NguNorman Solomon
Icala lalowo owayeyisikhulu se-CIA uJeffrey Sterling, elizoqala maphakathi noJanuwari, lizoba yimpi enkulu ekuvinjezelweni kukahulumeni wase-US ngokumelene nokushaywa ngamakhwela. Ngokusebenzisa kwayo uMthetho Wobunhloli ukuze kusabise futhi kushushiswe abantu ngokuvuza “kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke”, abaphathi baka-Obama bazimisele ngokuqhubeka befihla amaqiniso abalulekile umphakathi onelungelo elibalulekile lokuwazi.
Ngemuva kokusakazwa kwesikhashana kwecala lika-Sterling eminyakeni emine edlule, abezindaba abenzi lutho olutheni ukuze bakhanyisele icala lakhe - kuyilapho bebika ngezikhathi ezithile ngokwenqaba New York Times intatheli uJames Risen ukuze afakaze ngokuthi uSterling wayengumthombo wencwadi yakhe ye-2006 ethi "State of War."
Ukuma kukaRisen okungaguquki kokugcinwa kuyimfihlo kwemithombo kuyancomeka. Ngaso leso sikhathi, uSterling - obhekene namacala ayi-10 ahlanganisa nayisikhombisa ngaphansi koMthetho Wobunhloli - ufanelwe ukwesekwa.
Izambulo ezivela kubabizi abanesibindi zibalulekile ukuze uthole imvume enolwazi yababusi. Ngobutha bawo, uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ka-Obama uqhuba impi engokomthetho ngamalungelo ethu entando yeningi ukwazi okwengeziwe ngezenzo zikahulumeni kunezindaba ezisemthethweni. Yingakho ukungqubuzana okuseduze kwenkantolo ecaleni elithi “United States of America v. Jeffrey Alexander Sterling” kubaluleke kakhulu.
U-Sterling usolwa ngokutshela u-Risen mayelana nokusebenza kwe-CIA eyayinikeze i-Iran amapulani ezikhali zenuzi angenaphutha ngo-2000. Amacala awanabufakazi.
Kodwa akekho ophikisayo ukuthi uSterling watshela abasebenzi beSenate Intelligence Committee ngesenzo se-CIA, esibizwa nge-Operation Merlin, okwadalulwa incwadi kaRisen kamuva futhi kwavela ukuthi iyisimungulu futhi iyingozi. Ngenkathi ihlose ukuvimbela ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi, i-CIA yazibeka engcupheni yokukuqhubekisela phambili.
Lapho etshela abasebenzi bekomidi eliqondisayo leSenethi mayelana ne-Operation Merlin, uSterling wayedlula eziteshini ukuze abe ngumpempe. Cishe wayazi ukuthi ukwenza kanjalo kuzothukuthelisa abaphathi beCIA. Eminyakeni eyishumi nambili kamuva, njengoba uhulumeni elungiselela ukuphikisana enkantolo, yisikhathi sokubuyisela endaweni yezokuphepha yezwe.
Ukushushiswa okungapheli kuka-Sterling kuqondise labo abangaba ababi ngomlayezo obalulekile ongacacile: Ungavezi noma yiziphi izimfihlo “zokuvikela kazwelonke” ezenza uhulumeni wase-US abukeke engafaneleki, enonya, eyingozi noma eyingozi. Ungaze ucabange ngakho.
Njengoba kusengozini enkulu, isicelo esisha esithi “Ukushaya Ikhwelo Ngokunganaki Kukahulumeni Kuwumsebenzi Womphakathi, Akulona Ubugebengu” isizuze abantu abasayinda abangaphezu kuka-30,000 XNUMX emasontweni edlule, inxusa uhulumeni ukuthi ahoxise wonke amacala abekwe uSterling. Abaxhasi bokuqala bahlanganisa i-ExposeFacts, iFreedom of the Press Foundation, i-Government Accountability Project, The Nation, I-Progressive / Isikhungo Semidiya Nentando Yeningi, Izintatheli Ezingenayo Imingcele kanye ne-RootsAction.org. (Umshwana wokuzihlangula: Ngisebenzela i-ExposeFacts and RootsAction.)
Umkhulumeli wePentagon Papers uDaniel Ellsberg ufingqe kafushane umongo wemizamo kahulumeni ekushushiseni kukaSterling. "Usizi lukaSterling luvela esu lokusabisa abangahle babe namahloni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubengumthombo walokhu kuputshuka noma cha," kusho u-Ellsberg engxoxweni nenhlangano. esihlokweni leyo ntatheli uMarcy Wheeler kanye nami sabhalela Isizwe. “Inhloso ukujezisa abahlukumezi ngokubahlukumeza, ukusongela, ukumbeka icala, iminyaka enkantolo futhi okungenzeka ukuthi basejele - ngisho noma bedlule eziteshini ezisemthethweni kuphela ukuze babhalise izinsolo eziphathelene nabaphathi babo nesikhungo. Okusho ukuthi, ngendlela, isexwayiso esisebenzayo kulabo abangaba ababi abangathanda 'ukulandela imithetho.' Kodwa noma ngabe yikuphi, noma ngabe ngubani obeyimithombo yangempela yemithombo yezindaba mayelana nokwephulwa kobugebengu kweSichibiyelo Sesine, ecaleni le-NSA, noma ukungakwazi ukwenza kahle, ecaleni le-CIA, benze umsebenzi omkhulu womphakathi. "
Inkonzo yomphakathi enkulu kangaka idinga ukutuswa nokusekelwa ngenkuthalo.
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UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi ophezulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy kanye nomlobi we "War Made Easy: Indlela AbaMongameli Nama-Pundits Aqhubeka Esiholela Ekufeni." Ungumsunguli weRootsAction.org.
