Chakumapeto kwa Ogasiti 2005, atatha zaka makumi awiri akugwira ntchito yogula zida zankhondo, Bunnatine ("Bunny") Greenhouse, wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo la US Army Corps of Engineers yemwe amayang'anira kupereka mapangano aboma omanganso Iraq, adachotsedwa ntchito. Kwa zaka zambiri, Greenhouse adalandira kuwunika kwa nyenyezi kuchokera kwa akuluakulu - mpaka adatsutsa zachinsinsi, mapangano osagwirizana ndi Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) - wothandizira wa Halliburton, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Dick Cheney adatsogolerapo. Atauza congress kuti a Halliburton adachita nawo "Zinali zomveka kwambiri komanso nkhanza zosayenera zomwe ndakhala ndikuziwona panthawi ya ntchito yanga," adasinthidwa "Elite Senior Executive Service... ku ntchito yocheperako mu gawo la Civil Works of the Corps. "
Pamene Greenhouse inaphwanyidwa, iye anakhala mmodzi wa iwo ovulala a Bush Administration - osati ma Iraqi osawerengeka (kapena osawerengeka), kapena mndandanda womwe ukukulirakulira wa asitikali aku America, ophedwa, opunduka, kapena odulidwa munkhondo yaulamuliro - koma mndandanda womwe ukuwoneka kuti ukukulirakulira wa oyang'anira omwe akuzunzidwa. , mameneja, ndi ogwira ntchito m'boma omwe adasiya ntchito zawo chifukwa chotsutsa kapena kunyozedwa, kuwopsezedwa, kuchotsedwa ntchito, kuchotsedwa ntchito, kuchotsedwa ntchito, kuchotsedwa ntchito, kapena kuthamangitsidwa kuti apume pantchito ndi ulamuliro wa Bush. Nthawi zambiri, izi zakhala chifukwa chodana ndi ndondomeko za Purezidenti - kuyambira kuukira kwa Iraq ndi zokambirana ndi North Korea mpaka kuphwanyidwa kwa FEMA ndi kuphwanyidwa kwa miyezo ya chilengedwe - zomwe amayi ndi abambowa adapeza kuti sizinali zotumbululuka.
Kuyambira pafupifupi tsiku lomwe adatenga ulamuliro, George W. Bush wasiya ntchito zosweka. Pansipa pali mndandanda wa mayina ochepa chabe odziwika bwino pamipukutu ya omwe adagwa:
Richard Clarke: Mwina odziwika kwambiri mwa ovulala a Bush Bush, Clarke adawononga zaka makumi atatu m'boma, kutumikira pansi pa pulezidenti aliyense kuyambira Ronald Reagan. Iye anali mkulu wachiwiri wa intelligence mu Dipatimenti ya Boma pansi pa Reagan ndiyeno adatumikira mu utsogoleri wa George H.W. Chitsamba. Pansi pa Purezidenti Bill Clinton ndi George W. Bush, adakhala ndi udindo wa mlangizi wamkulu wa pulezidenti pa zauchigawenga pa National Security Council - udindo wa nduna. Clarke anakhumudwa nazo "ntchito yoyipa" Zolimbana ndi uchigawenga zomwe zikuwonetsedwa ndi Purezidenti Bush wachiŵiri - kunyalanyaza umboni wa kuwukira kwa al-Qaeda ndikukakamiza kuti pakhale mgwirizano womwe ulipo pakati pa al-Qaeda ndi Saddam Hussein. (Memo yake yofotokoza kuti palibe kulumikizana, adatero Clarke, "anakhumudwa namubweza kuti, ‘Yankho lolakwika. Chitaninso.’”) Pambuyo pa 9/11, Clarke anapempha kuti asamuke pantchito yake n’kupita ku ofesi ya National Security Council yokhudzana ndi zauchigawenga wa pa Intaneti. (Oyang'anira pambuyo pake adadzinenera kuti ndikutsitsa). Kutuluka, January 2003.
Paul O'Neill: Woyang'anira wamkulu ku Office of Management ndi Budget pansi pa Purezidenti Nixon ndi Ford (ndipo pambuyo pake wapampando wa aluminium-giant Alcoa), O'Neill adatumikira pafupifupi zaka ziwiri mu nduna ya George W. Bush monga Mlembi wa Treasury asanapemphedwe kuti atule pansi udindo. atatsutsa kudulidwa kwa msonkho kwa pulezidenti. Iye, monga Clarke, adakumbukira kukonzekera kwa Bush ku Iraq. “Kuyambira pachiyambi, panali anthu otsimikiza kuti Saddam Hussein anali munthu woipa ndipo ayenera kupita,” anatero O’Neill, membala wokhazikika wa National Security Council. "Zonse zinali zofuna kupeza njira yochitira. Uwo unali kamvekedwe kake. Purezidenti akuti 'Pitani mukandipezere njira yochitira izi. Inachotsedwa pa December 6, 2002.
Flynt Leverett, Ben Miller ndi Hillary Mann: Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Middle East Affairs pa Pulezidenti Bush National Security Council (NSC), wogwira ntchito ku CIA ndi katswiri wa Iraq ndi NSC, ndi wogwira ntchito zakunja mwatsatanetsatane ku NSC monga Mtsogoleri wa Iran ndi Persian Gulf Affairs, motsatira, anali onse akuti adakakamizidwa ndi Elliott Abrams, Mlangizi wa NSC wa Bush pa Middle East Affairs, pomwe sanagwirizane ndi mfundo za Israeli. Leverett anati, “Panali chisankho adapanga… kukana zomwe tidalonjeza kumayiko aku Europe ndi Arabu ku United States. Ineyo sindinkagwirizana ndi maganizo amenewa.” Iye adatinso, "[Richard] Clarke Kutsutsa pakupanga zisankho za kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake nkhondo ku Iraq] amene akanagwira" atsogoleri a al Qaeda monga Osama bin Laden ndi Ayman Zawahiri. Malinga ndi a Josef Bodansky, mkulu wa Congressional Task Force on Terror and Unconventional Warfare, Abrams. "anatsogolera Miller pa zenera lotseguka n’kumuuza kuti alumphe.” Ananenanso kuti Mann ndi Leverett adauzidwa kuti achoke. Anasiya / Kuchotsedwa, 2003.
Larry Lindsey: A "Top Economic Mlangizi" kwa Bush yemwe adachotsedwa pomwe adawululira nyuzipepala kuti nkhondo ndi Iraq ingawononge $200 biliyoni. Inatulutsidwa, December 2002.
Ann Wright: Kazembe wantchito ku Utumiki Wachilendo komanso msilikali ku Army Reserves adasiya ntchito tsiku lomwe US idayambitsa nkhondo ya Iraq. Mu kalata yake yosiya ntchito, Wright anauza Mlembi wa Boma panthaŵiyo a Colin Powell kuti: “Ndikukhulupirira kuti mfundo za Boma zikupangitsa dziko kukhala malo owopsa, osati otetezeka. Ndimaona kuti ndili ndi udindo wamakhalidwe abwino komanso mwaukadaulo kunena zodetsa nkhawa zanga zakuya komanso zolimba pa mfundozi komanso kusiya ntchito ya boma chifukwa sindingathe kuziteteza kapena kuzikwaniritsa.” Anasiya ntchito, March 19, 2003.
John Brady Kiesling: Kazembe wantchito yemwe adatumikira apurezidenti anayi pazaka makumi awiri, adapereka ndalama kalata yake yosiya ntchito kuchokera paudindo wake ngati Phungu wa Zandale ku Embassy ya U.S. ku Athens, Greece madzulo akuukira Iraq. Iye analemba kuti:
"...mpaka Ulamuliro uwu udakhala wotheka kukhulupirira kuti potsatira mfundo za purezidenti wanga ndikusunganso zofuna za anthu aku America ndi dziko lapansi. Sindikukhulupiriranso. Ndondomeko zomwe tikufunsidwa kuti tipititse patsogolo sizigwirizana osati ndi zikhalidwe zaku America komanso zokonda zaku America. Kufunafuna kwathu nkhondo ndi Iraq kumatipangitsa kuti tiwononge kuvomerezeka kwapadziko lonse komwe kwakhala chida champhamvu kwambiri cha America pakukhumudwitsa komanso chitetezo kuyambira masiku a Woodrow Wilson. Tayamba kuthetsa ukonde waukulu kwambiri komanso wothandiza kwambiri wa maubwenzi apadziko lonse lapansi omwe dziko lapansi lidadziwapo. Zomwe tikuchita pano zibweretsa kusakhazikika ndi ngozi, osati chitetezo. ”
Anasiya ntchito, February 27, 2003.
John Brown: Pambuyo pa zaka pafupifupi 25, msilikali ameneyu wa Utumiki Wachilendo, amene anatumikira ku London, Prague, Krakow, Kiev ndi Belgrade, anasiya ntchito yake. Mu kalata yake yosiya ntchito, iye analemba kuti: “Sindingathe ndi chikumbumtima chabwino kuchirikiza mapulani ankhondo a Purezidenti Bush motsutsana ndi Iraq. Purezidenti walephera: kufotokoza momveka bwino chifukwa chake amuna ndi akazi athu olimba mtima ovala yunifolomu ayenera kukhala okonzeka kupereka moyo wawo pankhondo ku Iraq panthawiyi; kufotokoza mbali zonse za nkhondo imeneyi, kuphatikizapo kuchuluka kwa kuphedwa kwa anthu wamba osalakwa; kufotokoza mtengo wachuma pankhondo kwa anthu wamba aku America; kumveketsa bwino mmene nkhondoyo ingathandizire kuchotsa zigaŵenga padziko; [ndi] kuganizira mozama maganizo a anthu padziko lonse otsutsana ndi nkhondoyi.” Anasiya ntchito, March 10, 2003.
Rand Beers: Pamene Beers, mkulu wa bungwe la National Security Council pakulimbana ndi uchigawenga, adasiya ntchito, koma anakana kuyankhapo, koma mkulu wina wakale wa intelligence adati, "N'zosadabwitsa. Tapereka nkhondo yolimbana ndi zoopsa chifukwa cha nkhondo ndi Iraq. Sindimuimba mlandu Randy konse. Izi zikungowonetsa malingaliro ofala akuti nkhondo yachigawenga ikuyikidwa pambali pankhondo ndi Iraq chifukwa cha zida zathu zankhondo ndi nzeru [zanzeru] komanso ubale ndi ogwirizana nawo. ” Mowa pambuyo pake adavomereza, “Utsogoleri silinafanane ndi zochita zake ndi mawu ake pankhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga. Zikutipangitsa kukhala otetezeka kwambiri, osakhala otetezeka… Monga munthu wamkati, ndidawona zinthu zomwe sizikuchitidwa. Ndipo pamene ndinakhala ndi kuyang’ana, ndinayamba kuda nkhaŵa kwambiri, kufikira ndinanyamuka ndi kutuluka.” Anasiya ntchito, March 2003.
Anthony Zinni: Msilikali ndi kazembe kwa zaka 40, Zinni adatumikira kuyambira 1997 mpaka 2000 ngati wamkulu wa United States Central Command ku Middle East. Mkulu wa Marine Corps yemwe adapuma pantchito adayitanitsidwa kuti abwerere kuntchito ndi akuluakulu a Bush kuti atenge imodzi mwamaudindo apamwamba kwambiri, nthumwi yapadera ku Middle East (kuyambira November 2002 mpaka March 2003), koma kusagwirizana kwake ndi zolinga za Bush zopita kunkhondo. ndemanga za anthu zomwe zinaneneratu za yaitali ndipo zotsatira zamavuto zankhondo yotero zidapangitsa kuti achotsedwe. “Patsogolo kunkhondo ya Iraq ndi machitidwe ake pambuyo pake, ndidawona pang'onopang'ono, kunyalanyaza kwenikweni, kusasamala ndi kusasamala, poipitsitsa, kunama, kusachita bwino komanso katangale," adatero Zinni. Analephera kusankhidwanso, March 2003.
Eric Shinseki: A General Shinseki, wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo, atauza Congress kuti kulanda dziko la Iraq kungafune "ankhondo mazana angapo," adanyozedwa ndi Wachiwiri kwa Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz. Ndiye, analemba ndi Houston Chronicle, Mlembi wa Chitetezo Donald Rumsfeld “anachita chinthu chachilendo kulengeza kuti General Eric Shinseki adzachoka pamene nthawi yake monga mkulu wa asilikali itatha[ed].” Anapuma pantchito, June 2003.
Karen Kwiatkowski: Lieutenant Colonel mu Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo yemwe adagwira ntchito ku Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo ku Near East ndi South Asia (NESA) Bureau mchaka chisanachitike nkhondo ya Iraq, adalemba mu kalata yake yosiya ntchito:
"... [W] ndikugwira ntchito kuyambira May 2002 mpaka February 2003 mu ofesi ya Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Near East South Asia ndi Special Plans (USDP / NESA ndi SP) ku Pentagon, ndinawona malo omwe zisankho. Zokhudza nkhondo ya Iraq itatha nkhondo idapangidwa… Zomwe ndidawona zinali zolakwika, zofalikira komanso zosemphana ndi dongosolo labwino komanso mwambo. Ngati wina akufunafuna mayankho a chifukwa chiyani zida zapadera za 'nzeru' zidapezeka zopatulika mukulankhula kwa Purezidenti, kapena chifukwa chomwe ntchito ya pambuyo pa Hussein idasiyanitsidwa ndi chisokonezo ndi njira zabodza, sitiyenera kuyang'ananso mopitilira muyeso mkati mwa Ofesi ya Secretary of Defense."
Anapuma, July 2003.
Charles "Jack" Pritchard: Msilikali wina wa asilikali a ku United States wopuma pantchito komanso msilikali wazaka 28, Dipatimenti ya Boma, ndi National Security Council, yemwe anali katswiri wa State Department ku North Korea komanso ngati nthumwi yapadera pazokambirana ndi dzikolo, adasiya ntchito ( Malinga ndi Los Angeles Times) chifukwa "kukana kwa oyang'anira kuchita nawo mwachindunji ndi dzikolo kunapangitsa kuti zikhale zosatheka kuletsa Pyongyang kupita patsogolo ndi mapulani ake omanga, kuyesa ndi kutumiza zida za nyukiliya." Anasiya ntchito, August 2003.
Major (omwe anali Captain) John Carr ndi Major Robert Preston: Otsutsa a Air Force, adasiya ntchito zawo mu 2004 m'malo mochita nawo milandu yomwe Purezidenti Bush adakhazikitsa mu 2001 yomwe adawona kuti "idabera zigawenga zomwe zidachitikira ku Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." Adafunsidwa ndikupatsidwanso ntchito, 2004.
Captain Carrie Wolf: Msilikali wina wa asilikali a ku U.S, adapemphanso kuti achoke mu Ofesi ya Military Commissions chifukwa chodandaula kuti makomiti omwe Bush adapanga kuti ayese akaidi ku Guantanamo Bay anali opanda chilungamo. Adafunsidwa ndikupatsidwanso ntchito, 2004.
Colonel Douglas Macgregor: Anapuma pantchito ku U.S. Army ndipo anati: “Ndimakonda usilikali ndipo ndinadandaula kusiya. Koma sindinawone kuthekera kosintha koyenera ndikukonzanso [z]kuwongolera mphamvu zazomwe zikuchitika kapena zam'tsogolo… Ndi chikhalidwe chogwirizana kwambiri. Vuto lalikulu lomwe tili nalo mkati mwa…Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo pamlingo wapamwamba, komanso mkati mwa apolisi - ndikuti palibe mikangano. Kukangana [kumawoneka ngati] chizindikiro cha kusagwirizana. Kusagwirizana kumafanana ndi kusakhulupirika.” Anapuma pantchito, June 2004.
Paul Redmond: Atatha ntchito yayitali ku CIA, Redmond adakhala Mlembi Wothandizira wa Information Analysis ku Dipatimenti ya Homeland Security. Liti, malinga ndi Notra Trulock of Accuracy in Media, adatero, pamsonkhano wa Congress mu June 2003, "kuti analibe akatswiri okwanira kuti agwire ntchitoyi ... [t] chipewa chamtunduwu sichinayamikiridwe ndi abwana ake, motero, adayenera kupita. " Anasiya ntchito, June 2003.
John W. Carlin: Malinga ndi Washington Post, Carlin, ndi "Wolemba mabuku wa ku United States kuti apereke udindo wake popanda kupatsidwa chifukwa chilichonse, a Senate Democrats adawulula ... "Ndinafunsa chifukwa chake, ndipo palibe chifukwa choperekedwa," adatero Carlin, koma Post inanena kuti ena "anaganiza kuti Bush mwina ankafuna kuti munthu wina wosunga zakale kuti athandize kubisa mbiri ya pulezidenti wake kapena abambo ake." Ngakhale adanena kuti akufuna kutumikira mpaka kumapeto kwa zaka zake za 10, ndi tsiku lobadwa la 65 mu 2005, Carlin adadzipereka ku ulamuliro wa Bush. Anasiya ntchito, December 19, 2003.
Susan Wood ndi Frank Davidoff: Wood anali Mtsogoleri Wothandizira wa Food and Drug Administration for Women's Health ndi Mtsogoleri wa Office of Women's Health; Davidoff anali mkonzi wotuluka m'magaziniyi Annals of Internal Medicine ndi katswiri wa zamankhwala amkati pa Komiti Yolangizira Zamankhwala Osalemba za FDA. Wood adasiya ntchito potsutsa lingaliro la FDA loti achedwenso, chifukwa chokakamizidwa ndi olamulira a Bush, chigamulo chomaliza ngati "piritsi la m'mawa" liyenera kupezeka mosavuta - ngakhale mavoti 23-4, kubwerera mu Disembala. 2003, ndi gulu la akatswiri kuti alimbikitse kugulitsa kosagwiritsidwa ntchito kwa mankhwala olerera, otchedwa Plan B. Mu imelo kwa anzake, Wood, mkulu wa FDA yemwe amayang'anira nkhani za umoyo wa amayi, analemba, “Sindingathenso kutumikira monga ogwira ntchito pomwe umboni wasayansi ndi zamankhwala, wowunikiridwa mokwanira ndikuvomerezedwa ndi ogwira ntchito pano, walepheretsedwa. ” Patatha masiku angapo, Davidoff adasiya nkhani yomweyi ndikulemba kalata yosiya ntchito, “Sindingathenso kuyanjana ndi bungwe lomwe lingathe kupanga chisankho chofunika kwambiri chotere mobisa chifukwa cha chisonkhezero cha ndale, osati umboni wa sayansi ndi wachipatala.” Wood: Resigned, August 31, 2005. Davidoff: Resigned, September, 2005.
Thomas E. Novotny: Wachiwiri kwa mlembi wothandizira ku dipatimenti ya zaumoyo ndi ntchito za anthu mkulu wa boma pogwira ntchito pa mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wochepetsa kusuta fodya padziko lonse lapansi, Novotny "anatsika," anatero akuluakulu a boma la Bush, "chifukwa chaumwini chosagwirizana ndi zokambiranazo"; koma a Washington Post adanena kuti "anthu atatu omwe adalankhula ndi Novotny ... adanena mwamseri kukhumudwa ndi ganizo la akuluakulu a boma kuti achepetse udindo wa US pazinthu zazikulu, kuphatikizapo zoletsa kusuta fodya komanso kutsatsa ndi kugulitsa ndudu." Anasiya ntchito, August 1, 2001.
Joanne Wilson: Commissioner wa Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), wasiya ntchito, malinga ndi Washington Post, "potsutsa zomwe ananena kuti akuluakulu aboma akuyesetsa mosazindikira kuti awononge ndalama ndi ogwira ntchito kuofesiyo" komanso kuyesa kuthetsa mapulogalamu "ofunikira kuthandiza akhungu, ogontha ndi olumala kupeza ntchito." Pa February 7, 2005 akuluakulu a Bush adalengeza kuti atseka maofesi onse a RSA ndikudula antchito pakati. Kutuluka, February 8, 2005.
James Zahn: Malinga ndi nkhani ya Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Nation Zahn, “katswiri wa sayansi ya tizilombo tosaoneka ndi maso wolemekezeka m’dziko lonse amene amagwira ntchito yofufuza ya Dipatimenti ya Zaulimi,” ananena kuti "woyang'anira wake ku USDA, mokakamizidwa ndi makampani a nkhumba, adamuuza kuti asasindikize kafukufuku wake," zomwe "zinazindikiritsa mabakiteriya omwe amatha kudwalitsa anthu - komanso omwe sagonjetsedwa ndi maantibayotiki - mumlengalenga wozungulira nkhumba zamakampani. minda”; komanso kuti "adakakamizika kusiya kuwonekera kwa anthu oposa khumi ndi awiri m'mabwalo okonzekera am'deralo ndi makomiti azachipatala akumaboma kuti adziwe zambiri zokhudzana ndi thanzi la mafamu akuluakulu." Chifukwa cha zimenezi, “Zahn anasiya ntchito yawo m’boma moipidwa.” Anasiya ntchito, May 2002.
Tony Oppegard ndi Jack SpadaroOppegard ndi Spadaro anali mamembala a "gulu la akatswiri opanga ma geodesic osankhidwa kuti afufuze za kugwa kwa zotchinga zomwe zinalepheretsa dziwe la malasha ku Kentucky lokhala ndi zinyalala zapoizoni zochokera m’migodi ya mapiri.” Malinga ndi kunena kwa Environmental Protection Agency, limeneli linali “tsoka lalikulu koposa m’mbiri ya Kum’maŵa kwa United States.” Oppegard, yemwe adatsogolera gululi, "adachotsedwa pa tsiku lomwe Bush adakhazikitsidwa ... Mamembala onse asanu ndi atatu a timuyi kupatula Spadaro adasaina lipoti lofufuza zoyera. Spadaro, mofanana ndi enawo, anazunzidwa koma mosabisa kanthu anakana kusaina. Mu Epulo 2001 Spadaro adasiya ntchito ndipo adakadandaula kwa Inspector General wa Labor Department… Miyezi iwiri isanafike chaka chake cha 28 ngati wogwira ntchito m'boma, ndipo patatha zaka zambiri akuzunzidwa chifukwa cha kaimidwe kake, Spadaro adasiya ntchito. "Ndatopa kwambiri kumenyana," adatero. “Ndakhala ndikulimbana ndi ulamuliro umenewu kuyambira kuchiyambi kwa 2001. Ndikufuna mtendere pang’ono kwa kanthawi.” Oppegrad: Anachotsedwa ntchito, January 20, 2001. Spaddaro: Anasiya ntchito, October 1, 2003.
Teresa Chambers: Atatha kulankhula ndi atolankhani ndi ogwira ntchito ku Congress za mavuto a zachuma m'bungwe lake, mkulu wa apolisi ku U.S. Park anaikidwa patchuthi choyang'anira. Ndiye, malinga ndi CNN, "Patangotha maola awiri ndi theka maloya ake atapempha kuti abwezeretsedwe mwamsanga kudzera mu Merit Systems Protection Board, bungwe lodziimira palokha lomwe limaonetsetsa kuti ogwira ntchito m'boma atetezedwa ku nkhanza za oyang'anira," Chambers adachotsedwa ntchito. "Anthu aku America ayenera kuopa kuletsa akatswiri pantchito iliyonse," adatero Chambers. "Tiyenera kuda nkhawa kwambiri ngati nzika zaku America kuti anthu omwe ali akatswiri pantchito yawo sangathe kuyankhula, kapena, monga tikuwonera pano pantchito yamapaki, salankhula." Anachotsedwa, July 2004.
Martha Hahn: Woyang'anira boma ku Bureau of Land Management, "yomwe imayang'anira maekala 12 miliyoni ku Idaho, pafupifupi gawo limodzi mwa magawo anayi a boma" kwa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, Hahn adapeza kuti ulamuliro wake utachepetsedwa kwambiri pambuyo poti boma la Bush lidayamba ntchito. Adawona pomwe akuluakulu aboma akuletsa ndemanga za anthu pazantchito zamigodi ndikutsegula madera omwe anali otetezedwa kale kuti awononge chilengedwe. Atatsekera nyanga ndi zofuna za ng'ombe pa malo odyetserako ziweto, adalandira kalata yonena kuti akusamutsidwa kuchokera kwa wokondedwa wake Rocky Mountain West kupita ku "ntchito yomwe inalipo kale ku New York City.” "Kwakhala kodabwitsa," adatero. “Ndikuvutika m’maganizo pompano. Ndinkaona ngati ndili pachimake pa ntchito yanga.” kachizindikiro anauzidwa kuvomera kutumizidwanso mwadala kapena kusiya ntchito. Anasiya ntchito, March 6, 2002.
Andrew Eller: Eller “anathera zaka zambiri za 17 ali ndi U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service akuteteza [Florida] panther. Koma pamene kafukufuku wake sanagwirizane ndi ntchito yaikulu ya bwalo la ndege yomwe ikukonzekera malo amphaka - ndipo Eller anakana kusewera nawo - adapatsidwa nsapato, "adalemba. Tucson Weekly. "Ndinachotsedwa ntchito patatha masiku atatu Purezidenti Bush atasankhidwanso," adatero Eller. “Mwachionekere kunali kubwezera chifukwa chokhala ndi malingaliro osiyana ndi [a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] oyang'anira ngati gulu la panther linali pachiwopsezo kapena ayi, ndikuwonetsa kuti akugwiritsa ntchito sayansi yolakwika kuchirikiza malingaliro awo. ” Anachotsedwa, November 2004.
Mike Dombeck: Mkulu wa nthambi ya Forest Service anatula pansi udindo wake atagwira ntchito m’boma kwa zaka 23. M'kalata yake yosiya ntchito, a pro-Conservation Adatero Dombeck, "Zinamveketsedwa bwino lomwe kuti akuluakulu a [Bush] akufuna kutenga Forest Service njira ina ...." Anasiya ntchito, March 27, 2001.
James Furnish: Wokonda ndale, Evangelical Christian, ndi Republican omwe adavotera George W. Bush mu 2000 komanso Wachiwiri kwa Chief Chief wa U.S. Forest Service (yemwe adakhala zaka 30, pa maulamuliro 8 apulezidenti akugwira ntchito ku bungwelo), Furnish adasiya ntchito mu 2002 chifukwa cha mfundo. kusiyana ndi kayendetsedwe ka Bush. "Ndinangowona zochita [zaboma] ngati zikupitilira," adatero Furnish. Pochita mogwirizana ndi chikumbumtima chake. m’malo modikira Chaka chotalikirapo kuti achulukitse mapindu opuma pantchito, Furnish anataya pafupifupi $10,000 pachaka kwa moyo wake wonse. Anasiya, 2002.
Mike Parker: Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2002, Parker, mkulu wa Army Corps of Engineers adachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress kuti kuchepetsa bajeti komwe Bush adalamula kudzakhala ndi "zoyipa" pa Corps. Adavomerezanso kuti alibe "malingaliro ofunda komanso osasangalatsa" okhudza kayendetsedwe ka Bush. “Posakhalitsa,” anatero Christian Science Monitor, "anapatsidwa mphindi 30 kuti asiye ntchito kapena achotsedwe." Pambuyo pa kuwonongeka kwa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina ndi Rita, mikangano ya Parker ndi Mitch Daniels, yemwe kale anali mkulu wa Office of Management ndi Budget, angawoneke ngati aulosi. Parker anakumbukira chochitika chimodzi chotere pomwe adabweretsa Daniels, wamkulu wa bungwe la Bush Bush, chitsulo chochokera ku loko ya ngalande ya Mississippi chomwe "chinachita dzimbiri ndikugwa chifukwa chosowa ndalama," ndipo anati, "Mitch, zilibe kanthu ngati chigawenga chiwomba chitseko kapena chigwera pansi chifukwa chimasweka - mwanjira iliyonse ndizofanana, ndipo ngati titazisiya, tili ndi mlandu tokha." Iye anakumbukira za chochitikacho, "Sizinamukhudze kalikonse." Anasiya ntchito, March 6, 2002.
Sylvia K. Lowrance: Mkulu wa bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency yemwe adatumikira bungweli kwa zaka zoposa 20, kuphatikizapo Wothandizira Woyang'anira Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance kwa miyezi 18 yoyambirira ya utsogoleri wa Bush, Lowrance adapuma pantchito, ponena kuti, "Tiwona anthu ambiri akusiya ntchito. tsogolo lawo pamene olamulira akulephera kutsatira malamulo a chilengedwe.” iye anati, "Boma ili lachotsa milandu ndikuyika kafukufuku pa ayezi. Adatumiza chizindikiro chilichonse chomwe angathe kwa ogwira ntchito kuti asiye. ” Anapuma, August 2002.
Bruce Boler: Wasayansi wa EPA yemwe adasiya ntchito yake chifukwa, iye anati, “Madambo kaŵirikaŵiri amatchedwa impso za chilengedwe. Asayansi ambiri odzilemekeza angakuuzeni zimenezo, komabe opanga [abizinesi] ndi akuluakulu [pa Army Corps of Engineers] amafuna kuti ndichirikize lingaliro lawo lakuti madambo, kwenikweni, ndi magwero oipitsa.” Anasiya ntchito, October 23, 2003.
Eric Schaeffer: Pambuyo pa zaka khumi ndi ziwiri zautumiki, kuphatikiza zisanu zomaliza monga Director wa Office of Regulatory Enforcement, ku Environmental Protection Agency, Schaeffer adapereka kalata yosiya ntchito pa kusatsata kwa bungwe la Bush la Clean Air Act. Iye kenako anafotokoza:
"M'masabata angapo, olamulira a Bush adatha kuthetsa kupita patsogolo kwa chilengedwe komwe takhala tikugwira ntchito zaka zambiri kuti titeteze. Mamiliyoni a matani a kuipitsa kosafunikira akupitiriza kutsanuliridwa kuchokera ku mafakitale opangira magetsiwa chaka chilichonse chifukwa cha zotsatira zake. Powonjezera chipongwe, a White House adayesetsa kuchepetsa bajeti ya EPA, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti titsatire milandu yomwe tidayambitsa kale motsutsana ndi oipitsa ena omwe adasemphana ndi lamulo, kuyambira opanga magalimoto kupita kumalo oyeretsera, malo ogulitsa nkhumba zazikulu zamafakitale. , ndi makampani a mapepala. Zinaonekeratu kuti Bush analibe chidwi ndi chilengedwe-komanso zocheperapo pakukhazikitsa malamulo omwe amawateteza. Chotero masika apitawo, pambuyo pa zaka 12 pabungwelo, ndinasiya ntchito, ndikufotokoza zifukwa zanga m’kalata yapoyera yopita kwa Administrator [Christine Todd] Whitman.”
Anasiya ntchito, February 27, 2002.
Bruce Buckheit: Msilikali wazaka 30 yemwe anali msilikali wa boma, Buckheit adapuma pantchito chifukwa chokhumudwa ndi zoyesayesa za kayendetsedwe ka Bush pofuna kufooketsa malamulo a chilengedwe. Atafunsidwa ndi Mtolankhani wa NBC Stone Phillips, "Kodi vuto lalikulu lachitetezo ndi liti pakali pano pankhani ya kuwonongeka kwa mpweya?," Mlangizi wakale wakale wa Environmental Enforcement Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, ndiyeno Mtsogoleri wa EPA's Air Enforcement Division, anali wosakayikira: "Bungwe la Bush Administration. .” Ananenanso kuti "bomali laganiza zoika patsogolo chuma cha mafakitale oyaka moto m'malo mwa zokomera anthu kuti achepetse kuwonongeka kwa mpweya." Anasiya ntchito, November 2003.
Rich Biondi: Wogwira ntchito ku EPA wazaka 32, Biondi adapuma pantchito ngati Associate Director of the Air Enforcement Division of the Environmental Protection Agency. Iye anati, "Sitinapatsidwe ufulu womwe takhala nawo, ndipo olamulira a Bush anali kusokoneza kwambiri luso loti ntchitoyi ichitike. Panali zisonyezo kuti zinthu zidzawunikidwa mosamala kwambiri, ndipo tinkafunika zifukwa zambiri kuti tibweretse milandu. ” Anapuma pantchito, December 2004.
Martin E. Sullivan, Richard S. Lanier ndi Gary Vikan: Mamembala atatu a White House Cultural Property Advisory Committee, onse adasiya ntchito zawo kutsutsa kubedwa kwa National Museum of Antiquities ku Baghdad. M'kalata yake yosiya ntchito, Sullivan, tcheyamani wa Komitiyi, analemba kuti, "Tsoka silinalepheretsedwe, chifukwa cha kusachitapo kanthu kwa dziko lathu," pamene Lanier adatsutsa "kupanda chidwi kwa akuluakulu a boma ndi kulingalira za kuukira kwa Iraq ndi kutayika kwa chuma cha chikhalidwe." Anasiya ntchito, April 14, 2003.
Pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho Katrina, maso anayamba kuyang'ana pa Federal Emergency Management Agency ndi osankhidwa andale akuyendetsa. Kodi zidachitika ndi chiyani kwa akatswiri omwe adagwirapo ntchito ya FEMA? Mu 2004, Pleasant Mann, msilikali wazaka 17 wa FEMA yemwe amatsogolera bungwe la ogwira ntchito m'boma anauza. Indyweek:
"Kuyambira chaka chatha, anthu ambiri achoka omwe adapanga mapulogalamu athu ambiri. Zambiri zamabizinesi zapita. Aliyense amene anatha kupuma wachoka, ndiyeno anthu ambiri asamukira ku mabungwe ena.”
Kukhumudwitsidwa ndi momwe zinthu zilili panopa pa FEMA kunatchulidwa kukhala chifukwa chachikulu cha kupatukana kwaunyinji. M'malo mwake, kafukufuku wa February 2004 ndi American Federation of Government Employees anapeza kuti 80% mwa anthu ogwira ntchito otsalawo adanena kuti FEMA yakhala "bungwe losauka" kuyambira pomwe idasamutsidwira ntchito. Bush yopangidwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo cha Kwawo. Zomwe zidachitikira FEMA zachitika, m'njira zazikulu ndi zazing'ono, ku mabungwe ena ambiri aboma. M'nkhani yolembedwa ndi Amanda Griscom in Magazini ya Grist, Jeff Ruch, mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, adanena za kuchuluka kwa "zachilendo" kwa asayansi m'malo mwa mabungwe a boma panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Bush. "Ngati wasayansi apereka yankho lolakwika amadzipha pantchito," adatero.
Ngakhale zitafotokozedwa, ovulala paulamuliro wa Bush ndi ankhondo. Ziwerengero za ntchito zaboma zidasokonekera, kusokoneza, kukhudzidwa, kapena kusokonekera chifukwa cha nkhondo, bajeti, ndondomeko, ndi mapulogalamu a bungweli ndizosatheka kudziwa. Ngakhale oyang'anira onse amasiya matupi atazaza pambuyo pake, palibe m'makumbukidwe aposachedwa omwe abwera pafupi ndi oyang'anira a Bush popereka ziwonetsero zambiri zapagulu zosiya ntchito, kusakhutira, kapena kukwiyira chifukwa cha chithandizo kapena mfundo. Mndandanda womwe watchulidwa pamwambapa wa ovulalawo umaphatikizapo pakati pa odziwika bwino omwe adasiya ntchito kapena kusiya utsogoleri atakakamizidwa (ngakhale osati omwe adavutika kwambiri ndi zochita zawo). Mwina palibe amene akudziwa kuti ndi angati ogwira ntchito m'boma, m'magulu onse wagwa pamaso pa Bush administration. Amene atchulidwa pamwambawa ndi ochepa chabe mwa mamembala apamwamba kwambiri a gulu lankhondo lomwe silinawerengedwe, mayina ochepa chabe omwe timawadziwa.
[ZINDIKIRANI: Ngati mukudziwa ena, kapena ndinu m'modzi mwa "gulu lankhondo lomwe lagwa", chonde tumizani chidziwitso (ndi chilichonse chomwe mungafune kupereka) kwa [imelo ndiotetezedwa] ndi mutu wakuti: “fallen legion” kuwonjezera dzina lina pa “khoma”. Uwu ndi mutu TomDispatch akufuna kubwereranso mtsogolo.]
[Tithokoze mwapadera kwa Rebecca Solnit popereka lingaliro lachidutswachi, ndipo "kutumiza" izo.]
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