Laura Berg yog tus kws kho mob tshwj xeeb hauv VA Medical Center hauv Albuquerque, qhov chaw nws tau ua haujlwm rau 15 xyoo.
Tsis ntev tom qab Katrina, nws tau sau ib tsab ntawv mus rau tus editor ntawm cov ntawv txhua lub limtiam Alibi thuam Bush Administration.
Tom qab daim ntawv luam tawm tsab ntawv nyob rau hauv nws lub Cuaj Hlis 15-21 qhov teeb meem, VA cov thawj coj tau txeeb nws lub computer, liam tias nws tau sau tsab ntawv hauv lub computer, thiab liam nws ntawm "kev tawm tsam."
Nov yog qhov nws tsab ntawv hais.
"Kuv npau taws heev nrog rau qhov tsis txaus ntseeg qhov tseem ceeb thiab kev ua txhaum cai ntawm tsoomfwv no," nws pib. "Qhov xwm txheej Katrina hauv Asmeskas qhia tau tias huab tais tsis muaj khaub ncaws!" Nws hais tias nws yog "VA tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob" ua haujlwm nrog cov kws kho tsiaj rov qab los. Nws tau sau tias "Cov pej xeem tsis muaj kev nkag siab txog kev puas tsuaj ntxiv rau tib neeg thiab cov nqi nyiaj txiag ntawm kev ntxhov siab tom qab kev ntxhov siab," thiab nws txhawj xeeb txog ntau pua txhiab tus neeg mob ntxiv uas yuav tshwm sim los ntawm Katrina thiab Iraq Tsov Rog.
"Bush, Cheney, Chertoff, Brown, thiab Rice yuav tsum raug sim rau kev ua txhaum cai," nws sau. "Lub teb chaws no yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm Iraq tam sim no thiab rov qab mus rau peb lub zeem muag qub thiab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm kev saib xyuas thaj av thiab tib neeg thiab cov peev txheej ntau dua li kev tua roj. . . . Peb yuav tsum sawv thiab tau txais tiag tiag ntawm no, thiab ua kom tshem tawm tsoomfwv cov thawj coj ua si ntawm cov pa taws thiab tsom iav thiab kev dag ntxias dag.
"Yog tsis li ntawd, ntau tus ntawm peb yuav ntsib ntuj raug txim nyob rau lub sijhawm no."
Tom qab nws lub computer raug ntes, Berg tau sau ib tsab ntawv rau nws cov thawj coj nrhiav cov ntaub ntawv thiab piav qhia.
Mel Hooker, tus thawj coj ntawm kev pabcuam kev tswj hwm tib neeg ntawm Albuquerque VA, tau sau Berg rov qab rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 9 thiab lees paub tias "koj cov ntaub ntawv hauv computer tsis muaj tsab ntawv sau rau tus editor ntawm Alibi txhua lub limtiam."
Tab sis tsis yog thov zam txim, nws tau hais txog qhov kev tawm tsam: "Lub Koom Haum tau raug cai los tshawb xyuas thiab ua raws li ib qho kev ua uas muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev tawm tsam," nws hais. โHauv koj tsab ntawv. . . koj tau tshaj tawm koj tus kheej 'ua tus kws saib xyuas neeg mob VA' thiab tshaj tawm rau tsoomfwv uas ua haujlwm rau koj kom muaj 'kev ua tsis ncaj ncees rau qhov tseem ceeb thiab kev ua txhaum cai lij choj' thiab tawm tswv yim, 'tsim quab yuam kom tshem tawm tsoomfwv cov thawj coj ua si ntawm cov pa taws thiab tsom iav thiab kev dag ntxias dag.' โ
Berg, uas tsis tham nrog xovxwm, " ntshai rau nws txoj haujlwm" thiab "kev ntxhov siab zoo nkauj," hais tias Peter Simonson, tus thawj coj ntawm ACLU ntawm New Mexico.
"Peb xav tsis thoob thaum pom lo lus 'sedition' siv," Simonson hais rau The Progressive. โSedition? Qhov ntawd zoo li ib yam dab tsi tawm ntawm cov phau ntawv keeb kwm. "
Hauv kev tshaj tawm xov xwm, Simonson kuj tau hais tias: "Puas yog tsoomfwv no khib heev ntawm nws lub hwj chim, ntshai tsam kev tawm tsam, uas nws yuav tsum tau hem cov neeg uas qhib siab tawm tsam nws txoj cai nrog rau 'kev tawm tsam'?"
Lub ACLU ntawm New Mexico tab tom ua haujlwm rau Berg sawv cev. Nws tau ua tsab cai Freedom of Information thov rau cov ntaub ntawv hais txog qhov xwm txheej no. Thiab nws tab tom nug "tsawg kawg" uas Berg "tau txais kev thov txim rau pej xeem los ntawm Mr. Hooker los kho qhov tsis zoo ntawm kev ua tsis raws cai ntawm kev hais lus ntawm VA cov neeg ua haujlwm uas tau tshwm sim los ntawm cov kev hem thawj no," raws li tsab ntawv los ntawm New Mexico. ACLU mus rau VA's Office of Regional Counsel.
Hooker tsis kam rov qab hu xov tooj, thiab VA Lub Chaw Haujlwm Pabcuam Hauv Cheeb Tsam tsis kam tawm tswv yim tab sis xa cov lus nug rau pej xeem txoj haujlwm.
"Txawm hais tias VA tsis txwv cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev siv lawv txoj kev ywj pheej ntawm kev hais lus, peb thov kom cov haujlwm no tshwm sim sab nraum tsoomfwv thaj chaw thiab tsis yog thaum lawv mus ncig ua haujlwm," Bill Armstrong, tus kws tshaj lij pej xeem ntawm New Mexico's VA Health Care System hais. "Thaum peb muaj laj thawj ntseeg tias txoj cai no tsis raug ua raws li, peb muaj lub luag haujlwm los tshuaj xyuas ib tus neeg lub computer ua haujlwm."
VA hauv Washington kuj tsis kam tawm tswv yim txog qhov kev tawm tsam.
Phil Budahn, tus kws tshaj lij ntawm VA hauv Washington, DC hais tias "Peb tsis tham txog cov neeg ua haujlwm sab hauv,"
Berg muaj kev txhawj xeeb ntxiv: tias VA tej zaum yuav tau txais FBI ntawm nws rooj plaub.
Ib tug neeg ua haujlwm hauv koomhaum "tau qhia rau kuv tias Mel Hooker tau qhia rau nws tias kuv tsab ntawv tau tshaj tawm 'txog VA raws' mus rau FBI hauv Washington, thiab qhov no tau sib tham thiab lees paub" nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam hauv lub tebchaws, Berg sau hauv nws qhov kev tsis txaus siab Kaum Ib Hlis 2. (Lub koom haum uas nws koom nrog yog American Federation of Government Employees.)
Hooker tsis kam lees tias VA tau hu rau FBI. "Lub koom haum tsis muaj kev paub txog ib tsab ntawv ceeb toom uas tau raug xa mus rau FBI txog koj lossis koj tsab ntawv," nws hais hauv nws lub Kaum Ib Hlis 9 memo.
Lub caij no, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Democrat ntawm New Mexico, tau coj Berg rooj plaub.
"Kuv tabtom sau ntawv qhia kuv qhov kev txhawj xeeb tob txog cov xov xwm tshaj tawm uas Ms. Laura Berg . . . tau raug tshawb xyuas rau kev tawm tsam tom qab sau tsab ntawv uas yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm tam sim no," Senator Bingaman tau sau rau R. James Nicholson, Tus Tuav Ntaub Ntawv ntawm Veterans Affairs, Lub Ob Hlis 7. "Hauv kev ywj pheej, kev tawm tswv yim tsis pom zoo nrog tsoomfwv cov kev ua tsis muaj txiaj ntsig. kev tawm tsam lossis kev tawm tsam - nws yog, thiab yuav tsum nyob twj ywm, tiv thaiv kev hais lus. "
ZNetwork tau txais nyiaj tsuas yog los ntawm kev ua siab zoo ntawm nws cov neeg nyeem.
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