[Ichi chinyorwa, chinotarisa Pakati peDutu: Makore angu paCIA naGeorge Tenet naBill Harlow (HarperCollins, 549 pp., $30.00) inoonekwa muChikunguru 19, 2007 chinyorwa che Ongororo yeNew York yeMabhuku.]
Mapindiro atakaita muIraq ndiwo mubvunzo mukuru wakavhurika wemakore gumi asi George Tenet mundangariro yake yemakore manomwe achimhanyisa Central Intelligence Agency anotora nguva yake inotapira achishanda nzira yake kwairi. Anozeza nekuti ane zvakawanda zvekutsanangura: zvakataurwa neTenet's CIA ine โruvimbo rukuruโ kuti Iraq yaive nezvombo zvine ngozi zvese zvakaratidza kuti ndezvenhema. Asi kukanganisa chinhu chimwe, chinopembererwa kunyange kana chakakomba; zvisingagoneki zvingave mhosva dzekubatana mukunyengedza Congress uye veruzhinji kuti hondo ivepo. Chinangwa chikuru chaTenet mubhuku rake rakanyatsonyorwa kuramba โkuti takabika mabhukuโ nezvezvombo zveIraq zvekuparadza kukuru. Kana akazvitaura kamwe chete anotaura kane gumi nemaviri. "Takaudza mutungamiri wenyika zvatakaita paIraq WMD nekuti takazvitenda."
Asi kudzokorora hakuna kukwana. Dambudziko reTenet nderekuti hungwaru nehondo zvakaenderera mberi mukuvhara: hapana hungwaru, hapana hondo. Sezvo Tenet yakaunza hungwaru (hwakawedzeredzwa zvinokatyamadza), uye Mutungamiriri akahushandisa kuenda kuhondo, Tenet angaite sei kuti atendese nyika kuti akanga asiri kungopa mukuru wacho zvaaida? Tenet haafarire mubvunzo uyu asi zviri pachena kuti veruzhinji vekuAmerica neCongress havaufarire zvakanyanya. Pazasi penzira iyoyo pane chokwadi chinorwadza pamusoro pehunhu uye zvinangwa zveMutungamiriri nevarume nevakadzi vakamupoteredza. Asi kubuda muIraq hakuzove nyore, uye danho rekutanga rinodikanwa kuwana ushingi hwevagari vemo kuti vasimbirire pakuziva kuti takapinda sei. Memoir yeTenet inzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga; zvimwe zvezvaanotiudza uye zvakawanda zvaanosiya zvinonongedza kumavambo ehondo muWhite House - chinhu chekupedzisira icho Tenet anoda kutaura zvakajeka. Anopindira kumubvunzo pakupedzisira papeji 301: "Chimwe chezvakavanzika zvikuru kwandiri," anonyora kudaro, "ndipo chaipo apo hondo muIraq yakava isingadzivisiki."
Hans Blix, mutungamiriri weboka reUnited Nations rinoongorora zvombo, akanga asingadaviri kuti hondo yakanga isingadzivisiki kutozosvikira kupfura kwatanga. Mukuona kwaBlix, yakashumwa mune yake memoir Kubvisa zvombo muIraq, kutadza kwevaongorori vake kuwana WMD yaSaddam Hussein kwaireva kuti kurwisa kweUS kuIraq kwaigona kumiswa, pamwe kudziviswa zvachose. Kuna Blix zvaive zvezvombo. Shanduro yeTenet yezviitiko inojekesa kuti WMD, zvisinei neballyhoo yese, yaive yechipiri; chimwe chinhu chaifambisa zviitiko.
Kusiiwa kwaTenet kunotanga paZuva Rechipiri rekufora kuenda kuhondo, Gunyana 12, 2001, apo vakuru vakuru vatatu vekuBritain vakauya kumuzinda weCIA โhusiku hwacho chete, kuzotaura runyararo uye kuva nesu. Takadya manheru iwayo kuLangley,โฆ.sezvinobaya mwoyo chiitiko chandakasangana nacho mumakore manomwe ndiri DCI.โ Iyi ingadai iri nzvimbo yakanaka yekutsanangura mavambo ehondo asi Tenet inoramba. Tinofanira kuzadza zvidimbu zvisipo isu pachedu.
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