Mutauriri weImba John Boehner anodana Edward Snowden "mutengesi." Sachigaro weSeneti Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, anoti kuridza muridzo kwake kweushingi "chiito chekupandukira." Zvakadini nehutungamiriri hweCongressal Progressive Caucus? 

Seboka guru remaDemocrats paCapitol Hill, Progressive Caucus inogona kupa huremu hwepamusoro kune bombast inobva kune vanofarira Boehner naFeinstein. Asi kuti izvozvo zviitike, vatungamiriri veboka renhengo makumi manomwe neshanu vangada kuratidza muenzaniso wakanaka nekurwa chaiko. 

Parizvino, kunyangwe patinonzwa mamwe mazwi anovimbisa, kukura kwechisungo chezvematongerwo enyika chiri shure kwavo hakuna kujeka. 

"Uku kuunganidzwa kwedata kunokanganisa rusununguko rwevanhu vekuAmerica," mumwe sachigaro weProgressive Caucus Keith Ellison akataura nezveNSA kuongorora marekodhi enhare. Akawedzera kuti: “Kodzero yevagari vedu yekuvanzika yakakosha uye haigone kutaurirana. . . . Chirongwa chatiri kunzwa nezvacho nhasi chinoita sechisingaremekedzi muganhu iwoyo. Izvo, uye chero zvimwe zvirongwa zviri kuitwa neNSA nemamwe makambani enharembozha, ngazvipere.

Mumwe sachigaro weProgressive Caucus, Raul Grijalva, akanga asina kujeka. "Sangano rehungwaru rakavanzika rinounganidza mamirioni emarekodhi efoni nekuashandisa sezvarinoona zvakakodzera imhando yekuwedzeredza iyo vazhinji vedu takayambira nezvayo mushure mekunge Patriot Act yave mutemo," akadaro. "Kuenderera mberi nechirongwa ichi nekusingaperi kunopa fungidziro yekuramba takakombwa uye tichida kuziva zvese nguva dzese kuti tichengetedzeke, izvo zvandinowana maonero anonetsa emitemo yeAmerica yekuchengetedza."

Uye Grijalva akataura zvakananga: "Tiri kuvimbiswa kuti izvi zvishoma, zvinotariswa uye hapana hombe. Patakanzwa zvakafanana pasi peMutungamiri Bush, hatina kusununguka kutora shoko rake pamusoro pazvo uye kuenderera mberi. Ndinonzwawo saizvozvo nhasi.”

Vashanu vatevedzeri vezvigaro zveCongressional Progressive Caucus ibhegi rakasanganiswa rerusununguko.

Judy Chu wekuCalifornia akataura chirevo chisina kujeka, achidana "kuburitswa kwemishumo isina kunyorwa nehutungamiriri pamusoro pemashandisirwo emasimba eFISA" uye nekupa iyo bromide "inoda kuenzanisa pakati pekuedza kwechihwande uye pachena."

David Cicilline weRhode Island akadana NSA spying pamarekodhi efoni neInternet "inoshungurudza." Asi akaenderera mberi achingotaura kuti "hurumende yemubatanidzwa ine basa rekuona kuchengetedzwa kwenyika uye kuchengetedza kodzero yemugari wese yekuvanzika."

Michael Honda, akatarisana neanokwikwidza gore rinouya mudunhu rake redhijitari tekinoroji mudunhu reSan Jose, akataura izvi: "Ndashungurudzwa zvikuru neNational Security Agency yekuongorora runhare uye zviitiko zvepamhepo zvevanhu vekuAmerica pasina chikonzero. . . . . Ndinotenda vanhu vese vekuAmerica vanofanirwa kungwarira zvakanyanya nerudzi urwu rwekuunganidzwa kwakakura kwedata remunhu, rakavanzika repamhepo. "

Sheila Jackson Lee wekuHouston, anogara mudare reHomeland Security Committee muImba, airatidza hunyanzvi hwake mukupopota-nezvekuchengetedzwa kwenyika uku achinzvenga kutyorwa kukuru kwerusununguko rwevanhu. Akataura kukosha kwekudzikisa kushandiswa kwemakontrakta akazvimirira uye "kugadzirisa kushomeka muhurongwa hwekuchengetedza kuchengetedza."

Jan Schakowsky, mumiriri weChicago anove nhengo yeHouse Intelligence Committee, akataura chirevo achiti: "Ndanga ndiine kushushikana kwenguva refu nemasimba ekuongorora ayo Congress yakapa masangano ehungwaru, kusanganisira National Security Agency."

Asi zvirevo-zvinonzwika hazvikonzeri shanduko huru mumatongerwo.

Kana yakapfuura iri gwara ripi neripi, vatungamiriri nedzimwe nhengo dzeProgressive Caucus dzinogara dzichitaura zvinhu zvinofadza matunhu ari kufambira mberi kumusha - pasina kukanda pasi gauntlet uye kurwisa hutongi hwakajekesa kushora kwayo rusununguko rwakakosha.

Izvo zvinogona uye dambudziko zvinonyanya kufananidzirwa neProgressive Caucus chikwapuro, Barbara Lee wekuCalifornia, ane nharo akasimba anofambira mberi muImba.

Lee akapa chirevo chakanaka kune rimwe pepanhau romunzvimbomo, achiti: “Kodzero yokuva woga munyika ino haigoni kudzokororwa. Tine hurongwa hwekutarisa uye kuenzanisa kuchengetedza rusununguko rwedu rwevanhu, uye ini ndichitenda kuti kuchengetedzwa kwenyika kwakakosha, tinofanira kufambira mberi nenzira isingapisi tsika nerusununguko rweAmerica. "

Zvakadaro svondo rakazara mushure mekunge nyaya yekuongorora yeNSA yaputika, pakanga pasina kana nhau dzakaburitswa panhau yacho yaizowanikwa pawebhusaiti yepamutemo yeCongresswoman Lee. Haana kana chimwe chaakataura nezve scandal iyi.

Kana nhengo dzeCongress dzakanyanya kufambira mberi dzikasada kuenda kunokwikwidzana nemumwe-Democrat Obama pamusoro penyaya yakadzama sebhiri rekodzero, mhedzisiro ichave kutadza kusiririsa kwehutungamiriri - pamwe nenjodzi isingagadzirike kune United States of America.

Uye zvakadini nekutaura pamusoro paEdward Snowden nepo vamwe mumapato ese ari paCapitol Hill vachimuti mutengesi uye vachimuti ane mhosva yekupandukira? Kutaurwa pachena paruzhinji nezvehunhu hweushingi hwekuridza muridzo kunoratidzika kunge ibhiriji reCongress kure kure.

Saka, semune dzimwe nguva dzisingaverengeki dzenhoroondo, "kana vanhu vachitungamira, vatungamiriri vachatevera" - uye ipapo chete. Unogona kubatsira kutungamira kana iwe saina chikumbiro"Tenda NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden” nekudzvanya apa.

Norman Solomon ndiye muvambi weRootsAction.org uye akatanga director weInstitute for Public Accuracy. Mabhuku ake anosanganisira "Hondo Yakagadzirwa Nyore: Mapurezidhendi nemaPundits Vanoramba Vachitisunda Kufa." 

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