Mneneri wa Nyumba John Boehner amatcha Edward Snowden "wachiwembu." Wapampando wa Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, akuti kuyimba mluzu kwake molimba mtima "ndichiwembu." Nanga bwanji za utsogoleri wa Congressional Progressive Caucus? 

Monga msonkhano waukulu wa ma Democrats pa Capitol Hill, Progressive Caucus ikhoza kupereka zotsutsana ndi bombast zomwe zimachokera ku Boehner ndi Feinstein. Koma kuti zimenezi zitheke, atsogoleri a gulu la anthu 75 afunika kusonyeza chitsanzo chabwino pomenya nkhondo yeniyeni. 

Pakali pano, ngakhale titamva mawu olimbikitsa, kukula kwa kutsimikiza kwa ndale pambuyo pawo sikumveka. 

"Kutolera mosasamala kumeneku kumasokoneza ufulu wa anthu aku America," wapampando wa Progressive Caucus a Keith Ellison adatero za NSA kuti azikazonda ma foni. Ananenanso kuti: “Ufulu wa nzika zathu wosunga zinsinsi ndi wofunika kwambiri ndipo sitingakambirane. . . . Pulogalamu yomwe tikumva lero ikuwoneka kuti siyikulemekeza malire amenewo. Izi, ndi mapulogalamu ena aliwonse omwe NSA ikuyendetsa ndi makampani ena a telecom, akuyenera kutha. ”

Wapampando wina wa Progressive Caucus, Raul Grijalva, anali wosayankhula. "Bungwe lachinsinsi lachinsinsi lomwe limasonkhanitsa mamiliyoni a matelefoni ndikuwagwiritsa ntchito momwe angafunire ndi momwe ambiri a ife tidachenjezera pambuyo pa Patriot Act kukhala lamulo," adatero. "Kupitiliza pulojekitiyi kwamuyaya kumapereka chithunzi chozingidwa nthawi zonse ndikufunika kudziwa zonse nthawi zonse kuti titetezeke, zomwe ndimawona kuti ndizovuta kwambiri zachitetezo cha America."

Ndipo Grijalva adati molunjika: "Tikutsimikiziridwa kuti izi ndizochepa, zimayang'aniridwa komanso palibe vuto lalikulu. Titamva zomwezo pansi pa Purezidenti Bush, sitinali omasuka kunena mawu ake ndikupita patsogolo. Ndikumva chimodzimodzi lero.”

Wachiwiri kwa mipando isanu ya Congressional Progressive Caucus ndi thumba losakanikirana la ufulu wa anthu.

Judy Chu waku California adalankhula mawu opanda pake, kuyitanitsa "kutulutsidwa kwa malipoti osadziwika ndi akuluakulu a momwe mphamvu za FISA zimagwiritsidwira ntchito" ndikupereka bromide "kufunika kulinganiza zoyesayesa zachinsinsi ndi kuwonekera."

David Cicilline waku Rhode Island adatcha kuti akazitape a NSA pa zolemba zamafoni ndi intaneti "zosokoneza kwambiri." Koma adangonena kuti "boma lili ndi udindo wowonetsetsa chitetezo cha dziko lathu ndikusunga ufulu wofunikira wa nzika iliyonse pazinsinsi."

Michael Honda, yemwe akukumana ndi wopikisana nawo chaka chamawa m'boma lake lolemera kwambiri la digito ku San Jose, adanena izi: "Ndikukhumudwa kwambiri ndi kuyang'anitsitsa kwakukulu kwa National Security Agency kwa anthu aku America popanda chifukwa. . . . . Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu onse aku America akuyenera kusamala kwambiri ndi mtundu uwu wosonkhanitsira deta yachinsinsi pa intaneti. ”

Sheila Jackson Lee waku Houston, yemwe amakhala mu Komiti Yachitetezo cha Homeland mu Nyumbayi, adawonetsa luso lake pamabwalo okhudza chitetezo cha dziko ndikupewa kuphwanya kwakukulu kwa ufulu wa anthu. Ananenanso kufunikira kochepetsera kugwiritsa ntchito makontrakitala azinsinsi komanso "kukonza zolakwika pachitetezo chachitetezo."

A Jan Schakowsky, woimira ku Chicago yemwe ndi membala wa House Intelligence Committee, adanena kuti: "Ndakhala ndikudandaula kwanthawi yayitali ndi mphamvu zowunika zomwe Congress idapereka mabungwe azidziwitso, kuphatikiza National Security Agency."

Koma mawu omveka bwino samayambitsa kusintha kwakukulu mu ndondomeko.

Ngati m'mbuyomu ndi chiwongolero chilichonse, atsogoleri ndi mamembala ena a Progressive Caucus nthawi ndi nthawi amalankhula zinthu zomwe zimakopa madera omwe akupita patsogolo kunyumba - osataya chiwopsezo ndikulimbana ndi utsogoleri womwe wawonetsa kunyoza kwake ufulu wofunikira.

Kuthekera ndi vuto mwina zikuimiridwa bwino ndi chikwapu cha Progressive Caucus, Barbara Lee waku California, mosakayikira yemwe akupita patsogolo kwambiri mu Nyumbayi.

Lee analankhula mawu abwino ku nyuzipepala ya kwanuko, kuti: “Ufulu wachinsinsi m’dziko lino ndi wosagawanika. Tili ndi dongosolo loyang'anira ndikuteteza ufulu wathu wachibadwidwe, ndipo ngakhale ndikukhulupirira kuti chitetezo cha dziko ndichofunika kwambiri, tiyenera kupita patsogolo m'njira yosapereka ulemu ndi ufulu wathu waku America. "

Komabe patadutsa sabata yathunthu nkhani yowunikira ya NSA itachitika, panalibe nkhani iliyonse yokhudza nkhaniyi yomwe ingapezeke patsamba lovomerezeka la Congresswoman Lee. Sanatulutsenso chiganizo china chilichonse pankhaniyi.

Ngati mamembala omwe akupita patsogolo kwambiri a Congress sakufuna kupita kukamenyana ndi a Democrat Obama pa nkhani yaikulu ngati Bill of Rights, zotsatira zake zidzakhala kulephera komvetsa chisoni kwa utsogoleri - komanso tsoka losatheka kwa akuluakulu. United States of America.

Nanga bwanji zoyankhulira Edward Snowden pomwe ena m'magulu onse awiri ku Capitol Hill akumutcha wachiwembu ndikumutcha kuti ndi wolakwa? Kutchula pagulu za zabwino zomwe adayimba mluzu molimba mtima zikuwoneka ngati mlatho wa congressional kutali kwambiri.

Kotero, monga mu nthawi zina zosawerengeka za mbiri yakale, "pamene anthu akutsogolera, atsogoleri amatsatira" - ndipo pokhapokha. Mutha kuthandiza kutsogolera ngati inu saina pempho"Tithokoze NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden " polemba apa.

Norman Solomon ndi woyambitsa nawo RootsAction.org komanso woyambitsa wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy. Mabuku ake akuphatikizapo "War Made Easy: Momwe Atsogoleri ndi Apundits Akupitiriza Kutithamangitsira Ku Imfa." 

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