NguNorman Solomon
Yebo, ngibone ubuso obumangele babashushisi enkantolo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, lapho ijaji ligweba u-Jeffrey Sterling owayekhuluma ne-CIA iminyaka emithathu nesigamu ejele - kude neminyaka eyi-19 kuye kwengama-24 ababeyiphakamise ukuthi ifanele.
Yebo, ngithola ukuthi bekunegebe elikhulu phakathi kwesijeziso uhulumeni ayesifuna kanye nalokho akutholayo - igebe elingaqondwa njengokukhuza izakhi eziqinile zoMnyango Wezobulungiswa.
Futhi yebo, kwakuyisinyathelo esihle lapho uMeyi 13 Umhleli by New York Times ekugcineni wagxeka ukushushiswa okwedlulele kukaJeffrey Sterling.
Kodwa ake sicace: Ukuphela kwesigwebo esifanelekile sikaSterling bekungeke kube nomusho nhlobo. Noma, ngokuvamile, into efana nokushaywa ngesihlakala kwakamuva, ngaphandle kokuboshwa, kowayengumqondisi we-CIA uDavid Petraeus, owagwetshwa ngokunikeza imininingwane ebaluleke kakhulu kwisithandwa sakhe sentatheli.
UJeffrey Sterling usevele wahlupheka kakhulu kusukela athweswa icala ngoDisemba 2010 ngamacala amaningi obugebengu, okuhlanganisa nayisikhombisa ngaphansi koMthetho Wobunhloli. Futhi ngani?
Icala elilungile likahulumeni kube ukuthi uSterling unikeze ulwazi kuye New York Times Intatheli uJames Risen eyangena esahlukweni sencwadi yakhe yango-2006 ethi "State of War" - mayelana ne-CIA's Operation Merlin, okwathi ngo-2000 yanikeza i-Iran imininingwane yokuklama enephutha yengxenye yezikhali zenuzi.
NjengoMarcy Wheeler kanye nami wabhala ekwindla edlule: “Uma ukumangalelwa kukahulumeni kunembile esicelweni sakhe sokuthi uSterling udalule imininingwane eyimfihlo, wabe esezifaka engozini enkulu yokwazisa umphakathi ngesenzo okungenzeka ukuthi, ngokwamazwi kaRisen, ‘sibe esinye sezenzo zobudedengu kakhulu kuleli. umlando wesimanje weCIA.' Uma icala lingelona iqiniso, kusho ukuthi uSterling akanacala ngaphandle kokukhokhisa i-ejensi ngokucwasa ngokwebala nokudlula eziteshini ukwazisa iKomidi Lezobunhloli leSenate ngezenzo eziyingozi kakhulu ze-CIA. "
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi “unecala” noma “umsulwa” wokwenza okulungile, uSterling usedlule esihogweni sesikhathi eside. Futhi manje - ngemuva kweminyaka engaphezu kwemine engasebenzi ngesikhathi ebekezelela inqubo yezomthetho eyayisongela ukumfaka ejele amashumi eminyaka - mhlawumbe kuthatha ukuba ndikindiki ukuthi noma ngubani acabange ngesigwebo asanda kusithola njengesincane kunesigwebo. ukuthukuthela.
Amaqiniso abantu akhona ngale kwezithombe zemidiya ezidwetshiwe kanye nokuqagela okunethezekile. Ukudlula ngalezi zithombe nokuqagela kuyinhloso esemqoka ye-documentary emfushane "Indoda Engabonakali: I-CIA Whistleblower uJeffrey Sterling,” ekhishwe kuleli sonto. Ngale filimu, umphakathi ungamuzwa uSterling ezikhulumela - okokuqala ngqa selokhu abekwa icala.
Eminye yezinhloso zokuhlasela kukahulumeni osomahlaya wukubaveza bengama-cardboard cutouts. Ehlose ukuqeda lezi zithombe ezinezinhlangothi ezimbili, umqondisi u-Judith Ehrlich waletha ithimba lamafilimu ekhaya likaJeffrey Sterling nomkakhe uHolly. (Egameni le-ExposeFacts.org, bengilapho njengomdidiyeli wefilimu.) Sizimisele ukuwethula njengoba enjalo, njengabantu bangempela. Ungabuka ifilimu lapha.
Amagama okuqala ka-Sterling kudokhumentari asebenza ezikhulwini ezinamandla ze-Central Intelligence Agency: “Base bevele benomshini owawuhloselwe ukulwa nami. Umzuzu lapho bezwa khona ukuvuza, yonke iminwe yakhomba uJeffrey Sterling. Uma igama elithi 'ukuphindisela' lingacatshangwa lapho noma ubani ebheka isipiliyoni engiye ngaba naso nesikhungo, ngivele ngicabange ukuthi awubhekile."
Ngenye indlela, manje, mhlawumbe asibheki ngempela uma sibona ukuthi uSterling uthole umusho olula.
Noma ngabe isinqumo sejaji sinecala - futhi ngemuva kokuhlala kulo lonke icala, ngingathi uhulumeni akazange asondele emthwalweni wakhe wobufakazi ngaphandle kokungabaza okunengqondo - iqiniso eligcwele ukuthi um(aba)mpimpi abanikeze intatheli. Ivuswe ngolwazi mayelana ne-Operation Merlin inikeze umsebenzi omkhulu womphakathi.
Akufanele abantu bajeziswe ngokusebenzela umphakathi.
Cabanga ukuthi wena - yebo, wena — akenzanga lutho olubi. Futhi manje ubheke ejele, iminyaka emithathu. Njengoba abashushisi bebekufuna uvalelwe ejele isikhathi eside kunaleso, kufanele sicabange ukuthi uthole umusho “olula”?
Nakuba uhulumeni elokhu ehlukumeza, esongela, eshushisa futhi ebopha labo ababika iqiniso ukuze basebenzele umphakathi, siphila emphakathini lapho ingcindezelo elimazayo iqhubeka nokusebenzisa ukwesaba njengesando sokulwa nokukhuluma iqiniso. Ukubhekana ngqo nale ngcindezelo kuzodinga ukwenqaba noma isiphi isimangalo noma ukuqagela okungasho lutho kokuthi abashushisi bakahulumeni babeka izinga lokuthi singakanani isijeziso esikhulu kakhulu.
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Izincwadi zikaNorman Solomon zihlanganisa Impi eyenziwe lula: Kanjani amaMongameli kanye namaPundits Aqhubeka Asigxilisa Ekufeni. Ungumqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy futhi uqondisa iphrojekthi yayo ye-ExposeFacts. USolomon ungumsunguli we-RootsAction.org, ekhuthaze iminikelo ku- Sterling Family Fund. Ukudalula: Ngemva kwesinqumo secala, uSolomon wasebenzisa amamayela akhe okundiza njalo ukuze athole amathikithi endiza ka-Holly noJeffrey Sterling ukuze bakwazi ukuya ekhaya e-St.
