NguRay McGovern, Januwari 12, 2020
Kusukela Izindaba ze-Consortium
FIsikhulu esisebenza ngokusebenza kwe-ormer CIA uJeffrey Sterling uzothola Umklomelo We-Sam Adams for Integrity in Intelligence ngoLwesithathu, ujoyine abangu-17 phambilini Abawinile , njengoSterling, wakhombisa ukuzinikela okungaphezu kokujwayelekile eqinisweni nasekwenzeni umthetho ngokuba nesibindi sokushaya ikhwela ngobubi bukahulumeni.
NgoLwesibili kuzobe kuphawula unyaka wesihlanu wokuqala ukuqulwa kwecala likaSterling kwe-espionage - uhlobo lwesivivinyo okungenzeka sishiya ngisho noFranz Kafka, umbhali wencwadi yenoveli Isivivinyo, wethukile ngokungakholelwa.
Kungaba nentengo enkulu ebizwayo yokudalula ukuhlukunyezwa ngohulumeni abayimfihlo - ikakhulukazi leyo eye yathatha izintatheli ize lapho zingavikelekile khona lapho ziveza inkululeko enkulu nomthetho. Ukwenza kucace bha lokhu, kusobala, kungenye yezinhloso zikahulumeni wase-US ukubeka izinhlokomo ezifana noSterling ejele - funa abanye bathole umbono wokuthi bangavele bashaye ikhwela bese bemuka nakho.
Ngomklomelo wakhe weSam Adams, uSterling uletha inani lesihlanu labamukeli bemiklomelo ababoshelwe ukudalula ukuhlukunyezwa kukahulumeni (engabali unyaka ka-2013 Sam Adams, u-Ed Snowden, owenziwe wedemoni futhi iminyaka eyisithupha engahlawulwanga eRussia. Okubi kakhulu nokho, ukuthi uJulian Assange (2010) noChelsea Manning (2014) bahlala ejele, lapho umsunguli we-UN Special Reportseur eTorture Nils Melzer bethi bahlukunyezwa.
Lowo owathola umklomelo weSam Adams ngonyaka we-2016, uJohn Kiriakou, esegwetshwe iminyaka yakhe emibili ejele ngenxa yokuphikisana nokuhlukumezeka kwaseMelika, uzoba phakathi kwalabo abamukele uSterling emcimbini wokuklomelisa ngoLwesithathu. Bobabili bathweswe isihawu seJaji uLeonie Brinkema - owaziwa kabanzi ngokuthi "yijaji elenga" esifundeni sase-East of Virginia, lapho Assange nayo ibekwe khona ngaphansi komthetho ofanayo weWorld I Espionage Act.
Ukuqulwa kukaSterling kubizwe ngokungafanele ngokuthi “ukuhlanekezelwa” kobulungiswa. Kwakungesona isisu esibi, bekungukukhipha isisu. Ngingofakazi wokuzibonela kukho.
Eminyakeni emihlanu eyedlule, lapho uKafka ebeka isithunzi eside, ngahlala ecaleni likaSterling nethimba elisebenza naye elazi kabuhlungu uhlobo lwe-Queen-of-Hearts oluthi "ubulungiswa" uBrinkema kungenzeka alusebenze. Ngokudabukisayo, weqe esikulindele - bedangele njengoba bebenjalo. Kepha uSterling, wayazi ukuthi akanacala. Ubeyilandele le mithetho ngokuya kwiziphathimandla zokuqapha kwenhlangano ukuze athole imininingwane eqinisekisiwe ukuze kudalulwe umsebenzi wokufihla lokho okwakungagcini ngokungemthetho kodwa futhi okuyingozi. Ngakho-ke, wayethemba ukuthi uzovunyelwa - yize “ijaji elenga,” ijaji elimhlophe, kanye nomthetho we-Espionage Act.
Wayazi ukuthi akanacala, kepha kulezi zinsuku ukwazi ukuthi awunacala kungadala umuzwa wokuphepha ongamanga nokuzethemba. USterling ucatshangwe ukuthi - ngokufanele, kuvela ukuthi uhulumeni angaqhamuka nobufakazi obukholisayo ngaye. Kulezi zimo bekungaba nengqondo encane kuye ukuthi yamukele uhlobo lwesicelo sezicelo ezivame ukunikelwa ezimweni ezinjalo. Ngokusobala, ukuthembela kwakhe kokugcina ohlelweni lwethu lwezahlulelo kwenziwa iphutha. Wayengazi kanjani ukuthi angaquliswa icala, alahlwe yicala, futhi athunyelwe ejele engenabufakazi obedlula “metadata”; okungukuthi, okuqukethwe-okuncane, ubufakazi besimo.
Izindaba ezimnandi ukuthi isikhathi sejele likaSterling manje sesisemva kwakhe. Yena nonkosikazi wakhe ozinikele kuHolly bazobuyela kuleli sonto eWashington, noma kunjalo kafushane, nabangane nabahlonishwayo abazimisele ukugubha ubuqotho obukhonjiswe yena noHolly kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
'Inhloli Engafunwa: Ukushushiswa Kwe-whistleblower yaseMelika'
Yilesihloko uSterling asinikeza memoir omuhle kakhulu asishicilele ukuwa kokugcina. Isishoshovu / umbhali uDavid Swanson, naye obehambele leli cala, wabhala owokuqala ukubuyekeza kwe-Amazon; wayiqamba ngokuthi "Joyina i-CIA: Travel the World Passing Out Nuclear Blueprints." (Isexwayiso: Ngaphambi kokufunda amazwana kaSwanson ajwayelekile ukuqonda, ungahle ufise ukuthi “ikhadi lakho lesikweletu lilungele” ngoba ungakuthola kunzima ukwenqaba ukuthambekela koku-oda incwadi.)
Isizinda esingaphezulu ngenguqulo kaSterling ka Isivivinyo itholakala engubeni, ukumbozwa okwenziwe ngeso lengqondo Izindaba ze-Consortium wayinikeza eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Kamuva, (ngoMashi 2, 2018) I-Consortium eshicilelwe ukuthi yikuphi ukucubungula okuxineneyo nokufundisayo kwalo lonke ukhwelwe we-opharetha we-Operation Merlin wokubamba i-Iran - esihlokweni Ngokuthola umklomelo intatheli ephenya ngokuwina uGareth Porter enesihloko esithi "How 'Operation Merlin' ubulele kanjani ubuhlakani be-US e-Iran."
Ucezu lukaPorter lungaphezu nje kwe-akhawunti ye- “baseball engaphakathi” yezinhlekelele ezithile ezenzelwe wena uqobo kanye nokwakheka kwehlela ubuhlakani baseMelika emashumini amabili eminyaka adlule. Esikhundleni salokho, kuyicala elibhalwe phansi kahle lezinswelaboya ezifuna ukuvelela ezisebenzisa i-CIA ngalezo zikhathi kanye nokudlondlobala kwabo ezintshisakalweni ezinamandla njengo-Israyeli Lobby ngokuzama ukwenza isithombe se-Iran “ifu le-mushroom” - umlingani walowo ohlanganiswe naye "Thethelela" impi nge-Iraq.
Kwaziwa kahle ukuthi u-Israel wayefuna uMongameli George W. Bush kanye nePhini likaMongameli uDick Cheney baqale "ukwenza i-Iran" ngaphambi kokuhlasela i-Iraq. Abeluleki bakaBush ababeshaya izifuba babeshaya izifuba, bememeza bethi, "Abesilisa bangempela baya eTehran."
Ngokubona kwami, izikhulu zezobunhloli ezi-miscreant, ezazilandela le-braggadocio futhi zenzelwe “ubuhlakani” ukusiza, yizo obekumele zifakwe ejele - hhayi izakhamizi ezifana noSterling, obezama ukudalula ubuwula. Ukutholwa kukaPorter maqondana “nokufakwa ubuthi kwe-US intelligence e-Iran” kunethonya elikhulu namuhla. Singakwazi yini ukubhekana nokubaluleka kokuthi “ubuhlakani” busetshenziselwe ukuthethelela ubutha base-US e-Iran? Ucezu lukaPorter luyinto okufanele ifundwe kulezi zinsuku zokuhlangana kakhulu noTheran.
Kuvukile. (Wikipedia)
Isivivinyo sikaSterling sifaka phakathi izinto ezenziwa i-farce kanye nedrama. Ngokwesibonelo sabo bobabili, i-CIA ikhiphe izintambo zoqobo ezikhethwe ngokucophelela ukufakazela ukuthi uSterling wayenecala lokubuyisa imininingwane yeRisen ye-Operation Merlin ebhekiswe e-Iran, itulo le-CIA lokusebenzisa i-Russian cutout ukufeza idizayini enephutha yenyukliya. isikhali, okuhloswe ngaso ukonakalisa uhlelo lwe-Iran yenuzi.
Izintambo zachazwa kakhulu. Kepha, maye, akwanele ukufihla okubonakala sengathi kuyisici esibalulekile sendaba yaseMerlin - okungukuthi, i-Iraq, kanye ne-Iran, bezisemaphethelweni wesenzo sokumboza iMerlin. Ngeshwa, abezindaba bakuphuthele lokhu, kepha uSwinganson, obehambele ezinye zaleli cala, wahlolisisa eyodwa yezintambo ezethulwe njengobufakazi futhi wakuthola kukhishwe ngaphansi kwezokuzenzakalelayo. U-Inspector Clouseau, uqobo, wayengathola amanye amagama abalulekile ngaphansi kokuphinda afakwe.
ISwanson ishicilele eyakhe okutholwe ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi: "Ngokukhombisa uJeff Sterling, i-CIA Yembula Okungaphezulu Kokumangalela Ukuembulela." Uhlamvu lukaSwanson luyambula.
Yilabo abafuna iqiniso kuphela nge-Operation Merlin abanaka. Konke okwakudingeka kumaSwanson (1) ukukhathalela ukuthi ubulungiswa, noma ukukhipha isisu kobulungiswa, ngabe sekuzokwenzeka, futhi (2) nokusebenzisa ubuciko obuthile obujwayelekile obujwayelekile bokusebenza komphenyi kanye nokuhlaziya ubuhlakani.
Labo abanezisu eziqinile abangasifundi Isahluko se-Operation Merlin eRisen's State of War, bakhuthazeka ngamandla ukuba benze kanjalo. Isahluko sikaRisen sizonikeza abafundi ukunambitheka okuqinile kokuthi kungani abadlali abasebenza ngokusezingeni eliphezulu beCIA bekhathazeke kakhulu ngezambulo futhi bekhathazekile ngomqondo wokuthi ukuvuza okungeziwe kungenzeka ngaphandle kokuthi othile - noma ngubani - angakhonjwa, asolwe, futhi baboshwa.
Ama-Kafka Shadows 'Isivivinyo' Sterling
Ngokudlala umdlalo ngamunye maqondana namacala abekwa wona uSterling, izizathu ngemuva kwawo, nokuthi uhulumeni angambopha kanjani ekuqulweni kwemethadatha-nolunye ulwazi lwangemuva angatholakali kalula kulabo abanentshisekelo ngemininingwane ethe xaxa, ake ngingeze umbala othize Isikhala esikhulu secala ngokwalo — imethadatha yesivivinyo, uma ungathanda.
Isigameko senziwe ngecala. Icala laqala ngoJan 14, 2015 nofakazi bekhuluma ngemuva kwesikrini esingamamitha ayi-12, okuwuhlobo lwesingathekiso sentuthu kanye nezibuko ebesizodalulwa. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukuthola Isivivinyo nguKafka ongaphandle kwengqondo yami. Encwadini yenoveli kaKafka engagugi, umshushisi, "uJoseph K.", unomuzwa omkhulu wokubanjiswa - ngokuba ngumuntu ongakwazi ukuzenzela ezandleni ze "Nkantolo "engaqondakali. (UKafka ubesebenzela uhulumeni eHapsburg Austria nethuba elanele loku qaphela ukuthi ukuphatha umthetho kusebenta, isici esibonisa okukhulu kunoveli.)
Isivivinyo sibonisa amandla asemthethweni, we-bureaucratic, nawezenhlalo elawula inkululeko yomuntu ngamunye. “UJoseph K.” akanacala kunoma yikuphi ukona; ngaphandle kwalokhu, uyaboshwa futhi abulawe. Okubi nokho ukuthi, bonke abalingiswa abaseyinoveli - okubandakanya ekugcineni uMnu. K. - bakhothamisa amakhanda abo ngokwesula kwabo, becabanga ukuthi lokhu kuyinto evamile, uma ngeshwa, isimo sezindaba.
Umuntu angahumusha kanjani Isivivinyo kubafundi bezikole eziphakeme noma zasekolishi, ngangizicabanga. Usesho lwe-Google okutholiwe umhlahlandlela wokufundisa encwadini ovela eRandom House.
Abafundisi bangabunqoba kanjani obunye ubunzima obujwayelekile obwethulwe Isivivinyo? Okokuqala, zama "ukubona kusengcupheni kaJosef K. inkinga eyisisekelo umuntu angayibona: ukuthi angazivikela kanjani egunyeni elinamandla amakhulu." Kuhle. Kepha Isivivinyo hhayi nje ukuthi abantu abalungile abanqobi, kepha abekho abantu abalungile - abekho abalingiswa abahle kule ndaba ecindezelayo ngokuphelele. Futhi - okubi kakhulu - akunasifiso sothando.
Lapha kulapho icala likaSterling liphambuka khona eKafka. Kuningi okufanele ukwamukelwe ecaleni likaSterling. Izinhlamvu ezakhayo zivamile, okokuqala nokuphambili, uSterling nonkosikazi wakhe ozinikele uHolly. Lokhu akuyona iHapsburg Austria, kodwa United States of America; lokhu kwecala akuyona into ejwayelekile; abafuni; akukho ukukhothama kwamakhanda.
Futhi nabangane babo ababenzi. Asidingi idatha emangalisa kokutholwa kokukhinyabezeka, ubugwala obugwala. Futhi ngenzalo yothando - kuyaqabukela engingasibheki isibonelo esakhayo sothando lwezinsuku zonke nokuxhasana. UHolly uhlala ekhona. Ngeke abhekane nokubulawa komuntu yedwa njengo-Joseph K., Kafka, uSterling ume ngokuqina kwakhe - futhi uzohlonishwa ngokufanele kuleli sonto nontanga yakhe. Kafka akusekho.
Abathengi bebanga eliphakeme abazimisele ukudicilela phansi nokucekisa amaSterlings bathole okuphambene ngqo. Ngaphansi kwakho konke ukuxhamazula nezimo, indlela yokuziphatha kwe-CIA ekuphatheni okubi kakhulu iveziwe.
AmaConmen noCondoleezza
Kwakumnandi, uma kungenjalo ukucindezela, ukubukela enkantolo (noma lapho kuvinjelwe isikrini esiphakeme, ukumane ulalele) abaphethe i-CIA kusuka ohlangothini olufihlekile lwe-ejensi bathengisela ukuhweba kwabo kulokho okubonakala sengathi kuhlose ukungabi nalutho - kungaba ngabashushisi, ijaji, noma ijaji. Le misebenzi, empeleni, “ngamaphoyisa”; isitokhwe sabo kwezohwebo sidonsisa abantu - kungaba enkantolo, e-Hill, noma ngemidiya yasekhaya esevele ithambile.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, phesheya kwezilwandle basebenzisa izintambo zabo ezithuthukisiwe ukukopela abokufika ekuvukeleni izwe labo. Ngesikhathi sokulingwa kwe-Sterling, ubuciko babo babuboniswa ngokugcwele kwasekhaya. Ukuphela kwento eyayingacaci ukuthi ngabe imigomo yasenkantolo yokulima nokuqasha yabo iyazi yini ukuthi bayaxhunyaniswa. Uyazi noma cha, abaphathi bamacala e-CIA bakha ubumbano olusebenzayo obunobunye phambi kwejaji nejaji.
Ngosuku lokugcina lokuqulwa kwecala, uhulumeni waletha izikhulu zamanga ezinkulu ukuze zithokozise ababusi bese bevala amacala abo. Ngalesi sikhathi abezindaba bebekhona kakhulu, njengoba ama-duchess-the-the-the-mushroom, owayengunobhala wezwe nokuphepha kuzwelonke uCampoleezza Rice stiletto-heeled wayongena enkantolo enkantolo ezofakaza ngoSterling. Ukusuka kokuxineka okusobala bekucacile ukuthi ubesagqokile esebenzayo kakhulu - uma engathekiswa - uTeflon.
Kungenzeka, umuntu athi, "ukwethuka nokumangala" kohlobo oluhlukile. Akekho kuzilaleli ezihlasimulile ezibonakala zigxile kokunye okubangelwa amanga uRice utshele iminyaka eyishumi edlule ukuthi "aqinisekise" impi eyinhlekelele e-Iraq, noma ezimisweni zokuziphatha ezihlala eWhite House ahlela ukuxoxa nabaphathi abaphezulu kakhulu bezokuphepha kuzwelonke mayelana nokushushiswa kweCIA amasu okuthi kutholakale ukuthi athengile futhi aqinisekise ukuthi awazizwa enecala lokumsulwa. (Ngokubhekiswe kulezo zimfushane ze-macabre, Lowo-Ummeli-Jikele u-John Ashcroft Ubeke amazwana, "Umlando ngeke ube nomusa kithina." Ngokudabukisayo, labo abathintekayo basaqhubeka nokujeziswa.
Bengihleli ekugcineni kwendlela njengoba uRice edlula, futhi waphenduka ukumamatheka kobuso kimi. Ekuphenduleni, angikwazanga ukumelana nokuhleba igama elithi-prevaricator. ”Ethukile, wamoyizela futhi.
Futhi kufakaza ngalolo suku lokugcina kwakunguWilliam Harlow, umphathi-mbuso we-CIA ngaphansi komqondisi we "slam-dunk" uGeorge Tenet, ophethwe "yi-Operation Merlin" ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe. Ngaphandle kwezincwadi zokubhala eziphefumulelwe zikaTenet nokunye okunjalo, isimangalo sikaHarlow sodumo sixhomeke ekuphumeleliseni ngempumelelo abezindaba kude neqiniso elibhalwe phansi lokuthi i-Iraq yayingenayo i-WMD ngaphambi kokuba ihlaselwe ngoMashi 20, 2003.
NgoFebhuwari 24, 2003, Newsweek ushicilele umbiko okhethekile owenziwa nguJohn Barry osuselwa embhalweni osemthethweni wabahloli be-UN ngokususwa kukaHussein Kamel, umkhwenyana kaSaddam Hussein. UKamel wayephethe izinhlelo zezikhali zenuzi, zamakhemikhali nezokulwa e-Iraq kanye nemicibisholo yokuletha lezo zikhali. UKamel waqinisekisa ababemhloma imibuzo ukuthi konke sekubhujisiwe. (Ngaphansi kwesisho esingaphansi, NewsweekU-Barry uthe, "Inganekwane yomdwebi iphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokuthi amasheya we-WMD athiwa yi-Iraq asekhona.")
UBarry wengeze ukuthi uKamel uphenywe ngemizuzu ehlukene yi-CIA, intelligence yaseBrithani, kanye nethimba elivela eqenjini lokuhlola le-UN; ukuthi Newsweek wayekwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi idokhumenti ye-UN iyiqiniso, nokuthi uKamel "wayilandela leyo ndaba kwi-CIA kanye neBritish." Ngamafuphi, isoftware kaBarry yayivele iqinisekisiwe. Futhi i-CIA yayazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi okwashiwo nguKamel ngonyaka we-1995 kwakuseyiqiniso ngo-2003. Ubufakazi obusetshenzisiwe - umbhali ongaba yibhomu. Lokho kuzothinta kanjani izinhlelo zokuhlasela i-Iraq ngemuva kwenyanga?
UHarlow wasukuma waya emcimbini. Ngesikhathi abezindaba bembuza ngombiko kaBarry, yena ukubiza "Akulungile, ngobuqili, akulona iqiniso." Futhi abezindaba abajwayelekile bathi, "Hawu, Gosh. Siyabonga ngokusazisa. Kungenzeka ukuthi siyiphethe indaba yalokho. ”
Angiyena owobamba amagqubu. Ngenza uHarlow. Ngemuva kokwethula ubufakazi bakhe wabona ukuthi okuwukuphela kwesihlalo esingenalutho enkantolo eyayingesami. “Sawubona, Ray,” kusho yena, lapho ehla esihlalweni. Bengingafuni ukudala isigameko, ngakho-ke ngabhala futhi ngamdlulisela leli nothi:
"INewsweek, ngoFebhuwari 24, 2003, uHussein Kamel debrief ngemuva kokuduka kwakhe ngo-1995:" Ngakuyalela ukuba kubhujiswe yonke iWMD. "
UHarlow uthi indaba yeNewsweek "ayilungile, inobuqili, ayilona iqiniso."
Amasosha angama-4,500 XNUMX ase-US afile. Ngamanga. "
UHarlow wafunda umbhalo wami, wanginika ukumamatheka kukaCondoleezza Rice, wathi, "Kuhle ukukubona, Ray."
Isikhumbuzo esivela ku-Lord Acton, wezepolitiki nesazi-mlando sekhulu le-19: "Konke kuyimfihlo kuyawohloka, ngisho nokuphatha ubulungiswa."
Ngezansi kombhalo wesikhombo esihambisana nomklomelo kuJeffrey Sterling:
URay McGovern usebenzela iTell the Word, uphiko olushicilelayo lweSonto lomSindisi lobusonto elisenkabeni yedolobha iWashington. Wayengumphathi wezempi / wezobunhloli e-Army futhi waba ngumhlaziyi we-CIA iminyaka engama-30 esewonke futhi wenza izingxoxo ezenzeka mathupha ekuseni ze-Daily Brief kaMongameli ngesikhathi sokuphathwa kukaReagan wokuqala. Ngesikhathi ethatha umhlalaphansi waphinde wasungula iVeteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).
