by AbakwaSam Adams Associates, Agasti 23, 2021
I-Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence iyajabula ukumemezela impimpi kamshayeli wempi ye-drone uDaniel Hale njengomamukeli we-2021 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. UHale - owayengumhlaziyi wezobunhloli e-Air Force ohlelweni lwe-drone - wayengusonkontileka wezokuvikela ngo-2013 lapho unembeza umphoqa ukuba akhiphe amaphepha ahlukanisiwe kwabezindaba aveza ubugebengu bohlelo olubhekiswe ekubulaweni kwabantu baseMelika [“Sibulala abantu ngokususelwa kwimethadatha” - uMichael UHayden, owayenguMqondisi we-CIA & NSA].
Imibhalo eputshukile - eyashicilelwa kwi-The Intercept ngo-Okthoba 15, 2015 - iveze ukuthi kusukela ngoJanuwari 2012 kuya kuFebhuwari 2013, izigameko zokuhlasela ezikhethekile zase-US zabulala abantu abangaphezu kuka-200. Kulaba abashonile, bangu-35 kuphela obekuhloswe ngabo. Ngokwesikhathi esisodwa sezinyanga ezinhlanu zomsebenzi, ngokusho kwemibhalo, cishe amaphesenti angama-90 abantu ababulawa ezitelekeni zezindiza kwakungeyona imigomo okuhloswe ngayo. Izakhamizi ezingenacala - obejwayele ukuba ngabantu ababukele - bebejwayele ukuhlukaniswa “njengezitha ezibulewe zisetshenziswa.”
NgoMashi 31, 2021 uHale wavuma icala elilodwa ngaphansi kwe-Espionage Act, ephethe isigwebo seminyaka eyishumi. NgoJulayi 10, wagwetshwa izinyanga ezingama-2021 ebhadla ejele ngokuveza ubufakazi bamacala empi aseMelika. Encwadini ayibhalele iJaji uLiam O'Grady Hale ngesandla echaza ukuthi ukuhlaselwa kwe-drone kanye nempi e-Afghanistan "akuhlangene nokuvimbela ukwesaba ukungena e-United States futhi kuhlobene kakhulu nokuvikela inzuzo yabenzi bezikhali nababizwa ngezinkontileka zokuvikela. ”
UHale uphinde wacaphuna isitatimende sango-1995 salowo owake waba yiNavy Admiral Gene LaRocque yango-XNUMX: “Manje sibulala abantu singakaze sibabone. Manje ucindezela inkinobho ibanga eliyizinkulungwane zamamayela… ngoba konke kwenziwa ngesilawuli kude, akukho ukuzisola… bese sibuyela ekhaya sinqobile. ”
Ngesikhathi esebenza ebusosheni kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2013, uDaniel Hale wabamba iqhaza ohlelweni lwe-US drone, esebenza neNSA kanye ne-JSOC (Joint Special Operations Task Force) eBagram Air Base e-Afghanistan. Ngemuva kokushiya uMbutho Wezomoya, uHale waba ngumphikisi ocacile wohlelo olubhekiswe ekubulaweni kwabantu base-US, inqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US, kanye nomsekeli wabasebenza ngokushaya amakhwela. Ukhulume ngokukhululeka ezingqungqutheleni, ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nasemiphakathini. Ubebekwe obala embhalweni owine umklomelo iNational Bird, ifilimu ekhuluma ngezimpempe ohlelweni lwedrone laseMelika abahlukumezeka ngokokuziphatha nePTSD.
AbakwaSam Adams Associates bafisa ukuthulela isibindi uDaniel Hale ekwenzeni umsebenzi obalulekile womphakathi ngezindleko ezinkulu - ukuboshwa ngenxa yokukhuluma iqiniso. Siyanxusa ukuba iphele iMpi Yabalwelwe futhi sikhumbuze abaholi bakahulumeni ukuthi izinhlelo zokuhlukanisa izimfihlo zazingahloselwe ukuvikela ubugebengu bukahulumeni. Ukwenza lokho, ilungelo lomphakathi lokwazi ngezenzo ezingalungile zikahulumeni wabo - kubandakanya nemiphumela emibi yezinqubomgomo ezenziwa egameni labo - kumele lihlonishwe futhi ligcinwe.
UMnu Hale ungumklomelo wama-20 we-Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence. Ozakwabo abahlonishwayo kubalwa uJulian Assange noCraig Murray, bobabili nabo ababoshwe ngokungafanele ngenxa yokukhuluma iqiniso. Amanye ama-alumnae ama-Sam Adams Award afaka impimpi ye-NSA uThomas Drake; Umlobi we-FBI 9-11 uColeen Rowley; nomshayeli wempimpi we-GCHQ uKatharine Gun, okulandiswa ngaye efilimini ethi “Izimfihlo Ezisemthethweni.” Uhlu oluphelele lwabanikezwa imiklomelo kaSam Adams luyatholakala ku samadamsaward.ch.
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