Izityhilelo zamva nje malunga nendoda ihlala ibonwa "njengegorha lokuziphatha" lehlazo le-Watergate, i Washington Iposi Bob Woodward, yiva kumsitho womngcwabo. Ukufunda iingxelo zeendaba zendlela uWoodward awaginya ngayo iPlame yokuqala ukuvuza iminyaka nje emibini nangaphezulu ngaphandle kokukroba emva koko waphuma kwisekethe yaseLarry-King ukugxotha ukubaluleka kwePlamegate, into eyathi qatha engqondweni yayingumsitho wokungcwatywa othi, “ ukulahlela” umzimba emhlabeni, ngokuyinxenye, “uthuthu eluthuthwini, uthuli eluthulini.” Ukuba bekukho inguqulelo yeWatergate/Plamegate yale nto, loo mabinzana mabini anokutshintshwa ngokuthi “Nixon to Bush, Woodward to Woodward.”

Iyamangalisa, akunjalo, ukuba iingxaki ezimbini ezinkulu zomgaqo-siseko zesiqingatha senkulungwane edlulileyo "zifakwe kwisango" ngenxa yokuba eyokuqala yaba ngumbulelo esidlangalaleni ngamasela ezopolitiko kwindawo eneflethi ebizwa ngokuba yiWatergate. Siye sagaywa ukusukela ngoko. Ayimangalisi into yokuba isigqibo sikaBob Woodward sokukhusela umthombo sigcina zombini ezi ngxaki- kwaye, nangona umthombo unokuba ngumthombo, umahluko phakathi kwala maxesha mabini usixelela okuninzi ngehlabathi esithe sadlula kulo phakathi kokubekwa ityala kukaRichard Nixon ngo-1973 nanamhlanje. .

Kuyo yomibini le mizuzu, bekungayi kuba yinto ephosakeleyo ukuthi iqela elincinane lamagosa aphezulu, “cabal” (ukusebenzisa igama elithi UColin Powell owayesakuba yiNtloko yaBasebenzi Lawrence Wilkerson) wathatha ulawulo kurhulumente, enenjongo yokuqhuba imfazwe yangaphandle (nangona kwimeko kaNixon, enye yaqalwa kwaye yanda ngoomongameli beDemokhrasi); enenjongo yokudyobha nokutshabalalisa iintshaba zikamongameli, ngakumbi ezo ezichasene nemfazwe, ekusebenziseni “ukhuseleko lwesizwe” ukuze kufumaneke igunya lezopolitiko, nasekususeni amakhamandela oMgaqo-siseko ekukwazini kukamongameli ukulandela nayiphi na imigaqo-nkqubo anokuyinqwenela.

Kwixesha lokuqala lalo mzuzu, uBob Woodward, onamabhongo, oselula Washington Post Intatheli, kunye nogxa wakhe uCarl Bernstein, bakhusele umthombo obizwa ngokuba yi "Deep Throat" (ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yi-FBI yesibini-kumyalelo. UMarko Waziva) kubomi obuthandekayo. Kuloo meko, into ababeyikhusela bobabini yayingamandla olwazi lukaFelt lokuwisa urhulumente othe mbende kulo lonke uhlobo lokusetyenziswa kakubi nokusetyenziswa kakubi kwegunya. Ngomzuzu wePlamegate, uWoodward, ngoku oyintatheli eyinkwenkwezi ethe watya iWashington elite amashumi eminyaka kwaye (kwithiyori yokuba uyiloo nto uyityayo) uye waba ngomnye wabo, ukhusela umthombo kwakhona. Asazi ukuba ngubani, nangona kunjalo umrhanelwa omnye ophambili nguMcebisi woKhuseleko lweSizwe UStephen Hadley.

Kule meko, emva kweminyaka elishumi elinesithathu eyaphela ngolawulo lukaBush lufunxa iindawo zosasazo kupapasho lwalo kunye nokuhlasela koomatshini (kwaye ethanda kakhulu abanye), uWoodward uzifumana ekhusela omnye wabatyabi, ilungu le-cabal. , ekuchanabekeni ekusetyenzisweni kakubi nasekusetyenzisweni kakubi kwazo zonke iintlobo zegunya. Ngelixa umba - ukukhusela umthombo - ubonakala ungahlukanga, isimo somkhuseli sitshintshe kakhulu. Ngenxa yencwadi entsha, uWoodward uzimisele ukukhusela uluntu lwaseMelika kwizityhilelo ezahlukeneyo malunga norhulumente onenjongo yokutshabalalisa iRiphabliki. Onjani umahluko owenziwe kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka.

URuss Baker yibeke ngolu hlobo kwiTompaine.com:

“[T] yena kanye ingcaciso 'yentatheli ephandayo,' njengoko uWoodward ebhalwe kule mihla i-nauseum, intle elastiki. Ukudibana nomthombo kwigaraji yokupaka njengendlela yokuchonga ukusetyenziswa kakubi kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho oluphezulu ngabangaphakathi abanamandla yinto enye. Ukutya oko kumashumi amathathu eminyaka azayo ngelixa udibanisa nabantu abafakwe kakuhle ngaphakathi 'kwiakhawunti zabo ezikhethekileyo' yenye."

Asiyonto nje yazenzekela, okanye yinto edlulayo, ukuba iphepha ngalinye le-imperial yethu yonxweme lwaseMpuma, ENew York Times kwaye i Washington Post, yazifumanisa kule minyaka yokugqibela ikhuthaza ukuya kwincopho yeentatheli zodumo lweendaba ezibango labo eliphambili lodumo lalinjengababhali be<em>stenographer kwabanamandla; isenokugqalwa njengohlobo lobulungisa abathi, ekugqibeleni, iphepha ngalinye, endaweni yokuba libe ngumbhexeshi, lizifumanele lona. ephathwayo nge "nkwenkwezi" - Judy Miller kwimeko ye Maxesha - ogqaliselo oluphambili yayilolona hlobo lubi lokufikelela kumandla-ntatheli. Umbhali oliciko weBoston Globe uJames Carroll wawubeka ngokungqongqo lo mbandela xa wabhala wathi: “Njengokuba iWatergate yayimalunga nemfazwe yaseVietnam, umcimbi waseValerie Plame umalunga nemfazwe yaseIraq. UWoodward uye waba yenye intatheli ebethelelweyo, esenza umsebenzi wemfazwe kulawulo lukaBush ngelixa ezenza ozimeleyo kuyo. ” Kunokuthethwa okufanayo ngoJudy Miller (mhlawumbi nokuzenzisa okungaphantsi kokuzimela).

Kukho into encinci emangalisayo yembongi yeNgesi eyafa kudala, u-Humbert Wolfe - wandibonisa ngumfundi we-Tomdispatch - obonakala ebamba into ngalo mzuzu wentatheli:

Awunakuthemba ukunyoba okanye ukujija

Enkosi Thixo! intatheli yaseBritane

Kodwa ukubona into eya kuyenza indoda

Ukunganyotywa, akukho thuba lokuba.

[Eli nqaku lavela kuqala I-Tomdispatch.com, iblogi yeSizwe yeZiko, ebonelela ngokuhamba ngokuqhubekayo kweminye imithombo, iindaba, kunye noluvo oluvela kuTom Engelhardt, umhleli wexesha elide ekupapasheni, umseki we iProjekthi yobuKumkani baseMelika kunye nomlobi Ukuphela kweNkcubeko yokuNqoba.]

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