Kunyomba kunozivikanwa muWashington, DC se "The Leak" haisi nyaya iri nyore kunzwisisa. Vanhu vazhinji vandakataura navo vanongove nepfungwa isina kujeka yezvakakosha: kuti Bush manejimendi akaedza kutsiva kune mumiriri anotsoropodza nezvehondo yake nekuburitsa pachena kuti mukadzi wake aive akahwanda CIA mumiriri.
Asi pfupiso iyi inosiya mibvunzo yakakosha isina kupindurwa. Nei iyo White House yaizotevera imwe yehurumende yeCIA vamiririri? Sei uku kutyora kunoratidzika kunge kusinganzwisisike kuchikosha? Chii chakaitika kubva pakatanga kunyomba mukutanga kwekudonha?
Kusvika pazasi pemibvunzo iyi kwakakosha nekuti "The Leak" inoramba iri imwe yeanonyanya kuburitsa maratidziro anowanikwa mune rima divi rekuti hutongi hweBush hunoshanda sei - mafambisiro aakaita nyaya yehutsotsi yehondo, uye akatanga kurwisa kunotyisa. maonero akasiyana. Izvo zvakakoshawo nekuti vezvenhau vemazuvano vakaratidza kubvuma zvinoshungurudza sezvo White House yakashanda "kudzima nyaya."
Kana iwe usina kunyatsonzwisisa kunyomba kare, zvakakodzera kuti utarise zvakare.
Muna Kukadzi 2002, pachikumbiro cheMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri Dick Cheney, CIA yakatumira aimbove Mumiriri weUS, Joseph Wilson kuCentral Africa kuti aongorore mhosva dzekuti Saddam Hussein akaedza kutenga uranium muNiger mukupera kwema1990. Wilson akaona kuti zvaipomerwa zvacho ndezvekunyepa uye akapa rondedzero ine udzame achitaura kudaro kuvakuru vake.
Chirevo ichi chakarasika kana kufuratirwa. Pfungwa yekuti Iraq inogona kunge iine nyukireya yaive yakanyanya nyore mune zvematongerwo enyika kuti irege kudonhedzwa neHurumende ichisundira hondo. Mhosva dzeuranium dzakapinda muBush muna 2003 State of the Union address. Pavakazofumurwa, vakave vane mukurumbira "16 mazwi" chiratidzo chekushandisa kweWhite House kwehungwaru husina kunaka kutengesa kupinda kwayo muIraq.
Joseph Wilson akagara akanyarara kuburikidza nehuwandu hwekukakavadzana. Nekudaro, mushure mekunge vakuru vakuru vehurumende varamba vachiramba kuti vaive neruzivo rwekutanga kuti hungwaru hweNiger hwaive hwakashata, Wilson akaburitsa chinyorwa chaChikunguru 6. New York Times vachikurukura nezverwendo rwake uye mushumo wake. "Ndakavapa mwedzi kuti vagadzirise rekodhi," Wilson akatsanangurira New Yorker mutori wenhau Seymour Hersh, achitaura nezveWhite House, "asi vakaramba vachinyepa."
Hutongi hweBush hwakashatirwa nekuridza muridzo kwaWilson. Vashandi vayo vakaronga kupenda mumiriri uyu seasina hunyanzvi uye ane chekuita nezvematongerwo enyika. Ed Gillespie, mukuru weRepublican National Committee, akarwisa Wilson achiti anotsigira bato reDemocrat nekuti akapa mari kumushandirapamwe wesarudzo wa2000 waAl Gore. Gillespie haana kutaura kuti Wilson akanga apirawo kumushandirapamwe waGeorge W. Bush, waakatsigira muchidimbu. Uyezve, Wilson akanga ashandira George Bush Sr. senhume inokosha kuIraq isati yatanga Gulf War, achiwana kurumbidzwa kukuru kubva kuRepublicans neDemocrats zvakafanana.
Zvakatonyanya kuipa kupfuura kukanganisa kwaGillespie, vaviri "vakuru vakuru vehurumende" vakapa hafu yevatori venhau neruzivo rwekuti mudzimai waWilson, Valerie Plame, aive mumiriri weCIA aishanda pazvombo zvekuparadza kukuru. Mumwe chete wevatori venhau, munyori wenhau anochengetedza Robert Novak, akataura chokwadi ichi, achicherechedza mutsamba yake yaChikunguru 14 kuti masosi maviri "akandiudza kuti mudzimai waWilson akakurudzira kumutumira kuNiger kuti aongorore."
Pakazvarwa chigumbu. Kuburitsa pachena kuzivikanwa kweanoshandira akavanzika ehungwaru imhosva yemubatanidzwa, yakarambidzwa zvakanyanya mu1982 Identities Protection Act. Vakuru vakuru vaviri vane mhosva.
Asi nei iyo White House ichiita iyo ruzivo nezvemukadzi waWilson chikamu chemushandirapamwe wavo wekunyepa? Imwe chirevo ndechekuti, nekuburitsa kuzivikanwa kwaPlame, vaiyedza kutaura kuti Wilson aive asina kunyatsokodzera kuferefeta mubvunzo weNiger uye kuti akasarudzwa chete nekuda kwehukama hwake nemumwe munhu kuCIA. Imwe tsananguro ndeyokuti vakuru vakuru vacho vakakurudzirwa nokuzvibata cheteโkuti vakanga vachitsvaka nzira ipi neipi yaigona kukuvadza Wilson uye vaiziva kuti kukuvadza basa romudzimai wake kwaizoita izvi.
Mukana wechitatu ndewekuti vakuru vakuru vakatenda kuti kutevera mumiriri weCIA kunogona kutumira chiratidzo chine simba kune yakakosha vateereri: vasina kugutsikana nevakuru vehungwaru. Zvinonyatsozivikanwa kuti vazhinji vanoongorora zvehungwaru vari kushatirwa nematauriro asina chokwadi nezvezvombo zvaSaddam "zvakapinzwa pachitofu" kuvakuru vakuru vehurumende vachityora maitirwo ekuongorora anogamuchirwa ndokuzoendeswa kune veruzhinji sechokwadi chakasimbiswa.
Mushure meWilson op-ed, zvinogoneka kuti veWhite House vezvematongerwo enyika vakanzwa kuti vaifanira kuendesa meseji kune vamwe neruzivo rwemukati nezvehungwaru husina kunaka.
Vachitsigira maonero aya, muongorori weCIA akasiya basa Ray McGovern anopikisa kuti "chinangwa chevakuru vakuru" chaive chekuumba kusasimba kwakasimba kune avo vangangoedzwa kutevera muenzaniso weushingi wakaitwa naJoseph Wilson mukutaura mazwi emutungamiri wenyika kuratidza kuti nyika yedu yakaenda. hondo nenhema."
Chero zvingave zvakasanganiswa zvikonzero, kubuda kwaValerie Plame sechikamu chekurwiswa kwemunhu anotsoropodza Dhipatimendi imhosva inokatyamadza.
Kupokana kwakatanga kuve kwakapararira mumazuva ekupedzisira aGunyana, mushure me Washington Post yakashuma kuti kuferefetwa kwepamutemo kwaiitwa. Kutariswa kwenhau huru kwakaratidza kwenguva pfupi, zvisinei.
Mumazuva akatevera Post yakaburitsa scoop yayo, vakati wandei vanochengetedza vakakwenya kuzvidza kukosha kwenyaya. Nekuda kwake, Robert Novak, munyori wepepanhau akatanga kutaura ruzivo rwakaipa rwakaunzwa kwaari ne "vakuru vakuru vehurumende," akaedza kuderedza nyaya iyi nekutumira zvisiri izvo kuti Plame aingova "muongorori" wepenzura uye kwete chaizvo. a sensitive operation.
Kutaura zvazviri, Plame akashanda pachivande netaneti yaiongorora kuendeswa kwezvombo zvisiri pamutemo kune dzimwe nyika. Sekureva kwemuongorori weCIA akarega basa Ray McGovern, kubuda kwaPlame "kuchapisa network yake yese yevamiririri vanotaura nezvezvombo zvekuparadza kukuru, kuisa vamiririri ivavo munjodzi huru uye nekuparadza kugona kwake padanho repamusoro rebasa rake kugadzirisa nyaya iyi yakakosha."
Pasinei nekuedza kwevaongorori, tarisa pakunyomba kwakawedzera kwenguva pfupi. Vakatarisana nekumanikidzwa neveruzhinji, Mutungamiri Bush akataura kushushikana kukuru nekubata tsotsi muWhite House yake. Panguva imwe cheteyo, akataura mashoko akashata aifanoratidza kukundikana kweongororo. "Handizive kuti tichatsvaga mukuru wehurumende," akadaro. "Iyi iKutonga kwakakura uye kune vakawanda vakuru vakuru vehurumende, uye ini handina kana zano."
Nemamwe maDemocrat anodaidzira zano rakazvimirira kuti riongorore, veWashington vakaiswa mune isinganzwisisike. Kunyangwe vazhinji vachiramba huipi hwenyaya, vatsigiri ava vaifanirawo kupokana kuti Hurumende yaizotora kuferefetwa kweyayo kuburitswa kwayo zvakakomba, zvichidzivirira kukosha kwemuongorori wekunze. Ndiani, kunyanya, wavaiti angave munhu akanakisa kuita ongororo yakatendeseka, yakakwana, uye isina rusarura yemhosva dzeBush management? John Ashcroft.
Mutungamiri Bush akati, "Ndine chivimbo chekuti Dhipatimendi reJustice richaita basa rakanaka." Vamwe vacherechedzi vazhinji, zvisinei, vakapokana kuti kubatana kwakadzama pakati peAshcroft nevashandi vakuru veWhite House saKarl Rove kunopa kupesana kwakajeka kwezvido.
Uyezve, Senator Charles Schumer akacherekedza kuti Dhipatimendi reJustice rakaita zvikanganiso musvondo rekutanga rekuferefeta. Magweta akamirira mazuva mana pakati pekuvhura kuferefeta kwavo uye kukumbira White House kuchengetedza humbowo hwese hwakakodzera, vachigadzira hwindo umo humbowo hwakakosha hungadai hwakaparadzwa.
Nepo kufarira kwemapepanhau makuru muchiitiko ichi kwakaputika mukutanga kudonha, kufukidzwa kwakapera nekukurumidza, muchikamu, pasina kupokana, nekuti kubuda kweCIA mumiriri hakudzikisire muchidimbu chegumi neshanu. Kutsvaga kweLexis-Nexis kwemapepanhau makuru kunoratidza kuti zita rekuti Valerie Plame rakataurwa muzvinyorwa 15 muna Gumiguru, mazhinji mumavhiki ekutanga mushure mekunyomba kwacho. Asi pakasvika Mbudzi, nyaya yacho yakanga yatonyangarika, paine zvinyorwa gumi chete zvaingotaura nezvenyaya iyi mwedzi wese.
Zvakaratidza, zvakare, kuti hutongi hweBush hwaimhanyisa maitiro. The Financial Times anonyora kuti, "Ipo ichibvumira kuferefetwa kwepamutemo pamusoro pekubvinza kufambire mberi, White House yaita basa rinoshamisa rekudzima nyaya," ichiramba kupa vatori venhau mhando yezvigadziriso idzo hutungamiriri hwaClinton hwaigara huchiita panguva yekuferefetwa kweWhitewater. . "Takasiya vanofamba-famba pamusoro peiyi," mumwe mukuru mukuru weWhite House akaudza Times pamamiriro ekusazivikanwa.
Mumazuva ekupedzisira a2003, zvitsva zviri kuitika mukuferefeta kwePlame zvakakwezva vamwe vezvenhau kunyaya iyi, asi zvakasimbisawo kukosha kwekuenderera mberi kwekumanikidza veruzhinji. Nenzira yakanaka, Ashcroft akabvuma kushoropodzwa uye akazvibvisa kubva mukubatanidzwa mukuferefeta. Pane kudaro, mutevedzeri weDhipatimendi reRuramisiro achatarisa mashandiro e "gweta rakasarudzika," gweta reUS, VaPatrick J. Fitzgerald.
The New York Times akaombera danho iri muchinyorwa chaDecember 21, "The Right thing, At Last." Vamwe vainyanya kusava nechokwadi. Howard Dean akapokana kuti kufamba "kwaive kudiki, kunonoka." Ray McGovern akawedzera kuti "maitiro haafanire kuvharidzira chokwadi chekuti pakudoma Fitzgerald, uyo anoramba ari pasi pechigaro chemutevedzeri waAshcroft, Bush Administration yaramba nzira chete yakakodzera - ichitumidza munhu wekunze kuti ave zano rakakosha."
The Times akacherechedza "kunonoka kwenguva refu," akabvunza kana Dhipatimendi reRuramisiro "richapa Mr. Fitzgerald rusununguko rwechokwadi rwekushanda," uye akati, "tingasaziva kuti chii chakakuvadza" nemwedzi miviri yeAshcroft stonewalling.
Izvo zvicharamba zvichionekwa kuti muongorori mutsva achazokwanisa here kana kuda kuvaka patsva tsvakiridzo ine hunyanzvi. Asi zvisinei nekuti iro zano rakakosha rinochengetedza danho rekare rekuvanzika, veruzhinji vanokodzera kuburitswa kwenhau iyo White House ingada kuviga zvakare.
Mark Engler munyori uye muratidziri anogara muNew York City. Rubatsiro rwekutsvaga kwechinyorwa ichi chakapihwa naJason Rowe.