwakhona yeAmazon; Uyibize ngegama elithi "Joyina i-CIA: Hambisa iHlabathi liphela liPhuma kwiNyukliya." (isilumkiso: Ngaphambi kokuba ufunde ngamagqabantshintshi abonayo oku Swanson, unganqwenela "ukuba ikhadi lakho lokuthenga ngetyala ulungile" njengoko unokufumana ubunzima bokumelana nemvo yokuyalela incwadi.)
Enye imvelaphi ngohlobo lukaSterling lwe Uvavanyo inokufumaneka kwengubo, ukugubungela okwangoku News Consortium ndiyinike iminyaka emihlanu eyadlulayo. Emva kwexesha, (nge-2 kaMatshi ngo-2018) Umanyano Ipapashe yeyiphi eyona nto ingumqobo kwaye inika uhlalutyo olugqibeleleyo lwendlela yokusebenza ye-codenamed ye-Merlin yokubambisa i-Iran - i inqaku ngokuphumelela ibhaso lentatheli ephandayo uGareth Porter onesihloko esithi "Iindlela zokuSebenza 'Merlin' ziyityhetyhe njani i-Intelligence yase-US e-Iran."
Isiqwenga sikaPorter singaphezulu kwe-akhawunti ye- "baseball ngaphakathi" yezinye zeentlekele zobuqu kunye nolwakhiwo olwenzeke kwi-US kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini edlulileyo. Endaweni yoko, sisityholo esibonisa ukuba aba bantu banamabhaso baqhuba i-CIA ngala maxesha kunye nokuthanda kwabo ukuthanda izinto ezinje nge-Israel Lobby ngokuzama ukwenza umfanekiso we-“-fu lefu” - umlingane walowo uhlanganisiweyo ukuya kuthi ga. "Cacisa" imfazwe eIraq.
Ewe kuyaziwa ukuba i-Israel yayifuna uMongameli George W. Bush kunye ne-Deputy President Dick Cheney benze "i-Iran" kuqala, ngaphambi kokuhlasela i-Iraq. Abacebisi bomtshato kaBush babebetha esifubeni, bedanduluka besithi, "Amadoda okwenyani aya eTehran."
Ngokoluvo lwam, iinkosi zobukrelekrele ezingachanekanga, eziye zanamathela kule braggadocio zaza zasebenza “ngobukrelekrele” bokunceda, zizo ezo zifanele ukuba zivalelwe entolongweni-ingengabo abathanda ilizwe njengoSterling, abazame ukubhengeza ubudenge. Iziphumo zikaPorter ngokubhekisele “kwityhefu yobukrelekrele be-US e-Iran” zineempembelelo ezinkulu namhlanje. Ngaba sinako ukuhlawula ubuso "ixabiso" elikhonzwe ngenjongo yokucacisa ubutshaba base-US kwi-Iran? Isiqwenga sikaPorter yinto ekufuneka ifundwe kwezi ntsuku zokungqubana okukhulu noTheran.
Uvukile. (Wikipedia)
Ukulingwa kukaSterling kubandakanya izinto zodidi oluphezulu kunye nomdlalo weqonga. Kumzekelo wazo zombini, i-CIA ikhuphe ii-cables zentsusa ezikhethwe ngononophelo ukubonisa ukuba uSterling wayenetyala lokufumana iinkcukacha zeRisen ye-Operation Merlin ejolise kwi-Iran, iyelenqe le-CIA lokusebenzisa umda osikiweyo waseRussia ukudlulisa uyilo olugwenxa lwenyukliya. isixhobo, esenzelwe ukonakalisa inkqubo yenyukliya ye-Iran.
Iintambo zaphinda zenziwa ngokutsha, kunjalo. Kodwa, yeha, akwanelanga ukufihla into ebonakala ngathi yinto ebalulekileyo yebali leMerlin- oko kukuthi, i-Iraq, kunye ne-Iran, zazisezindleleni ze-Merlin yokufihla isenzo. Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, amajelo eendaba awaphosile oku, kodwa amaSwanson, abeye kulingo, ajonga enye yeentambo ezisiwe njengobungqina kwaye afumanisa ukuba iphinde yahluthwa. Umhloli uClouseau, ngokwakhe, wayenokufumana amanye amagama aphambili ngaphantsi kokuphinda enze umsebenzi.
Swanson yapapasha yakhe ziphumo phantsi kwesihloko: "Ekugwetyweni kukaJeff Sterling, uCIA watyhila okungakumbi kunokuba emtyhola ngokutyhilwa." Isiqwenga sikaSwingon siyatyhila.
Kuphela ngabo bafuna inyaniso malunga ne-Operation Merlin abaye baqaphela. Konke okufunekayo ukuze iSwinganson ibe (1) ukukhathalela ukuba okusesikweni, okanye ukuqhomfa kungabikho semthethweni, kwakuza kwenzeka, kunye (2) nokusebenzisa ezinye iindlela zorhwebo ezixhaphakileyo zokuphicotha umsebenzi kunye nokuhlaziywa kobukrelekrele.
Abo banesisu esomeleleyo abangasifundanga Isahluko se-Operation Merlin eRisen's Umbuso weMfazwe, bakhuthazwe ngamandla ukuba benjenjalo. Isahluko sikaRisen siza kubonelela abafundi ngevumba elomeleleyo lesizathu sokuba abo baphambili be-CIA bexhaswa ngemali ngumsebenzi we-CIA bacaphuke kakhulu ngezityhilelo kwaye benolwazelelelo ngombono wokuthi ukuvuza okongeziweyo kunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokuba umntu - nabani na - abe nesakhelo, etyholwayo, kwaye bavalelwa.
I-Kafka Shadows 'Isilingo' se-Sterling
Ngomdlalo wokudlala malunga nezityholo abekwa zona uSterling, izizathu emva kwabo, kunye nokuba urhulumente angamvalela njani kwimixholo yemethadata kunye neminye imvelaphi ifumaneka ngokulula kwabo banomdla ngakumbi, makandongeze umbala malunga Isiphelo sendawo yetyala ngokwayo-imethadata yolingo, ukuba uyavuma.
Indawo yenzekile. Ityala laqala nge-14 kaJanuwari ka-2015 ngamangqina athetha emva kwescreen esiziimitha ezili-12, uhlobo lomfuziselo womsi kunye nezibuko apho sasiza kuvezwa khona. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukuba ufumane Uvavanyo ngu Kafka uphume engqondweni yam. Kwinoveli ka-Kafka engagungqi, u-protagonist, "uJoseph K.", unemvakalelo yokuba ubanjiwe- ngokuba ngumntu ongena ncedo ezandleni ze- “Nkundla” engaqondakaliyo (U-Kafka wayengumsebenzi wase Hapsburg e-Austria enethuba elaneleyo loku jonga uburhulumente besenzo, umxholo ophambili kunoveli.)
Uvavanyo Ibonisa amandla asemthethweni, abucala, kunye nemikhosi yezentlalo elawula inkululeko yabantu. “UJoseph K.” akanatyala nakuphi na ukona; ngaphandle koku, ubanjiwe kwaye abulawe. Okubi nangakumbi, bonke abalinganiswa abakwinoveli - kubandakanya ekugqibeleni Mnu K.-bathobise iintloko zabo kurhoxa, becinga ukuba le yinto eqhelekileyo, ukuba ngelishwa, yimicimbi yemicimbi.
Umntu unokutolika njani? Uvavanyo kwizikolo eziphakamileyo okanye zasekholejini, bendizicingela. Uphendlo lukaGoogle fu maneka Isikhokelo sokufundisa sencwadi esivela kwiNdlu engenacala.
Bangabohlula njani ootitshala kwezinye zeengxaki ezinzima ezichazwe apha Uvavanyo? Okokuqala, zama "ukubona imeko kaJosef K. eyingxaki esisiseko enokuchongwa ngumntu: indlela yokuzikhusela kwigunya elinamandla amakhulu." Kulungile. Kodwa ngaphakathi Uvavanyo ayenzeli nje kuphela ukuba abalungileyo bangaphumeleli, kodwa akukho bantu balungileyo- akukho bantu banembali kweli bali losizi. Kwaye-okubi kakhulu-akukho nzala yothando.
Apha kulapho ulingo lukaSterling luphambukayo eKafka. Ininzi into oyithandayo kwimeko kaSterling. Abalinganiswa abafanelekileyo baninzi, okokuqala kunye nokuphambili, uSterling kunye nenkosikazi yakhe enobuntu uHolly. Le asiyiyo iHapsburg Austria, kodwa I-United States yaseMelika; oku kulingo akuqhelekanga; abafumani; akukho kuqubuda kweentloko.
Kwaye nabahlobo babo. Asinasiseko sedatha emiselweyo kwizinto ezifunyanwa ngokuthengiswa kwemiqobo, kunye nokuba ngamagwala. Kwaye malunga nemdla yothando-kunqabile ukuba ndiwubone umzekelo owakha wothando lwemihla ngemihla kunye nenkxaso mutual. IHolly ihlala ikho. Kude kukujongana nokubulawa ngesiquphe njengo-Joseph K., Kafka Kafka akusekho.
Abadlali abagqibeleleyo benqanaba eliphezulu abazimisele ukuthoba isidima kunye nokudakumba abaSterlings baphumelele ngokuchaseneyo. Ngaphantsi kwayo yonke into ebonisa ubungangamsha kunye nokuziphatha, indlela yokuziphatha ye-CIA kulawulo olubi kuye kwavezwa.
Ukudibana kunye neCondoleezza
Kwakumnandi, ukuba ayidanisi, ukubukela enkundleni (okanye xa kuvaliwe isikrini esikhulu, ukumamela nje) kwii-CIA bureaucrats ezivela kwicala elingaphezulu leseti ye-arhente zirhwebesha urhwebo lwabo kwinto ebonakala ngathi ingenamsebenzi, ekujolise kuyo ekujoliseni - Nokuba ngabatshutshisi, ijaji, okanye inkundla. Le misebenzi, emva kwayo yonke, “amagosa emicimbi”; isitokhwe sabo kurhwebo sinika abantu-nokuba basenkundleni, eNtabeni, okanye basasaza imithombo yeendaba yasekhaya.
Ngapha koko, ngaphezulu, basebenzisa iifayile zabo eziphuhliswe kakuhle ukoyisa abasemzini ukuba bavukele ilizwe labo. Ngexesha lokulingwa kwe-Sterling, ubugcisa babo babuboniswa ngokugcweleyo ekhaya. Ekuphela kwento esele ingacacanga yayikukuba iithagethi zenkundla zokulima nokuqasha zazi ukuba ziyaxhunyaniswa. Uyazi okanye hayi, amagosa amatyala e-CIA akha umanyano olusebenzayo phambi komgwebi nejaji.
Ngosuku lokugqibela kwetyala, urhulumente wazisa i-in-Chief-gun-in-chief-in-king ukuze bachukumise abagwebi kwaye bavale ityala labo. Ngeli xesha amajelo eendaba ayekhona kakhulu, njengoko i-duchess-ye-uyo-yifu, owayesakuba ngunobhala wezomkhosi wezomkhosi kuzwelonke u-Condoleezza Rice stiletto-heeled wangena kwinkundla yamatyala ukuba angqine ngokuchasene noSterling. Ukusuka kwimpendulo ye-hushed kucacile ukuba wayesanxibe ngokusebenzayo - ukuba ngumfanekiso - Teflon.
Omnye wayenokuthi, "othuke kwaye woyike "uhlobo olwahlukileyo. Akukho namnye kubaphulaphuli owoyikayo obonakalayo egxile kwizibakala ezichaphazela ubuxoki uRice uxelele ishumi elinambini leminyaka ngaphambili ukuba "aqinisekise" imfazwe eyonzakalisayo e-Iraq, okanye kwiiseshoni ze-White House zokuziphatha acwangcise ukuxoxa namagosa aphezulu okhuseleko kuzwelonke malunga nokutshutshiswa kweCIA Ubugcisa bokufumana ukuthenga kwabo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba abanakubona ngathi abumsulwa. (Ebhekisa kwezo zimfutshane zingama-macabre, emva koko-igqwetha-Jikelele uJohn Ashcroft Waphendula, "Imbali ayisayi kuba nobubele kuthi." Okulusizi kukuba, abo babandakanyekileyo basafumana isohlwayo.
Bendihleli ngasekupheleni kwendlela njengoko iRice idlulayo, wajika wajonga kum ubuso obonwabileyo. Ukuphendula, andikwazanga ukukuthintela ukuhlebela igama elinokulinganisa igama "prevaricator." Undaun, wancuma konke konke.
ngokunjalo ndiyangqina Ngolo suku lokugqibela yayinguWilliam Harlow, umphathi-ndlunkulu we-CIA phantsi komlawuli we "slam-dunk" uGeorge Tenet, phantsi kobunkokheli bakhe "i-Operation Merlin yamiliselwa yaza yaphunyezwa. Ngaphandle kweencwadi zokubhala ghost ngu-Tenet kunye nezinye, ibango likaHarlow lodumo lixhomekeke ekuphumeleleni kwimithombo yeendaba kude nenyani ebhalwe kakuhle yokuba i-Iraq yayingenayo i-WMD ngaphambi kokuba ihlaselwe nge-Matshi 20, 2003.
Ngomhla kaFebruwari 24, 2003, Newsweek Upapashe ingxelo ekhethekileyo nguJohn Barry esekwe kuxwebhu olusemthethweni lwabahloli be-UN ngokususwa kukaHussein Kamel, umkhwenyana kaSaddam Hussein. U-Kamel wayephethe i-Iraq izixhobo zenyukliya, zeekhemikhali kunye nezebhayoloji zokuphosa izixhobo. UKamel waqinisekisa abo babuza imibuzo ukuba konke kutshatyalalisiwe. (Kumgangatho ongaphantsi, NewsweekU-Barry uvakalise ukuba, "Inqaku lomchazi linyusa imibuzo malunga nokuba iindawo ezigcinwe e-WMD e-Iraq zisekhona.")
U-Barry wongeze ukuba u-Kamel wancinwa kwiiseshoni ezahlukileyo yi-CIA, ubukrelekrele baseBritane, kunye neqela lesithathu kwiqela lokuhlola le-UN; ukuba Newsweek Ukwazile ukuqinisekisa ukuba uxwebhu lwe-UN luyinyani, nokuba uKamel "ubalise ibali elinye kwi-CIA neBritane." Ngamafutshane, istopio sikaBarry besele siqinisekisiwe. Kwaye i-CIA yayisazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba oko uKamel wakuthethayo ngo-1995 kwakusele kuyinyani ngo-2003. Ubungqina obungamaxwebhu-inokuba yibhombu. Ngaba loo mpembelelo inokuthi ibe njani izicwangciso zokuhlasela e-Iraq kwinyanga kamva?
Uvukile umnyhadala. Xa abeendaba bambuza ngengxelo kaBarry, yena yayibiza "Ayichanekanga, bubuqhetseba, ayilunganga, ayiyonyani." Kwaye amajelo eendaba aphambili athi, ngaphakathi, "Owu, Gosh. Enkosi ngokusazisa. Kungade kube kukho ibali apho. ”
Andinguye umntu wokubamba amagqubu. Ndikhetha uHarlow. Emva kokungqina uye wabona ukuba ekuphela kwesitulo esingenanto kwigumbi lenkundla yayile ecaleni kwam. “Molo, Ray,” watsho, njengokuba ethoba isitulo. Bendingafuni ukwenza imeko, ndiye ndayibhala ndamdlulisa:
"I-Newsweek, nge-24 kaFebruwari ka-2003, ingxelo ka-Hussein Kamel debrief emva kokusilela kwakhe ngo-1995:" Ndayalela ukuba kutshatyalaliswe yonke i-WMD. "
UHarlow uthi ibali leNewsweek "alichanekanga, bubuxoki, ayilonyani."
Ngama-4,500 XNUMX amajoni aseMelika asweleke. Lixoki. "
Harlow funda inqaku lam, wandinika uncumo olonwabileyo lweCondoleezza, wathi, "Kulungile ukukubona, Ray."
Isikhumbuzo esivela kwi-Lord Acton, kwezopolitiko nakwinembali yenkulungwane ye-19: "Yonke into ifihlakala ngokufihlakeleyo, kwanolawulo lobulungisa."
Apha ngezantsi kukho isicatshulwa esihamba kunye nebhaso kuJeffrey Sterling:
URay McGovern usebenzela u-Xelela iLizwi, ingalo yokupapasha yeCawe yecawa yoMsindisi kwisixeko sangaphakathi eWashington. Wayeligosa lomkhosi / igosa lobukrelekrele kwaye emva koko waba ngumhlalutyi we-CIA iminyaka engama-30 kwaye waqhuba isishwankathelo sakusasa se-Mongameli se-Daily Brief ngexesha lolawulo lokuqala lwe-Reagan. Xa ethatha umhlala-phantsi wenza i-Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
