Iseluleko Sezindaba, Isikhungo Sokunemba Komphakathi.
Nini: NgoLwesihlanu, mhla zingama-28 kuMbasa ngo-10 ekuseni
Kuphi: Isakhiwo soMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US phakathi kwe-9th kanye ne-10th Streets NW (umnyango we-Constitution Avenue)
Umqondisi we-CIA uMike Pompeo muva nje ubize i-WikiLeaks ngokuthi “inkonzo yezobunhloli enobutha.” Ummeli Jikelele uJeff Sessions muva nje uthe ukuboshwa kukaJulian Assange “kuyinto eza kuqala” kuhulumeni kaTrump. Lokhu kubangele abantu abaningi — abanemibono ehlukene nge-WikiLeaks — ukuthi baxwayise ngosongo olukhulayo enkululekweni yabezindaba.
Lokhu okulandelayo kuzobhekana nenqubomgomo kahulumeni wase-US maqondana ne-WikiLeaks kanye nabantu ababika ngezindaba ezingezinhle:
* U-Ann Wright ungumkhokheli we-US Army Reserve osethathe umhlalaphansi, futhi uneminyaka engu-29 engumkhuzi wezempi kanye ne-Army Reserves. Njengosomaqhinga wase-US, uWright wakhonza eNicaragua, eGrenada, eSomalia, e-Uzbekistan, eKrygyzstan, eSierra Leone, eMicronesia naseMongolia futhi wasiza ekuvuleni kabusha inxusa lase-US e-Afghanistan ngo-2001. NgoMashi ka-2003, wasula esikhundleni sakhe ekhalaza ngokuhlasela kwe-Iraq. Ungumbhali-mbhali wencwadi ethi Ukuphikisa: Amazwi onembeza.
* Jesselyn Radack unguMqondisi Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke Namalungelo Abantu we-WHISPeR — Uhlelo Lokubhula Imibiko kanye Nokuvikelwa Komthombo — kwa-ExposeFacts. Amakhasimende akhe afaka phakathi u-Edward Snowden, obhula imibiko ye-NSA. Naye ungumuntu obhula imibiko. Ngesikhathi eseMnyango Wezobulungiswa, wadalula ukuthi i-FBI yenze ukwephulwa kokuziphatha ngesikhathi iphenya uJohn Walker Lindh.
* Ray McGovern, owayeyisikhulu sezempi kanye nomhlaziyi we-CIA owalungiselela i-President's Daily Brief (ngaphansi kohulumeni bakaNixon, Ford, kanye noReagan), ungumsunguli we-Sam Adams Associates for Integrity (bheka: samadamsaward.ch), eyanika uJulian Assange umklomelo wayo waminyaka yonke ngo-2010. I-Sam Adams Associates iphikisana kakhulu nanoma yimuphi umzamo wokunqabela uJulian Assange ukuvikelwa kwakhe njengentatheli.
Xhumana naye ku Amaqiniso Aveziwe (iphrojekthi ye-Institute for Public Accuracy):
USam Husseini, (202) 347-0020, sam [at] accuracy dot org.
