He wahi maikaʻi ka Internet no ka inoa ʻole. Hiki i ka wahine ke hele i loko o kahi lumi kamaʻilio ma ka Pūnaewele a hoʻohālike he kāne. Hiki i kahi ʻōpio ke hoʻohālike he loio a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo kānāwai manuahi. Hiki i ka mea blog me kahi pseudonym ke hoʻopuka i loko o ka ʻōlelo ʻino e pili ana i ke aupuni a i ʻole Hollywood a i ʻole ka honua ʻoihana.
Akā ʻoi aku ka waiwai o ka inoa ʻole i kēia mau lā ma ka Pūnaewele. E nīnau wale i ka mea kākau moʻolelo Kina ʻo Shi Tao.
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua haʻi ke aupuni Kina i ka nūpepa ʻo Shi Tao - ʻo ka Contemporary Trade News o Changsha ma Hunan Province i kēlā me kēia lā - ʻaʻole e pāʻani i ka makahiki 15 o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana o Tiananmen Square. I ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo Shi Tao i kēia ʻike i waho ma ka leka uila, ua koi ke aupuni Kina iā Yahoo e hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻike o ka mea hoʻouna. Ua hoʻokō ʻo Yahoo. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo Shi Tao i ʻumi makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao.
Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻopiʻi nā mea kākau hoʻoponopono, nā mea hana pono kanaka, a me nā poʻe ʻaha kūkā Repubalika iā Yahoo no ka waiho ʻana i ka waiwai ma mua o ke kumu i kāna pilina me Beijing. Wahi a kēia poʻe hoʻohewa, e hana ka mea hoʻolako pūnaewele i nā mea a pau e hoʻomau i kona wāwae i ka mākeke Kina, a hiki i ke kumu o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻōlelo manuahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Yahoo e hoʻolohe wale ana i nā kānāwai Kina.
ʻO ka mea kupanaha, i loko o kēia mau huhū, ʻaʻohe mea i kuhikuhi i ka pilikia like o nā mea hoʻolako pūnaewele… ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
No kekahi manawa, ua nānā ke aupuni US i ka holo ʻana o ka Pūnaewele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻO ka polokalamu mākaʻikaʻi, kahi mana mua i kapa ʻia ʻo Carnivore, e hana like me ka wiretap. Pono nā luna hoʻokō kānāwai o ʻAmelika e loaʻa i kahi kauoha hoʻokolokolo e hoʻohana i ka papahana e kūʻē i kekahi poʻe, a pono ka lehulehu e hilinaʻi ʻaʻole hele nā mea noiʻi ma mua o kā lākou kauoha.
Ma ka pae honua, holo ka National Security Agency i kahi papahana i kapa ʻia ʻo "Echelon." ʻOiai he mea liʻiliʻi ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻoihana kiu kiʻekiʻe a me kāna mau papahana, ʻo Echelon kahi kānana nui e ʻimi nei i nā huaʻōlelo a i ʻole nā huaʻōlelo e like me "al Qaeda" a i ʻole "hoʻopaʻa pepehi kanaka" i ka hōʻiliʻili nui o ka kamaʻilio uila honua. ʻOiai ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kuhikuhi i nā "mea hoʻoweliweli" a me nā mea like, ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Echelon e nānā i nā hui e like me Greenpeace a me Amnesty International ma United Kingdom. ʻOiai nā pale kumukānāwai US, ua hoʻohana ka NSA iā Echelon e nānā i nā hana a nā kamaʻāina US. I ka ʻike ʻia ʻana, alakaʻi ʻia kēia mākaʻikaʻi i ka uē ākea a me ke kānāwai 1978 e pāpā ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi home koe wale nō ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana.
ʻO kēlā mau "kūlana ʻē aʻe," e komo pū ana me ka counter-terrorism, ua lilo i ʻāpana nui loa ma hope o ka ʻae ʻana o ka US Congress i ka USA PATRIOT Act ma hope o Kepakemapa 11. Ua hāʻawi ka PATRIOT Act i ke aupuni US i hoʻonui i nā mana e alualu i nā mea hoʻoweliweli, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nānā ʻana i ka Pūnaewele.
Ma muli o ke kānāwai PATRIOT, hiki i ka Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ke ʻike i ka ʻike maoli o nā mea hoʻohana pūnaewele me ka ʻole o ke kauoha a ka ʻaha. Pono ka FBI e hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana ka ʻike i kekahi ala i kahi hoʻoweliweli a i ʻole hoʻokolokolo spionage. Wahi a ka hui kiaʻi ʻo Electronic Frontier Foundation, "ua hoʻohana ikaika ka FBI i kēia mana hou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole makemake ka ʻoihana e hōʻike i ka ʻike helu helu kumu." Ua manaʻo ʻia kahi ʻatikala ma Washington Post e pili ana i ka "The FBI's Secret Scrutiny" ua hoʻopuka ka FBI i kēia manawa ma mua o 30,000 mau noi makahiki no ka ʻike pilikino e pili ana i nā ʻAmelika ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia no kekahi hewa - hoʻokahi haneli mau manawa ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ke kānāwai PATRIOT.
Ke hoʻohana nei ke aupuni US i nā huaʻōlelo e like me ka "palekana aupuni" a me ka "counter-terrorism" e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i nā hewa o ke kūʻokoʻa kīwila. A pēlā pū ke aupuni Kina. Manaʻo ke aupuni Kina i ka kūʻē ʻana o ka Tiananmen Square i mea e pili ana i ka palekana aupuni. A ke manaʻo nei ke aupuni Kina i ka poʻe kūʻē - a me Falun Gong a me nā neʻe hoʻokuʻu like ʻole - he mau mea hoʻoweliweli.
No laila pehea e pane ai kahi ʻoihana e like me Yahoo i kēia kūlana? Hiki iā ia ke hahai i kahi kulekele o ka waiho ʻana i ka ʻike pilikino i kēlā me kēia aupuni e noi ai. A i ʻole hiki iā ia ke hōʻole i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kekahi ʻike e pili ana i ke kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻōlelo a me nā kānāwai ʻimi a me ka hopu ʻole - ʻo ia hoʻi ke kū ʻana ʻaʻole i ke aupuni Kina wale nō akā i ke aupuni US pū kekahi.
Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka inoa ʻo Shi Tao i ke aupuni Kina, ua kūpaʻa ʻo Yahoo i kāna mau kulekele. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻopiʻi nui i ke kānāwai PATRIOT. Akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ke kūpaʻa mau. Ma ka pilikia o ka Pūnaewele a me nā kuokoa kīwila, ua hewa mau ʻo Yahoo.
ʻO John Feffer (www.johnfeffer.com) ka mea kākau, hou loa, o North Korea, South Korea: US Policy at a Time of Crisis.