Nini New York Times intatheli uJames Risen ushicilele incwadi yakhe yangaphambilini, State of War, lo Times yaqeda ukubambezeleka kwayo okungaphezu konyaka futhi yashicilela i-athikili yakhe ephathelene nobunhloli obungenawaranti esikhundleni sokuthi ithathwe yile ncwadi. I Times yathi ibingafuni ukuba nomthelela okhethweni lukamongameli lwango-2004 ngokwazisa umphakathi ngalokho uMongameli akwenzayo. Kodwa kuleli sonto a Times kusho umhleli 60 Amaminithi ukuthi i-White House yayimxwayise ngokuthi ukuhlasela kwamaphekula e-United States kuzobekwa icala Times uma umuntu elandela ukushicilelwa - ngakho-ke kungenzeka ukuthi i Izikhathi' isimangalo sokudelelwa kwentando yeningi kwakuyindaba esembozweni yokwesaba nokushisekela izwe. I Times akakaze abike ezinye izindaba ezibalulekile encwadini kaRisen.
Enye yalezo zindaba, etholakala esahlukweni sokugcina, kwakungeyokusebenza kwe-Operation Merlin - okungenzeka yaqanjwa ngoba ukuthembela emilingweni kuphela bekungayenza isebenze - lapho i-CIA yanikeza i-Iran izinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi ngezinguquko ezimbalwa ezisobala kuzo. Lokhu bekumele kubambezele ngandlela thize imizamo engekho yase-Iran yokwakha izikhali zenuzi. U-Risen uchaze i-Operation Merlin ku Intando yeningi Manje kuleli sonto futhi kwaxoxwa ngakho ngu 60 Amaminithi ekwazile ukushiya noma iyiphi incazelo yokuthi bekuyini. Uhulumeni waseMelika ushushisa uJeffrey Sterling ngezinsolo zokuthi uyena owaba ngumthombo weRisen, kanye nokubizela enkantolo. Kuvukile ukufuna ukuthi adalule umthombo(izi)wakhe.
I-Risen media blitz kuleli sonto ihambisana nokushicilelwa kwencwadi yakhe entsha, Khokha Noma Yiliphi Inani. Uvuke ngokusobala ngeke ahlehle. Kulokhu wenze into yakhe eyisimungulu-i-CIA-eyenzile-kamuva nje indaba yesahluko sesibili kunesokugcina, futhi New York Times useyishilo. Sikhuluma “ngemisebenzi yokuhlukumeza,” “i-Iraq inama-WMD,” “ake sonke sigqolozele izimbuzi” izinga lobumungulu lapha. Sikhuluma ngohlobo lwento engaholela abaphathi baka-Obama ukuthi bazame ukufaka umuntu ejele. Kodwa akucaci ukuthi kukhona umthombo oyimfihlo ongasolwa ngalesi sikhathi, futhi uMnyango Wezokuthiwa Ubulungiswa usuvele ulandela uSterling noRisen.
USterling, ngendlela, akazwakali uma eqhathaniswa no-Chelsea Manning noma u-Edward Snowden noma abanye abenzi bobubi uRisen ubika ngabo encwadini yakhe entsha. Umphakathi, kubukeka sengathi awulenzi iqhawe lempimpi kuze kube ngemuva kokuthi abezindaba bezinkampani bemenze adume ngokuthi uyimbuka. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi u-Sterling ungumphehli wezindaba ongase abizwe ngokuthi “imbuka” kuphela uma kungukuvukela umbuso ukuveza ukuvukela umbuso, njengoba abantu abacabanga ngaleyo mibandela cishe emhlabeni wonke bazobuka ukunikeza i-Iran izinhlelo zenuzi njengokuvukela umbuso. Ngamanye amazwi, akavikelekile ekuhlaselweni okuvamile, kodwa wanamathela esigabeni sokuqala-abakuziba-wena ngoba asikho isithakazelo senkampani ekutsheleni indaba ye-Merlin.
Manje yini isimungulu esisha esivela ku-Langley? Yilokhu kuphela: umgebengu wekhompyutha ongumlutha wokugembula ogama lakhe linguDennis Montgomery owayengakwazi ukuthengisa iHollywood noma i-Las Vegas ngemikhonyovu ye-software, njengokukwazi kwakhe ukubona okuqukethwe kukhasethi yevidiyo okungabonakali ngeso lenyama, uthengise i-CIA ngesimangalo esiwumgunyathi ngokuphelele. ukuthi angabona imiyalezo eyimfihlo ye-al Qaeda ekusakazweni kwenethiwekhi yethelevishini ye-Al Jazeera. Ukukhuluma iqiniso, uMontgomery uthi i-CIA iphushele umbono kuye futhi wagijima nawo. Futhi akugcinanga ngokuthi i-CIA igwinye i-hooey yakhe, kodwa kanjalo ne izimiso ikomidi lothishanhloko, ubulungu balo okungenani okwaba yisikhathi: IPhini likaMongameli u-Dick Cheney, owayenguMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke u-Condoleezza Rice, Lowo Othiwa nguNobhala Wezokuvikela uDonald Rumsfeld, uNobhala Wezwe u-Colin Powell, uMqondisi we-CIA uGeorge Tenet, kanye no-Attorney General John. I-Ashcroft. U-Tenet udlala indima yakhe evamile njengomphathi we-dumber-than-a-post ku-akhawunti ka-Risen, kodwa u-John Brennan waziwa njengobambe iqhaza enyangeni lika-Dennis Montgomery. I-Bush White House yamisa izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe ngenxa yezixwayiso eziyimfihlo ze-Montgomery zokubhujiswa, futhi yacubungula ngokujulile izindiza zokudubula zisuka esibhakabhakeni.
Lapho iFrance ifuna ukubona isisekelo sokumisa izindiza, yasheshe yabona inqwaba eshisayo i-crottin de cheval futhi yazise i-US. Ngakho-ke, i-CIA yasuka eMontgomery. Futhi uMontgomery wadlulela kwezinye izinkontileka ezisebenza kwezinye izidumbu zamahhashi ePentagon. Futhi akukho okushaqisayo lapho. "Ucwaningo lwango-2011 olwenziwa yiPentagon," kusho uRisen, "wathola ukuthi phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ngemuva kwe-9/11, uMnyango Wezokuvikela unikeze imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-400 kosonkontileka ababegwetshwe ngaphambili emacaleni ahlanganisa i-$ 1 million noma ngaphezulu ngokukhwabanisa. .” Futhi iMontgomery ayizange ivunyelwe. Futhi thina bantu abamcebisa ngezigidi asizange sitshelwe ukuthi ukhona. Akukho okungajwayelekile nalapho. Imfihlo nokukhwabanisa kuyinto evamile endabeni exoxwa nguRisen, echaza uhlobo lokukhwabanisa lwabenzi benzuzo yokubulawa kwe-drone, abenza inzuzo yokuhlukumeza, abenza inzuzo ngama-mercenary, ngisho nabenza inzuzo esabayo - izinkampani eziqashwe ukuthi zenze i-hysteria. Kangangoba ukulahlwa kwemali embuthweni wezempi kuye kwahlukanisiwe enkulumweni yeningi kusukela emthwalweni wezezimali ohlanganisa uRisen uyakwazi ukucaphuna uLinden Blue, iphini likasihlalo weGeneral Atomics, egxeka abantu abathatha imali kuhulumeni. Usho abantu abampofu abathatha imali encane ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo zabo eziyisisekelo, hhayi abenzi be-drone abacebe ngokungcolile ukuzenza sengathi ama-drones enza umhlaba uphephe.
Umsuka wenkinga, njengoba uRisen ebona, ukuthi amasosha kanye nenxanxathela yezokuphepha kwezwe banikezwe imali eningi kunaleyo abangakwazi ukuyenza ngayo. Ngakho-ke, banquma ngokungenangqondo ukuthi benzeni ngakho. Lokhu kuhlanganiswe, uRisen ubhala, ngenxa yokwesaba okukhulu kangangokuthi abantu abafuni ukwenqaba noma yini engase isebenze ngisho nasemaphusheni abo angajwayelekile - noma lokho uDick Cheney akubiza ngokuthi isibopho sokutshala kunoma yini enethuba elingu-1%. Kusho uRisen Intando yeningi Manje ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi kwamkhumbuza amabhange aseWall Street. Encwadini yakhe uphikisa ukuthi abazuzi bempi abakhulu bathathwe njengabakhulu kakhulu ukuba bahluleke.
URisen uxoxa izindaba ezimbalwa ku Khokha Noma Yiliphi Inani, okuhlanganisa nendaba yamaphalethi emali. KumaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-20 athunyelwe e-Iraq ngamabhiliyoni angama- $ 100, ubhala ukuthi, amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-11.7 awaziwa - alahlekile, antshontshiwe, asetshenziswa kabi, noma alahlwa emzamweni ohlulekile wokuthenga ukhetho luka-Ayad Allawi. I-Risen ibika ukuthi cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zemali elahlekile empeleni kwaziwa ukuthi ihlezi enqwabeni eLebanon, kodwa uhulumeni wase-US akanantshisekelo yokuyibuyisa. Phela, yi-$2 billion nje kuphela, kanti imboni yezimboni yezempi idonsa u-$2 trillion ngonyaka kumgcinimafa wase-US.
Lapho uRisen, njengawo wonke umuntu, ekhuluma ngezindleko zezimpi zakamuva zase-US ($ 4 trillion eminyakeni eyishumi, uthi), ngihlala ngimangala ukuthi akekho oqaphelayo ukuthi yizimpi ezithethelela ukusetshenziswa kwezempi "okujwayelekile" "okuyisisekelo" kwezempi. enye i- $ 10 trillion iminyaka eyishumi ngayinye ngesivinini samanje. Angikholwa futhi ukuthi uRisen empeleni ubhala ukuthi "kwabaningi baseMelika, impi ayikabekezeleleki kuphela kodwa yenza inzuzo." Ini? Kunjalo kunenzuzo enkulu kubantu abathile abanethonya elibi kuhulumeni. Kodwa "iningi laseMelika"? Abantu abaningi (hhayi iningi) e-US banemisebenzi embonini yezempi, ngakho-ke kuvamile ukucabanga ukuthi ukuchitha impi namalungiselelo empi kuzuzisa umnotho. Empeleni, ukusebenzisa lawo ma-dollar afanayo ezimbonini ezinokuthula, kwezemfundo, kwingqalasizinda, noma ngisho nasekuncishisweni kwentela kubantu abasebenzayo kuzokhiqiza imisebenzi eminingi futhi ezimweni eziningi imisebenzi ekhokha kangcono - ngokonga okwanele ukusiza wonke umuntu enze inguquko esuka emsebenzini wempi ukuya emsebenzini wokuthula. . Ukusetshenziswa kwezimali kwezempi kukhulisa kakhulu ukungalingani futhi kuphambukisa uxhaso lwezimali ezinsizeni abantu basemazweni amaningi angahlomile abanazo. Ngifisa futhi ukuthi u-Risen ukwazile ukufaka indaba noma ezimbili ezivela kulelo qembu elenza i-95% yezisulu zempi zase-US: abantu bezindawo lapho izimpi ziqhutshwa khona.
Kepha uRisen wenza umsebenzi omuhle komakadebona base-US abahlukumezeka ngenxa yokulimala kokuziphatha, ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwe-waterboarding, kanye nasendabeni ehlekisayo ngezinye izikhathi yokungena kukahulumeni wase-US emacaleni okwenziwa yimindeni engu-9/11 ngokumelene nabaxhasi baseSaudi abangaba khona ngo-9/11 - indaba, ingxenye yayo enikezwe umongo owengeziwe ngokomthelela wayo e-Afghanistan encwadini yakamuva ka-Anand Gopal. Kukhona ngisho nendaba efana ne-Merlin mayelana nokuthengiswa okungenzeka kwama-drones enziwe e-US ezitheni zase-US phesheya.
Lezi zincwadi zeqoqo le-SNAFU kufanele zifundwe ngeso ehlathini eliphelele, yebo, ukugwema isiphetho sokuthi esikudingayo impi eyenziwe kahle noma - ngaleyo ndaba - i-Wall Street yenziwe kahle. Asiyidingi i-CIA engcono kodwa uhulumeni mahhala ku-CIA. Ukuthi izinkinga ezichazwe azizintsha ngempela kuyakhunjulwa, kimina, lapho ngifunda incwadi kaRisen, ngokubhekisela kaningi ku-Dulles Airport. Noma kunjalo, sekuqala ukubukeka sengathi abazalwane bakwaDulles abaselona nje ikhoneni eliyimfihlo likahulumeni, kodwa abangabangcwele abangabasekeli babo bonke abantu baseMelika abalungile. Futhi lokho kuyethusa. Imfihlo ivumela ukusangana, futhi imfihlo enkulu isetshenziswa ukugcina imfihlo yobuhlanya. Kungaba kanjani “Imfihlo Yombuso” ukuthi i-CIA yawela kumculi womkhonyovu owazenza sengathi ubona imilayezo yemilingo ku-Al Jazeera? Uma ukushushisa kuka-Obama ama-whistleblows kungabaxwayisi abantu ngengozi, okungenani kusiza ukuthengisa izincwadi zikaJim Risen, okufanele zivuse abantu kangcono kunokuvakasha kwaphakathi nobusuku esibhedlela kusuka ku-Alberto Gonzales kanye Andrew Card.
Kusenobuso obuncane bokuhlonipheka obungatholakala esikweni lezepolitiki lase-US. Osopolitiki base-Iraq abakhohlakele, encwadini ka-Risen, bazithethelela ngokuthi izinsuku zokuqala zokuqashwa ngo-2003 zazinzima. A New York Times kusho umhleli 60 Amaminithi ukuthi iminyaka embalwa yokuqala ngemuva kwe-9/11 kwakungesona isikhathi esihle sobuntatheli base-US. Lezi akufanele zithathwe njengezaba ezamukelekayo zokungaziphathi kahle. Njengoba isimo sezulu siqala ukufana nokusebenza kwe-CIA, ngeke sibe nezikhathi ezinzima. Kakade umbutho wezempi wase-US ulungiselela ukubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ngento efanayo eyisebenzisayo ukubhekana ne-Ebola noma ubuphekula noma ukuqubuka kwentando yeningi. Uma singatholi abantu abakwazi ukucabanga ngezinyawo zabo, njengoba kwenza uRisen ngenkathi egqolozele umgqomo wesigwebo sasejele sase-US, sizongena ebubini bangempela.
