Ibhalwe nguJohn Hanrahan, I-ExposeFacts.org
Ukuzwa uhlangothi lwabashushisi lukusho ecaleni eliqhubekayo likaJeffrey Sterling, owayeyisikhulu se-CIA osolwa ngokuputshuza kwezokuphepha kuzwelonke okubandakanya i-Iran, uSterling kungenzeka (agcizelele okungenzeka):
* wabeka “impahla” ye-CIA engcupheni;
* ukulimaza ukuqashwa kwabanye abahlubukayo, izimpimpi kanye namajazi aphendukayo;
* wesabise ezinye “izimpahla” zamanje ukuthi zibe nemicabango yesibili mayelana nokuhlala njengempahla;
* inike indlebe ama-Irani namaRussia kanye nezinye izizwe ukuthi i-CIA yenza amacebo ayimfihlo okuphazamisa izinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi zamanye amazwe;
* okungenzeka kubangele i-US ukuthi iguqule izinhlelo zayo zezikhali zenuzi, futhi, kahle, uthola isithombe.
Izinsolo zikaSterling - usolwa ngokunikeza intatheli yeNew York Times uJames Risen imininingwane eyimfihlo ngomkhonyovu oyimfihlo weCIA, u-Operation Merlin, obandakanya ukuletha izinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi ezinephutha kubantu base-Irani eVienna - nakho "kungaba nomthelela ekufeni kwabantu. izigidi zezisulu ezingenacala.”
Noma yasho kanjalo i-CIA lapho ikhuluma ngamaphuzu alungiselelwe uMeluleki Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke ngaleso sikhathi kanye no-Hyperbolist-in-Chief Condoleezza Rice emhlanganweni nabasebenzi be-New York Times ngo-Ephreli 2003 emzamweni ophumelelayo wokubulala indaba kaRisen mayelana noMerlin. U-Risen wabe esebika ngohlelo lwenuzi lwase-Iranian oluphundukile encwadini yakhe yango-2006 ethi “State of War,” okwaphoxa i-CIA (kanye nabahleli be-New York Times ababebulele ucezu lwakhe lokuqala).
Zonke lezi zixwayiso ezimbi zethulwe ngendlela ehlasimulisayo abashushisi benhlangano ekuvuleni nasekuvaleni izimpikiswano, ngabasebenzi bamanje nabangaphambili be-CIA, owayeyisikhulu se-FBI esiphikisayo kanye nezinye izikhulu zezokuphepha kuzwelonke. Icala manje seliqulwa ngabahluleli.
Yinye kuphela into engalungile ekulandiseni komshushisi mayelana nemiphumela emibi edalwe yincwadi kaJames Risen kanye nokuputshuka okusolwa kukaSterling - cishe akunabufakazi ngokuphelele.
Becindezelwe abameli bezokuvikela emasontweni amabili edlule, abasebenzi abehlukene bombuso wezokuphepha kuzwelonke abakwazi ukusho ukuthi akekho owabulawa noma walinyazwa ngenxa yokudalulwa kwencwadi kaRisen, eyaphuma eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye edlule - isikhathi esenele inhlekelele ebikezelwe ukuthi izokwenzeka.
Azikho izibonelo “zezimpahla” ezingaba khona ezithi cha-ngiyabonga ngenxa yokudalulwa kwe-Risen. Asikho isibonelo sefa elilodwa lamanje eliyekile ukudalulwa. Akukho ukuguqulwa kwezinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi zase-US. Futhi, cha, Condi Rice, akekho osabulewe izikhali zenuzi zase-Iranian ezingekho noma kulelo fu elisabekayo lamakhowe osixwayise ngalo ngamanga ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kwe-Iraq yamahhala ye-WMD ngo-2003.
Okujwayelekile kuleli sonto kube ngubufakazi balowo owayeyisikhulu se-CIA uDavid Shedd, okwamanje ongumqondisi osabambile we-Defence Intelligence Agency, okhombe imiphumela eminingi esabekayo engase ibe khona yokudalulwa kwencwadi yeRisen osekuguga manje. Ubize ukuvuza ngokuthi "ukwephulwa kwezokuphepha okungase kube nomthelela ekusebenzeni okufanayo," futhi waxwayisa ngokuthi ukuvuza okunjalo "kungadinga ukuguqulwa" kwezinhlelo zenuzi zase-US - ngokusobala ngenxa yokuthi izinhlelo mbumbulu zazinezinto ezinhle kuzo, ama-warts nakho konke, kuhlinzekwe. amathiphu mayelana nohlelo lwe-US. Okugcizelela kuphela ubuhlanya: Uma kunezinto ezinhle ezinhlelweni ezinephutha, kungani ungafuna ukuzithengisa uye e-Iran noma yiliphi elinye izwe olithatha njengesitha?
Odabeni lukahulumeni, kunjalo, kwanele ukukhuluma ngomonakalo ongase ube khona esikhundleni sokulimala kwangempela kwezokuphepha kwezwe, okuthile umshushisi u-Eric Olshan akwenza lokho ngobuchule engxoxweni yakhe yokuvala. Ngeza kulokho okubangela ukuthi abantu abaningi bomphakathi abahlakaniphile batshele ijaji ukuthi sonke kufanele sibe novalo oluningi ngenxa yokuthi kudalulwe itulo eliyingozi le-CIA le-cockamamie. Lokho kusiza ukwenza ibhodwe libe mnandi, futhi kungase kube ngokwanele ukuncenga amajaji athile naphezu kokungabikho kwamaqiniso. Futhi ube nenkanyezi yokuphatha kukaBush efana ne-Condi Rice exoxa izindaba ezinde kakhulu mayelana nama-WMD, kulokhu e-Iran. Uma ungenabo ubufakazi ecaleni lokubizela amaphoyisa kuzwelonke, bathuse.
Futhi ubufakazi, ngale kwezimo kanye nokulandelana kwezikhathi okuhlaba umxhwele (uma kungaphelele) okubonisa u-Risen no-Sterling bexhumana njalo ezingcingweni ngezikhathi ezibalulekile, babuntuleka kakhulu.
Njengoba ummeli kammangalelwa u-Edward MacMahon ekhethe ngobuhlakani ubufakazi obubalulekile bofakazi bokushushisa kuleli sonto, laba ofakazi baphoqeleke ukuthi bavume ukuthi abatholanga bufakazi bokuthi nguSterling owanikeza uRisen incwadi yencwadi yakhe; noma ukuthi kwakunguSterling owanikeza uRisen noma yiluphi ulwazi nganoma yini esencwadini yakhe; noma ukuthi ubani owake wabona u-Risen no-Sterling ndawonye; noma ukuthi u-Sterling waya ekhaya noma wajikijela amadokhumenti ahlobene ne-Operation Merlin.
Futhi uMacMahon nozakwabo ongummeli wezokuvikela uBarry Pollack nabo bakhombisile ukuthi kuneminye imithombo eminingi okungenzeka ukuthi iputshuke impahla yeMerlin kodwa akukho okuphenywe ngakho. Lokhu kufaka phakathi usosayensi waseRussia owalahla izinhlelo zenuzi ezinephutha zokulandwa ngumuntu wase-Iran. isikhulu eVenice, ezinye izikhulu ze-CIA, kanye nabasebenzi abehlukene beSenate Select Intelligence Committee (uSterling aye kubo ngokusemthethweni ngo-2003 njengomuntu oshaya ucingo ukuze azwakalise ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngoMerlin). UPollack, esephetha izimpikiswano, ukhombise ukuthi kunenani elikhulu labantu okungenzeka ukuthi babe yimithombo ye-Risen, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi be-CIA abangama-90 ubufakazi bukahulumeni bakhombisa ukuthi banokufinyelela ohlelweni lwe-Merlin.
Umenzeli okhethekile we-FBI u-Ashley Hunt, ohole uphenyo lwe-FBI lokuputshuka kwe-Merlin iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, wethule ubufakazi obunamandla obuqinile obumelene no-Sterling - ukulandelana kwezikhathi okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla. UMacMahon wamenza wavuma ukuthi akazange aphishekele - noma wavinjwa ukulandela - izindlela ezithile zokuphenya okungenzeka zaveza abanye abasolwa njengomthombo wemininingwane kaMerlin eyatholwa nguRisen.
U-Hunt uvumile ngaphansi kwemibuzo enzima ukuthi wake wabhala amamemorandamu ophenyo athi kungenzeka ukuthi uSterling akuyena umqambi wezincwadi nokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi umthombo kwakungothile ovela eKomidini Lezobunhloli LeSenate (SSIC). Uphinde wavuma ukuthi wabhala imemo ekuqaleni kuka-2006 ecaphuna "ukuphikisana okuhlangene" ophenyweni lwakhe ekomitini, obekumele liqaphe uMerlin. Wafakaza ukuthi owayengusihlalo wekomiti ngaleso sikhathi uSen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) wamtshela ukuthi wayengeke asebenzisane ne-FBI, futhi umqondisi wekomiti, u-Republican William Duhnke, wenqaba ukukhuluma naye nhlobo.
Ababili ababengabasebenzi be-SSIC abahlangana no-Sterling ngo-March 2003, ngesikhathi eletha lokho bona kanye nabanye ofakazi bokushushisa abakuchaze njengesikhalo esibi ngohlelo lwe-Merlin, bafakaza njengofakazi bokushushisa ecaleni lika-Sterling. Bephekwa ngemibuzo, banikeze ubufakazi obuwusizo ku-Sterling obubonisa ukuthi uRisen, ngokusobala wayenemithombo ekomitini - ikomiti elase liyazi kahle i-Operation Merlin nangaphambi kokuba uSterling eze kubo nezimkhathazayo.
Omunye owake wasebenza, uDonald Stone, waze wavuma ebufakazini bakhe ukuthi wathola ucingo oluvela ku-Risen esikhathini esithile ngemva kwalowo mhlangano no-Sterling, kodwa wamtshela ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukukhuluma nabezindaba. UStone uthe ubengakaze amnikeze uRisen ngolwazi nganoma yisiphi isihloko.
Omunye owayeyisisebenzi, u-Vicki Divoll, uxoshwe ekomitini ngemuva kokunikeza ulwazi olungahlukanisiwe kubasebenzi beKomidi Lezobulungiswa mayelana nodaba lomthethosivivinywa wokugunyazwa kwezobunhloli, kodwa wabona lolo lwazi (olwaluphoxa amaRiphabhulikhi) lukhala ngakusasa Ikhasi lokuqala lendaba ye-New York Times ebhalwe ngu-James Risen. Uveze ukuthi akakaze akhulume noRisen nganoma yiluphi udaba, kodwa abanye ekomitini bake babhekana noRisen ngezikhathi ezithile.
UDivoll uvumile ukuthi utshele i-FBI ngesinye isikhathi ukuthi u-Alfred Cumming, umqondisi wabasebenzi beDemocratic Committee, wayeke wakhuluma noRisen. Uphinde waveza ukuthi uzwile ngesikhathi esaphethe ikomiti - kodwa engenalo ulwazi oluqondile - ukuthi abaqondisi bezisebenzi zeDemocratic and Republican ekomitini bakhulume nezintatheli ngezindaba ezahlukahlukene, nokuthi zombili lezi zikhulu kwesinye isikhathi zazinikeza izintatheli imininingwane eziyifunayo ku-quid-pro. -uhlelo lapho intatheli izovuma nokuthi ibhale udaba olufunwa yisikhulu sekomiti. Uthe lolu wulwazi oluningi “lwesandla sesithathu”, mhlawumbe “nesandla sesihlanu.”
Abameli bezokuvikela baligobele leli phuzu ngobufakazi obuvela kulaba fakazi boshushiso bokuthi naphezu kwemithombo kaRisen kanye nemithombo engaba khona ku-CIA kanye naseCapitol Hill (okuhlanganisa khona kanye ne-SSCI), akekho noyedwa owayeseshwe lapho ehlala khona, kwahlaziywa okuqukethwe yikhompyutha yakhe, nocingo lwakhe. izingodo zihloliwe, amarekhodi abo asebhange namakhadi esikweletu aseshwa - njengoba kwakunjalo ngo-Sterling.
Njengengxenye yokulandisa okuphikisayo kwabezokuvikela, uPollack wathi ezingxoxweni zakhe zokuvala: “Banombono, nginenkolelo-mbono.” Kodwa, wengeza, ijaji akufanele ligwebe noma likhiphe umuntu icala ngesisekelo semibono ecaleni elibucayi kangaka. Kunalokho, wathi, kuwumthwalo wemfanelo kahulumeni ukwethula ubufakazi obubonisa icala ngaphandle kokungabaza okunengqondo, futhi “abakenzi.”
Esikhathini esiningi saleli cala, inkantolo ibigcwele ukungabaza okunengqondo. Kunjalo, amajaji angakhetha ukuthatha ukulandelana kwezikhathi komshushisi kobufakazi obuthile bokuthi uSterling empeleni ubengomunye wemithombo kaRisen. Futhi abanye babo bangase besabe ngokwanele ukulandisa kukahulumeni ukukholelwa ukuthi ukudalulwa “kweSimo Sempi” kusenze saphepha kancane. Ekuphikiseni kukahulumeni ingxabano yokuvala kaPollack, umshushisi uJames Trump udlale amakhadi obushokobezi nawokuvukela umbuso, uma kwenzeka amajaji egeje umyalezo ngaphambilini. U-Sterling "wayethengise izwe lakhe ... wakhaphela i-CIA ...", ngokungafani nabasebenzi be-CIA "abakhonzayo futhi siphumula kalula ngenxa yalokho."
Uma kubhekwa ubufinyila becala elivulelwe uSterling, kungaba wukuphulwa kobulungiswa okudabukisayo uma engase agwetshwe futhi agwetshwe isikhathi eside ejele ngaphandle kwesizathu esingaphezu kwezinsolo - kanye nokwesaba amaphupho amabi enuzi uhulumeni athi angavela. ngenxa yokudalulwa kwe-Operation Merlin.
UJohn Hanrahan wayengumqondisi omkhulu weThe Fund for Investigative Journalism kanye nentatheli IWashington Post, iWashington Star, i-UPI nezinye izinhlangano zezindaba. Ubuye abe nolwazi olunzulu njengomphenyi wezomthetho. UHanrahan ungumbhali we Uhulumeni Ngenkontileka futhi co-umbhali we I-Lost Frontier: Ukumaketha kwe-Alaska. Ubhale kabanzi i-NiemanWatchdog.org, iphrojekthi ye-Nieman Foundation for Journalism e-Harvard University.
