NguDavid Swanson
Kubulawe e-Camp Delta yincwadi entsha kaJoseph Hickman, owayengunogada eGuantanamo. Akuyona inganekwane noma ukuqagela. Lapho uMongameli u-Obama ethi "Sahlukumeza abanye abantu," uHickman uhlinzeka okungenani ngamacala amathathu - ngaphezu kwamanye amaningi esiwaziyo ngezindawo eziyimfihlo emhlabeni wonke - lapho isitatimende sidinga ukuguqulwa sithi "Sabulala abanye abantu." Vele, ukubulala kufanele kwamukeleke empini (futhi kunoma yini oyibiza ngalokho okwenziwa ngu-Obama ngama-drones) ngenkathi ukuhlukunyezwa kufanele kube, noma kube yisihlamba. Kepha kuthiwani ngokuhlukunyezwa kuze kube sekufeni? Kuthiwani ngokuhlolwa kwabantu okubulalayo? Ingabe lokho kunendandatho eyanele yamaNazi yokuphazamisa noma ngubani?
Kufanele sikwazi ukuphendula lowo mbuzo kungekudala, okungenani kuleyo ngxenye yabantu efuna ngolaka izindaba noma empeleni - angikwenzi lokhu - ifunda izincwadi. Kubulawe e-Camp Delta yincwadi ka, ka, neyamakholwa eqiniso ekushisekeleni izwe nokulwa. Ungaqala ngokubheka uDick Cheney njengomuntu oshiya kwesokunxele futhi ungalokothi ucasulwe yile ncwadi, ngaphandle kwalapho kubhalwe amaqiniso okuthi umbhali uqobo uphazamiseke kakhulu ukuthola ukuthi ukucasula. Umugqa wokuqala wencwadi uthi “NgingumMelika othanda izwe.” Umbhali akalokothi alibuyisele emuva. Ngemuva kwesiyaluyalu eGuantanamo, aholele kuso ukucindezelwa, uyabona:
“Noma nje ngangisola iziboshwa ngodlame, ngangiyihlonipha indlela ezazilwa ngayo kanzima. Babelungele ukulwa cishe kuze kube sekufeni. Ukube besiphethe indawo enhle yokuboshwa, bengizocabanga ukuthi bashukunyiswa yimibono eqinile yenkolo noma yezepolitiki. Iqiniso elibuhlungu ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi balwa kanzima ngoba izakhiwo zethu ezingekho kahle kanye nokuphathwa okungahlanzekile kwakubasunduzele ngaphezu kwemingcele yabantu ejwayelekile. Kungenzeka ukuthi isisusa sabo kwakungeyona neze inkolo yobuSulumane kodwa iqiniso elimsulwa lokuthi babengenalutho abangaluphila futhi bengasalahlekelwa lutho. ”
Njengoba ngiyazi, uHickman akakaze asebenzise lologi olufanayo ukuze afake iphutha elingenangqondo lokuthi abantu baphindela e-Afghanistan noma e-Iraq ngoba inkolo yabo iyabulala noma ngenxa yokuthi iyasizonda ngenkululeko yethu. U-Hickman uzoba yisimenywa I-Radio Nation Nation kungekudala, mhlawumbe mhlawumbe ngizombuza. Kodwa okokuqala ngizombonga. Futhi hhayi "ngenkonzo" yakhe. Yencwadi yakhe.
Uchaza ikamu lokufa elibucayi lapho abaqaphi baqeqeshwa khona ukubuka iziboshwa njengabantu abangaphansi komuntu futhi kunakekelwa okukhulu kakhulu ukuvikela inhlalakahle ye-iguana kuno-homo sapiens. I-chaos yayiyinto evamile, futhi ukuhlukunyezwa ngokomzimba kweziboshwa kwakujwayelekile. I-Col. UMike Bumgarner ukubeke eqhulwini ukuthi wonke umuntu ame ngokwakheka lapho engena ehhovisi lakhe ekuseni emsindweni wesihlanu kaBeethoven noma “Bad Boys.” UHickman ulandisa ukuthi amaveni athile ayevunyelwe ukungena nokungena ngaphandle kwekamu engahloliwe, enza inhlekisa ngemizamo ebanzi yokuphepha. Ubengasazi isizathu salokhu kuze kube yilapho ethola ikamu eliyimfihlo elingafakwanga kunoma yimaphi amamephu, indawo ayibize ngokuthi iCamp No kepha iCIA ibizwa ngePenny Lane.
Ukwenza izinto zibe zimbi nakakhulu eGuantanamo kwakuzodinga uhlobo oluthile lwe-idiocy okuthiwa u-Admiral Harry Harris. Waqala ukuthungula I-Banner Spangled Banner emakhejini eziboshwa, okuthe ngokuqagela kwaholela ekutheni onogada bahlukumeze iziboshwa ezazingami zizenze sengathi zikhulekela ifulegi laseMelika. Isimo kanye nodlame sakhula. Ngenkathi uHickman ebizelwa ukuthi ahole ukuhlaselwa kweziboshwa ezazingavumi ukuthi kuseshwe amaKoran azo, waphakamisa ukuthi kutolikwe uMuslim. IBumgarner negenge babengakaze bakucabange lokho, futhi kwakusebenza njengentelezi. Kepha isiphithiphithi esishiwo ngenhla senzeka kwenye ingxenye yejele lapho uHarris enqaba khona umqondo wotolika; futhi amanga amasosha awatshela abezindaba ngalolu dlame abe nomthelela embonweni kaHickman ngezinto. Kanjalo nokuzimisela kwabezindaba ukuqeda amanga angenangqondo futhi angenabufakazi: “Ingxenye yezintatheli emboza ezempi bekufanele ngabe ibhalisile nje; babonakala belangazelela ngisho nangokwengeziwe ukukholelwa izinto ezazishiwo abaphathi bethu kunathi. ”
Ngemuva kwesiyaluyalu, ezinye iziboshwa zahamba ngesiteleka selambile. Ngo-June 9, i-2006, ngesikhathi sesiteleka sokulamba, uHickman wayephethe abalindi ngokubuka kusukela emibhoshongweni, njll, eqondisa ikamu ngalobobusuku. Yena nabo bonke abanye abaqaphi baqaphela ukuthi, njengoba nje uMnyango wezokuPhepha koMphakathi weNavy Criminal ubika ngalolu daba ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uthi, ezinye iziboshwa zikhishwe ngamaseli abo. Eqinisweni, iveni eyayithatha iziboshwa ku-Penny Lane yathatha iziboshwa ezintathu, ngezinyawo ezintathu, ngaphandle kwekamu labo. U-Hickman ubukele isiboshwa ngasinye sisithwa ku-van, futhi okwesithathu walandela i-van esanele ngokwanele ukuze abone ukuthi liya ePenny Lane. Wabe esebona i-van iphinda iphinde iphinde ibuyele esibhedlela, lapho umngane wakhe amtshela khona ukuthi izidumbu ezintathu zalethwa ngamasokisi noma izigqoko ezigqoke phansi emqaleni.
UBumgarner uqoqe abasebenzi ndawonye wabatshela ukuthi iziboshwa ezintathu zizibulele ngokufaka izidwedwe emphinjeni ezitokisini zazo, kodwa abezindaba bazobika ngenye indlela. Wonke umuntu wayenqatshelwe ngokuphelele ukuthi angasho lutho. Ngakusasa ekuseni abezindaba babike, njengokuyalelwa, ukuthi la madoda amathathu azilengisile ezitokisini zawo. Amasosha abize laba "ngokuzibulala" ngokuthi "umbhikisho obumbene" kanye nesenzo se "mpi engenakulinganiswa." Ngisho noJames Risen, endimeni yakhe njengo New York Times u-stenographer, uhambise lesi senzo emphakathini. Akekho umnyathelisi noma umhleli owakubheka ukuthi kuyasiza ukubuza ukuthi iziboshwa kungenzeka ziboshwe kanjani emaceleni okuvuleka lapho zihlala zibonakala khona; ukuthi bebengakuthola kanjani amashidi okwanele nezinye izinto zokuthi zenze ama-dummies ngokwabo; ukuthi bekungenzeka kanjani bangabonakali okungenani amahora amabili; ukuthi eqinisweni babecabanga ukuthi babopha amazinyo kanye nezibopho zabo, bazibamba, bembatha ubuso obuso, bese bonke bezibophezela kanyekanye; kungani kwakungekho amavidiyo noma izithombe; kungani kungabikho abaqaphi abaqeqeshwayo noma bebuzwa ngemibiko elandelayo; kungani kuthiwa kwakunomdlavuza omkhulu futhi ukwelashwa okukhethiwe kwakunikezwe iziboshwa ezintathu ezazisesitelekeni selambile; ukuthi izidumbu zazibheke kanjani ukuthi zibhekene nokushona okusheshayo kunokuthi kungenzeka ngokomzimba, njll.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezintathu uHickman ebuyele e-US wezwa ezindabeni zokunye "ukuzibulala" okufana kakhulu eGuantanamo. Ubani uHickman ayengaphendukela kuye ngalokho akwaziyo? Uthole uprofesa wezomthetho ogama lakhe linguMark Denbeaux eSeton Hall University Law School's Center for Policy and Research. Ngaye, nozakwabo, uHickman uzame ukubika lolu daba ngemigudu efanele. UMnyango Wezobulungiswa ka-Obama, i-NBC, i-ABC, kanye 60 Amaminithi bonke babonisa isithakazelo, batshele amaqiniso, futhi benqaba ukwenza okuthile ngakho. Kodwa uScott Horton wabhala Abadlwenguli, okuyinto uKeith Olbermann abike ngakho kodwa yonke imithombo yezindaba ayizinaki.
Abacwaningi bakaHickman noSeton Hall bathole ukuthi i-CIA ibilokhu iphathisa iziboshwa umuthi omkhulu obizwa ngokuthi i-mefloquine, kuhlanganisa nalezi ezintathu ezibulewe, udokotela wamasosha atshele uHickman ukuthi uzobangela ukwesaba futhi waba “wukushaya amanzi ngengqondo.” Ngaphezulu kwe- Truthout.org UJason Leopold noJeffrey Kaye babike ukuthi konke ukufika okusha eGuantanamo kwanikezwa i-mefloquine, okuthiwa yenzelwa umalaleveva, kepha yanikezwa kuphela isiboshwa ngasinye, hhayi unogada oyedwa noma abantu bezwe lesithathu abavela emazweni anengozi enkulu kamalaleveva, futhi akakaze aye kubabaleki baseHaiti ababehlala eGuantanamo ngo-1991 nango-1992. UHickman wayeqale “inkonzo” yakhe eGuantanamo ekholelwa ukuthi iziboshwa “zazingezona ezimbi kakhulu,” kodwa wayesezwile ukuthi okungenani iningi lazo lalingelona neze uhlobo , bethathelwe izipho ezinolwazi oluncane lwalokho abakwenzile. Kungani, ezibuza,
“Ingabe amadoda anenani elincane noma abengasenalutho agcinwa ngaphansi kwale mibandela, aze aphenywa kaninginingi, izinyanga noma iminyaka ngemuva kokuboshwa? Noma bebezobanobuhlakani ngenkathi bengena, bekuzoba njani ukubaluleka kweminyaka ngemuva kwalokho? . . . Impendulo eyodwa yabonakala ilele encazelweni yokuthi oMajor General [Michael] Dunlavey kanye [noGeoffrey] Miller bobabili basebenzise iGitmo. Bayibiza ngokuthi 'indawo yokulwa yaseMelika.' ”
