NgoMedea uBenjamini, World BEYOND War, Disemba 21, 2020
Kwakubuhlungu ngokwanele ukuphila ngokuhlasela kwe-Iraq e-US okwadala umonakalo omkhulu kakhulu nosizi lwabantu ngaphandle kwesizathu esizwakalayo.
Manje siphinda sikhunjuzwa ngefa elibi likaBush ngokuqokwa kukaMongameli okhethwe uBiden ngo-Avril Haines njengoMqondisi Wezobunhloli Kazwelonke. UHaines, onedumela langaphakathi lokuthi ukhulume kahle futhi uthambile, ubemuhle kakhulu kubasebenzi be-CIA abangena kuma-computer abaphenyi beKomidi Lezobuhlakani beSenate bebheka ukusetshenziswa kwe-CIA kokuhlukumeza –ukushaya amanzi, ukungalali kahle, i-hypothermia, ukondliwa kwamakhosi, ukubhaxabulwa, ukuhlazeka ngokocansi – emajele aseGuatanamo nase-Afghanistan ngesikhathi seBush War on Terror.
NjengeSekela Mqondisi we-CIA ekuphathweni kuka-Obama, uHaines ukhethe ukungabayali labo baduni be-CIA abaphula ukwehlukaniswa kwamandla, beqa umngcele futhi beach firewall phakathi kwamagatsha okuphatha nawomthetho. Ukwengeza ukuhlambalaza, uHaines wahola iqembu elahlela kabusha umbiko weminyaka emihlanu, onamakhasi ayizi-5 weSenate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture laze lehliselwa laba isifinyezo esinamakhasi angama-6,000 esigcotshwe ngoyinki omnyama ukumboza ukwethuka okumemezayo futhi vikela labo abanomthwalo wemfanelo.
Kungakho abasinde ekuhlukunyezweni kanye nabameli babo besanda kukhipha isiqalekiso Incwadi Evulekile enxusa amaSenator ukuthi angavoti HAYI eHaines lapho ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe kufinyelela emathangeni abo phakathi noJanuwari noma ngoFebhuwari ngemuva kokuzikhukhumeza kwe-cyber kanye nesimo sokugcotshwa kukaMongameli. Incwadi, esayinwe ababoshiwe / abasinda ekuhlukunyezweni iminyaka eyishumi eGuantanamo, nayo iphikisana nokuthi kungenzeka kuphakanyiswe uMike Morell, umhlaziyi weCIA ngaphansi kukaBush, ukuba abe nguMqondisi we-CIA.
"Ukuphakamisa abaxolisi ekuhlukumezeni esikhundleni sabaholi kuhulumeni weBiden kuzolimaza ukuma kwe-USA futhi kunikeze omashiqela bomhlaba usizo nentokomalo," kusho uDkt.
UDjamel Ameziane, isiboshwa saseGuantanamo esivela e-Algeria owahlukunyezwa wabanjwa ngaphandle kokubekwa icala kusukela ngo-2002-2013, waze wagcina ededelwe ejele.
Ukudonswa kukaMorell kungahle kudambe nabaphathi beBiden, kepha, ngemuva kokuthi inqubekela phambili yethule umkhankaso wokulwa noMorell, owayeyiPhini kanye noMqondisi weCIA osabambile ngaphansi kuka-Obama, noSenator Ron Wyden — owayenguDemocrat onamandla kwiKomidi Lezobunhloli laseSenate — bambiza ngo “ uxolisa uxolisayo ”futhi wathi ukuqokwa kwakhe ukuthi aphathe i-CIA" akuqali ".
Ukuphikisana noMorell kufaka phakathi kwakhe ukuvikela we-Ejensi “Ukuphenywa okuthuthukisiwe” imikhuba: ukuminza okuhlekisayo, "ukufaka udonga" - ukushaya iziboshwa ephindelela odongeni, ukushaya iziboshwa ngezintambo zikagesi, ukulahla amanzi abandayo aqandayo eziboshweni zinqunu ngaphandle kwamanabukeni.
UMorell wenqabile ukubiza le mikhuba ngokuhlukumeza. "Angithandi ukulibiza ngokuhlukumeza ngesizathu esisodwa esilula: ukulibiza ngokuthi ukuhlukumeza uthi abafana bami babengabahlukumezi," kuvuma uMorell kuzintatheli ze-Vice ngo-2015. "Ngizovikela abafana bami kuze kube ngiphefumula okokugcina," kusho uMorell obeka abangani bakhe be-CIA ngaphezu kweqiniso, umthetho kanye nesizotha esiyisisekelo.
UMorell akakubizi ngokuhlukumeza, kepha owasinda eGuantanamo uMoazzam Begg wazi kahle ukuthi kuyini ukuhlukunyezwa. UBegg, osayine ukuvuma ngamanga ngenkathi ehlukunyezwa, unguMqondisi we-Outreach we-CAGE, inhlangano ezinze e-UK ekhonza imiphakathi eshayeke kakhulu yi-War on Terror. UBegg ukhumbula izinsuku zakhe esezitokisini zaseMelika. “Bangibopha izandla zami ngemuva ngemuva emilenzeni, bangikhahlela ekhanda, bangikhahlela nangemuva, bangisabisa ngokuthi bazongiyisa eGibhithe ukuze ngihlushwe, ngidlwengulwe, ngibanjwe ugesi. Babenowesifazane omemeza egumbini elilandelayo engikholwa ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi kwakungumkami. Bathenga izithombe zezingane zami bangitshela ukuthi ngeke ngiphinde ngizibone. ”
Ngokuphikisana nombiko weSenate kanye nokubuyekezwa kwangaphakathi kweCIA, uMorell ukuthethelele ukuhlukunyezwa ngokugcizelela ukuthi kuyasebenza ekuvimbezeleni amacebo esikhathi esizayo ngokumelene nabantu baseMelika. Abasebenzi beSenate bathi uMorell uthole amagama, izinsuku namaqiniso konke kuxubile, futhi ubengalungile ngokusebenza kahle kokuhlukunyezwa.
Owasinda ekuhlushweni kanye nomlobi owine izindondo uMonsoor Adayfi, othengiselwe amabutho ase-US e-Afghanistan ngemali yenala futhi waboshwa ngaphandle kwenkokhiso eGuantanamo iminyaka eyi-14, uyazi mathupha ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa akusebenzi. “EGuantanamo, lapho bekufaka ngaphansi kwezimo ezimbi kakhulu — njengamahora angama-72 ngaphansi komoya obandayo kakhulu, futhi uboshwe phansi bese othile eza akuthele ngamanzi abandayo — uzobatshela noma yini abafuna uyenze yisho. Ngizosayina noma yini, ngizovuma noma yini! ”
Ukwengeza ekusetshenzisweni kancane kokuhlukunyezwa, uMorell wasiza ukuvikela abahlukumezi ekuziphenduleni ngokuvikela ukubhujiswa kwe-CIA ngo-2005 cishe amateyiphu angama-90 okuphenywa ngesihluku kuka-Abu Zubaydah nabanye ababoshiwe ezindaweni zabamnyama zeCIA.
Ama-Progressives kufanele azi maduzane ukuthi ubudlelwano obumnandi bukaMorell nabasebenzeli be-CIA besikhathi sika-Bush bukungcwaba kanjani ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe.
UBiden kulindeleke ukuthi aqoke ozomela isikhundla sokuba ngumqondisi weCIA noma yiluphi usuku manje. KuJeffrey Kaye, umbhali weCover-Up eGuantanamo futhi osayine incwadi evulelekile, uMongameli-Okhethiwe kumele adlulisele kuMorell kanti iSenate kufanele yenqabe iHaines. “UMorell noHaines babeke ukwethembeka kubahlukumezi beCIA ngaphezu kokulandela izivumelwano zaseMelika nemithetho yasekhaya, kanye nokuziphatha okuyisisekelo. Ukubavumela ukuthi basebenze kuhulumeni kungathumela umyalezo kubo bonke ukuthi ukuphendula ngokuhlukumezeka kudlulisiwe, nokuthi ubugebengu bezempi buzohlala buchithwa ngamehlo kulabo abasezikhundleni eziphezulu. ”
Abanye abasayine incwadi ephikisana noMorell noHaines bafaka:
- UMohouou Ould Salahi, isiboshwa saseGuantanamo sibanjwe iminyaka engu-14 ngaphandle kwenkokhelo; ukushaywa, ukuphoqwa ngenkani, ukuncishwa ubuthongo; ikhishwe ngo-2016, umbhali, Idayari yeGuantánamo;
- UMajor Todd Pierce (US Army, Retired), ummeli weJaji u-Advocate General emaqenjini ezokuvikela kwabamangalelwa bamakhomishini ezempi aseGuantánamo;
- UDade Dianna Ortiz, isithunywa sevangeli saseMelika, uthisha wezingane zaseMayan, owahlukunyezwa ngamalungu ebutho laseGuatemala elalikhokhelwa yiCIA;
- UCarlos Mauricio, uprofesa waseKolishi wathunjwa futhi wahlukunyezwa ngamasosha ase-US asezingeni lokufa e-El Salvador; UMqondisi oMkhulu: Iphrojekthi yeStop Impunity;
- URoy Bourgeois, umpristi wamaRoma Katolika owasungula iSchool of the Americas Watch ukubhikisha e-US eqeqesha izikhulu zamasosha aseLatin America ngezindlela zokuhlukumeza;
- Colonel Larry Wilkerson, Whistleblower kanye noMphathi Wezabasebenzi kuNobhala Wombuso uColin Powell;
- UJohn Kiriakou, owayeyisikhulu seCIA ejele ngemuva kokudalula imininingwane ehlukanisiwe mayelana ne-CIA waterboarding;
- URoger Waters, umculi phambilini owayenoPink Floyd, iculo lakhe elithi “Ikhandlela ngalinye elincane” lincoma isisulu sokuhlukunyezwa.
Ama-Progressives abelokhu efuna ukunxeshezelwa kokufakwa kwabaxolisi ekuhlukumezeni ekuphathweni kweBiden kusukela ngo-Agasti Democratic National Convention, lapho izithunywa ezingama-450 ziletha Incwadi kuBiden emnxusa ukuthi aqashe abeluleki abasha bezinqubomgomo zangaphandle futhi enqabe iHaines. UCODEPINK kamuva wethula isicelo isayinwe ngabangaphezu kuka-4,000, futhi bahlela iCapitol Hill ebiza amaqembu anama-Muslim Delegates nama-Allies ukuthi ashiye “Cha eHaines, No on Morell,” imilayezo emahhovisi amalungu eKomiti Yezobunhloli yeSenate ahlose ukubuza iHaines ngesikhathi sokulalelwa kokuqinisekiswa.
Kwaphela izinyanga uMorell ethathwa njengomhambisi phambili womqondisi we-CIA, kodwa ukuphikisana nokuziphendulela kwakhe okuyihlazo ngokuhlukumezeka kuye kwaphazamisa ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe. Manje izishoshovu ezilwa nempi zithi zifuna ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi ukuphakanyiswa kwakhe akukho etafuleni, nokuthi iBiden neSenate bayakuqonda futhi ukuthi u-Avril Haines kumele anqatshwe ngenxa yokubandakanyeka kwakhe ekucindezeleni ubufakazi bokuhlukunyezwa yi-CIA.
Kukhona okuningi, futhi.
Bobabili uMorell noHaines bakusekela ukuphakanyiswa kukaTrump kukaGina Haspel kuMqondisi we-CIA - igama eliphakanyiswe ngaleso sikhathi nguSenator Kamala Harris, amanye amaDemocrats avelele, kanye noSenator John McCain baphikisana kakhulu. UHaspel wengamele ijele lesiza esimnyama eThailand futhi wabhala imemo egunyaza ukubhujiswa kwamavidiyo e-CIA aqopha ukuhlukunyezwa.
Ngamazwi kaColonel Wilkerson, oyiChief of Staff for Bush's Secretary of State Colin Powell, “Ukuthumba, ukuhlukumeza nokubulala akunandawo embusweni wentando yeningi futhi kuguqula i-CIA ibe ngamaphoyisa ayimfihlo… Ukuhlukunyezwa kohlobo olulotshwe embikweni weSenate kungenzeka futhi. ”
Futhi babekwazi – uma uBiden neSenate bekhuphula abaxolisi nabaphathi abamhlophe e-White House.
Sidinga abaholi bezobunhloli abavuma ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa okungekho emthethweni ngaphansi komthetho wamazwe omhlaba; akunabuntu lokho; ukuthi ayisebenzi; ukuthi kubeka engcupheni abasebenzi bezempi base-US ababanjwe yizitha. Abantu baseMelika kumele bathumele umyalezo ocacile kuMongameli-okhethwe uBiden ukuthi ngeke sibamukele abenza ukuhlukunyezwa ekuphathweni kwakhe.
UMedea uBenjamin uhlanganisa CODEPINK for Ukuthula, nombhali wezincwadi eziningana, kufaka phakathi Impi yeDrone: Ukubulala ngokulawula okukude. Uke wabamba iqhaza emibhikishweni yokulwa nokuhlukunyezwa ngaphandle kwejele laseGuantanamo eCuba, eWhite House nasezingqungqutheleni zeCongressal.
UMarcy Winograd we-Progressive Democrats of America usebenze njenge-DNC Delegate ka-2020 ka-Bernie Sanders futhi wasungula i-Progressive Caucus yeCalifornia Democratic Party. Umxhumanisi weCODEPINKCONGRESS, uMarcy uhola iCapitol Hill ebiza amaqembu ukuthi aqoqe abaxhasi kanye namavoti omthetho wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle.
