Margie Burns

Ọ dị nwute,
Onye omebe iwu Dan Burton kwụsịtụrụ ịnụrụ okwu na onye isi ala Clinton mbụ
mgbaghara nke onye ahịa na-agba ọsọ Marc Rich. Okwu ikpe a gaara agwa anyị ihe
banyere Rich's opulent-ma-murky na-emekọrịta ihe na ụlọ ọrụ rogue, gọọmentị niile,
yana ụlọ ọrụ mba ụwa niile. Were Alcoa Aluminom, maka
ọmụmaatụ.

Ruo na nso nso a,
Alcoa nwere ike bụrụ nke a na-ahụ anya na ebe a na-edebe nri (ewezuga ụgbọala na
ihe ụgbọ elu). Mana onye bụbu onye isi ala Alcoa, Paul O'Neill, bụzi Onye isi ala
Bush's Secretary of the Treasury, na Alcoa etinyela aka na nke ọma
bara uru ndokwa ya na metal trader Marc Rich ihe karịrị 15 afọ.

Mgbakọta ụwa
ahia na aluminom karịrị ijeri $30 kwa afọ. Nke aluminom na-abanye n'ime
ahịa mepere emepe, Ọgaranya na-achịkwa ihe karịrị otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ ma bụrụ nke kasị ukwuu n'ụwa
onye na-ere onwe ya, na-ere ihe dị ka nde tọn abụọ nke ingot kwa afọ,
dị ka onye edemede Craig Copetas si kwuo. Ya ngụkọta ahịa bụ nke abụọ naanị ndị
nke Alcoa.

Jamaica, Island
paradaịs na ịda mbà n'obi obere agwaetiti aku na uba nwere isi bauxite na
alumina mines, bụ akụkụ nke foto a. N'etiti 1980s, obere oge tupu
O'Neill ghọrọ onye isi Alcoa, ọnụ ahịa aluminom dara. Alcoa, otu n'ime ha
nnukwu azụmahịa na Jamaica, mechiri ụlọ ọrụ ya n'ebe ahụ-na-etinye ndị Jamaica
ọchịchị, na-achọsi ike maka mbupụ n'okpuru International Monetary Fund
ihe mgbochi, n'ime ihe ejikọtara. Alcoa kwenyeziri ịgbazinye ụlọ ọrụ ahụ
gọọmentị Jamaica, mana a ga-achọta onye zụrụ aluminom
emepụta.

Ọgaranya bịanyere aka na ya
nkwekọrịta afọ iri ịzụta ọtụtụ n'ime ihe Alcoa mepụtara na Jamaica; nke mere na 1986
ruo 1995, Ọgaranya nwetara nde metric ton nke alumina ekwe nkwa
kwa afọ, n'ihe dị ka ọkara ọnụahịa ahịa, yana Alcoa na CEO ọhụrụ ya na 1987-mgbe
O'Neill weghaara - nwere obere ihe ize ndụ, ọrụ dị ọnụ ala, yana ndị
ngọzi nke ọchịchị ụwa.

Na 1987,
ọnụ ahịa aluminom rịgoro elu; na Ọgaranya, ya na nnukwu mmekorita nke Alcoa, bụ
na mberede n'iwu nke pasent 30 n'ahịa zuru ụwa ọnụ na aluminum-gụnyere
ahia na United States (mgbe Ọgaranya bụbu onye gbara ọsọ n'ụtụ isi US) wee banye
Soviet Union, n'etiti mba ndị ọzọ. The azụmahịa na American
ụlọ ọrụ mgbe Rich nọ na-agba ọsọ site American ikpe ziri ezi yiri ka ọ dịghị mgbe
edoziziri. A jara Alcoa na O'Neill mma n'ime ndị nta akụkọ maka "ihe siri ike,
atụmatụ ito eto site na-enweta” (Izu Izu Izu, Febụwarị 5, 2001) na
n'ihi na Alcoa na-emeghachi onwe ya ka ọ bụrụ "otu zuru ụwa ọnụ jikọtara ọnụ" (Wall Street
Akwụkwọ akụkọ, Septemba 26, 1996) na pasent 59 nke uru ọrụ ya na
mba ofesi.

N'ezie a
triangular ndokwa na Rich na Alcoa, ego-agụụ Jamaica chọrọ ndị
Nkwekọrịta ka ọ bụrụ ihe kwesịrị ekwesị maka International Monetary Fund. Ọkara nke ego ọ bụla
ọ natara gara kwụọ ya ụgwọ mba ọzọ; ọ bụrụ na ọ tụfuru ịkwụ ụgwọ, ego ya
a ga-eweda ya ọnụ ahịa. N'okpuru iwu IMF ọ nweghị ike iji ndị ọzọ kwụọ ụgwọ mgbazinye IMF
ego mgbazinye; ego ga-esi na ire ere ma ọ bụ mgbazinye bịa.

Enweela
ụfọdụ ọdịda maka mmekọ na-aga n'ihu, agbanyeghị. Na 1990, Alcoa Minerals
na Clarendon Alumina Partners (Ọgaranya hibere Clarendon mgbe ebubo ndị ahụ
na-agbada) gbara akwụkwọ na Jamaica maka mmebi ahụike na ihe onwunwe kpatara
site na mmetọ, ikuku na-emerụ emerụ, na uzuzu na-emebi emebi. Ụlọikpe dị ala kpebiri
ndị gbara akwụkwọ na 1995; Clarendon na Alcoa rịọrọ arịrịọ Jamaica
Ụlọikpe, ebe ha meriri na 1996; ha wee kpekuo ụlọikpe kacha elu nke Jamaica.
ndị Privy Council, ebe ha furu efu, na March 2000. (Rich, platiff dị ka
yana onye na-azara ọnụ n'ọtụtụ ikpe, enwebeghị ihere maka iji
Ụlọ ikpe ụwa iji kwado azụmahịa ya.)

Ikpe
yiri ka ọ bụghị ibelata uru nke ngwaahịa Alcoa na nhọrọ ngwaahịa ejidere
nke O'Neill, mere atụmatụ na $100 nde. (O'Neill ekwenyela ire ngwaahịa ahụ.)
Mana dị ka Federal Procurement Data Center si kwuo, Alcoa natara
$86,668,000 na nkwekọrịta gọọmentị etiti na afọ mmefu ego 2000, gụnyere ihe karịrị $47
nde sitere na NASA. (Alcoa nwetakwara nde asaa ọzọ na nkwekọrịta maka
FY 2000 bụ nke emechara “wepụrụ iwu.”)

Ka ọ dịgodị,
O'Neill nwetakwara akara dị elu maka imesi okwu gbasara mmerụ ahụ ndị ọrụ aka ike
Osisi Alcoa n'ụlọ, na-ebelata mfu ya site na mmerụ ahụ onye ọrụ ruo otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ
nkezi US. A sị na ọ tụlere iwu ndị isi ugbu a
gbasara nchekwa/ahụike ebe ọrụ.

O yighị ka
ịtụle na Marc Rich. A kọrọ na Alcoa na-azụta ụlọ ọrụ a na-akpọ ugbu a
Aluminom Century, pasent 40 nke Glencore International nweburu, bụbu Marc
Rich & Co. O'Neill ekwuola n'ihu ọha na ọ na-edobe Alcoa ya
ngwaahịa; Nzụta ahụ ga-esonyere mmasị ya na nke Marc
Ndị mmekọ bara ọgaranya na ndị mmekọ ahia.

Site n'ụzọ,
nhọrọ ngwaahịa pụtara "ego nkịtị" na IRS; Mbelata ụtụ isi nke President Bush
nwere ike ime obere ihe maka Treasury US, mana ọ ga-erite uru na Treasury
Odeakwụkwọ (ego a kọrọ n'ikpeazụ karịa $59 nde).

Nke a agaghị
leghara mpụta ezighi ezi nke Clinton anya, kacha mma, na ịgbaghara a
jetsetter gbara ọsọ site n'ikpe ziri ezi nke na-akwụghị ọha ụgwọ ụgwọ ya. Mgbaghara ahụ
na-enyere Marc Rich aka ime ọtụtụ nkwekọrịta ndị mere ka ọ baa ọgaranya.

N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, ọ
kwesịrị icheta na ọtụtụ ndị dị otú ahụ amụọ bụ ozugbo ma ọ bụ na-apụtachaghị ìhè
Ụlọ ọrụ ndị jikọtara GOP, na-eme ka nnọkọ ahụ nwee nde mmadụ karịrị narị otu narị
ọtụtụ puku mmadụ nyere n'ọbá akwụkwọ Clinton. Congress-onye Burton's
kọmitii nwere windo ohere n'ebe ahụ maka otu nkeji, ikwe ka ọha na eze bata
na ụfọdụ ihe furu ya nke ukwuu.                    Z