UJohn Kerry wayesengqondweni yam kusasa ngolwesithathu, hayi kuba wayendibize njengomntu othanda ilizwe kwiNBC News. Ndandifunda ibali eliphambili kwiNew York Times - "Amajoni ase-US azakuhamba e-Afghanistan ekupheleni kuka-2016” – ngefoto yamajoni aseMelika akhangela emiqolombeni. Andizange ndikhumbule uNobhala Welizwe kodwa uKerry oneminyaka engama-27 ubudala, ebuza, njengoko wayengqina kwi-Senate malunga nemikhosi yase-US eyayiseVietnam kwaye yayiza kuhlala eminye iminyaka emibini: Uyicela njani indoda ukuba ibeyindoda yokugqibela ukufa ngempazamo?
Ndazibuza ukuba uKerry oneminyaka engama-70 ubudala uya kunxulumana njani naloo mbuzo njengoko ejonge loo mfanekiso kunye neso sihloko. Kwaye ngoko wayelapho kwi-MSNBC emva kweyure, ukucinga ngam, kwakhona, ngexesha lodliwano-ndlebe malunga ne-Afghanistan eguquke ngokungaphephekiyo ku-Edward Snowden ngaphambi kodliwano-ndlebe lomnye umbhexeshi wam ngobo busuku:
Baninzi abantu abathanda ilizwe labo - ungabuyela kwiPentagon Papers kunye noDan Ellsberg nabanye abema baya kwinkqubo yenkundla yaseMelika kwaye benza ityala labo. U-Edward Snowden uligwala, ungumngcatshi, kwaye uye wangcatsha ilizwe lakhe. Kwaye ukuba ufuna ukubuyela ekhaya ngomso ukuze ajongane nomculo, anokukwenza oko.
Kumboniso wanamhlanje kunye ne-CBS, uKerry wandincoma kwakhona - wathi uSnowden "Ngaba kufuneka umntu abuyele eUnited States" ukujongana nezityholo. Kodwa uJohn Kerry akalunganga, kuba ayisingowo umlinganiselo wokuthand’ izwe xa kufikwa ekubetheni impempe, kum okanye uSnowden, ojongene nezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezifanayo endazenzayo ngokuveza amaPhepha ePentagon.
Njengoko Snowden uxelele uBrian Williams kwi-NBC kamva ngobo busuku kunye negqwetha likaSnowden landixelela ngentsasa elandelayo, wayengenakuba nalo ithuba lokuza ekhaya aze athethe ityala lakhe - esidlangalaleni okanye enkundleni.
U-Snowden wayeza kubuyela ekhaya kwisisele sentolongo- kwaye ayisiyiyo ibhlokhi yeseli nje eqhelekileyo kodwa evalelwe yedwa, kungekuphela nje iinyanga ezifana ne-Chelsea Manning kodwa isigwebo sakhe sonke, kwaye mhlawumbi nobomi bakhe bonke. Umcebisi wakhe wezomthetho, uBen Wizner, undixelele ukuba uqikelela ithuba lika-Snowden lokuvunyelwa ukuba aphume ngebheyile njengoziro. (Ndandingaphandle kwibhondi, ndithetha ngokuchasene nemfazwe yaseVietnam, zonke iinyanga ze-23 ndandiphantsi kwesimangalo).
Okona kubaluleke ngakumbi, imeko yangoku yokutshutshisa phantsi koMthetho woBuntlola lwenza ukuba ulingo olulungileyo lwenyani lungafumaneki kumntu waseMelika othe wabhenca ububi obuhleliweyo. Abaphengululi bezomthetho baye ngamandla ba phi kisana ukuba inkundla ephakamileyo yase-US – engekaze iqwalasele ukuba semthethweni komgaqo-siseko wokusetyenziswa kwe-Espionage Act ukuvuza kuluntu lwaseMelika – kufuneka ifumane ukusetyenziswa kwayo ngokungaphaya kwaye ichasene nomgaqo-siseko xa kungekho lukhuselo lomdla woluntu. I-Espionage Act, njengoko isetyenziswa kwabo baxelayo, iphula isiHlomelo sokuQala, yile nto bayithethayo.
Njengoko ndisazi kwelam icala, nobungqina buka-Snowden obakhe kwindawo yokuma buya kuvalwa ziinkcaso zikarhulumente kunye (ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba azihambisani nomgaqo-siseko) zezityholo zakhe. Lawo yayingamava am enkundleni, njengomntu wokuqala waseMelika ukutshutshiswa phantsi koMthetho wezobuNtlola – okanye nawuphi na omnye umthetho – wokunika ulwazi kubantu baseMelika.
Bendijonge phambili ekuboneleleni ngeakhawunti epheleleyo kulingo lwam kunokuba bendinike ngaphambili kuyo nayiphi na intatheli - nawuphi na uGlenn Greenwald okanye uBrian Williams wexesha lam - malunga neengqwalaselo ezandikhokelela ekubeni ndikhuphele kwaye ndisasaze amawaka amaphepha amaxwebhu ayimfihlo. . Ndandizigcinile iinkcukacha ezininzi ndade ndakwazi ukuziveza kwindawo yokuma, phantsi kwesifungo, kanye njengokuba uJohn Kerry oselula wayenike imigca yakhe eyomeleleyo kubungqina obufungelweyo.
Kodwa xa ekugqibeleni ndeva igqwetha lam libuza umbuzo ocwangcisiweyo kuvavanyo oluthe ngqo- Kutheni ukhuphele amaPhepha ePentagon? – Ndathuliswa phambi kokuba ndiqalise ukuphendula. Umtshutshisi karhulumente wachasa –ivelaphi – yaza ijaji yamxhasa. Igqwetha lam, licaphukile, lathi “alizange live ngetyala apho ummangalelwa engazange avunyelwe ukuba axelele inkundla ukuba kutheni enze le nto ayenzileyo.” Ijaji yaphendula yathi: ke, uva enye ngoku.
Kwaye kube njalo kuye wonke umntu obetha impempe phantsi kwesityholo, kwaye bekuya kuba njalo ukuba u-Edward Snowden ebesenkundleni yenkundla yaseMelika ngoku.
Inene, kule minyaka yakutsha nje, ukuthuliswa koMthetho woBuntlola kuye kwaba mandundu ngakumbi. Omnye umbhexeshi we-NSA otshutshisiweyo, uThomas Drake, wathintelwa ukuba athethe amagama athi "ukubetha impempe" kunye "nokuhlelwa ngokugqithisileyo" kwityala lakhe. (Ngombulelo, ityala leSebe lezoBulungisa lawa ngenye imini ngaphambi kokuba liqalise). Kwimeko yakutshanje yekontraka yeSebe likaRhulumente uStephen Kim, ijaji eyayichophele ityala yathi umtshutshisi “akuyomfuneko ukuba abonise ukuba inkcazelo ekutyholwa ukuba uyivuza inokonakalisa ukhuseleko lwelizwe laseUnited States okanye incede amagunya angaphandle, mhlawumbi oko kunokwenzeka.”
Siyibonile yonke le meko idlala ihlobo elidlulileyo kulingo lwe-Chelsea Manning. Ijaji yasemkhosini kwelo tyala ayizange ivumele uManning okanye igqwetha lakhe ukuba baphikisane nenjongo yakhe, ukungabikho komonakalo e-US, ukuhlelwa kweentambo okanye izibonelelo zokuvuza… wade wafunyanwa enetyala.
Ngaphandle kohlaziyo kuMthetho wobuNgcali ovumela inkundla ukuba imamele ukhuselo lomdla woluntu - okanye umngeni kukufaneleka kwemfihlo karhulumente kwimeko nganye - u-Snowden kunye no-Snowdens wexesha elizayo banako kwaye baya kukwazi kuphela "ukwenza ityala labo" ngaphandle kwe-United. States.
Njengoko ndiyazi kwiincoko ezithe ngqo zengxoxo-log kunye naye kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uSnowden wenze ngolwazi olupheleleyo malunga neenzame ezithandabuzekayo ngokomgaqo-siseko zolawulo luka-Obama, ngakumbi, ukusebenzisa uMthetho wobuNhloli ngendlela engazange ijongwe yiCongress: elilingana noMthetho weeMfihlo ezisemthethweni zaseBritane wenza ulwaphulo-mthetho nakuphi na ukukhutshwa kolwazi olungagunyaziswanga. (I-Congress iye yakhaba ngokuphindaphindiweyo iziphakamiso zesenzo esinjalo njengokwaphulwa koKhuseleko lokuQala lokuKhuselwa kwentetho yamahhala kunye noshicilelo lwamahhala; enye ngaphandle kwaleyo yayivalwe nguMongameli uClinton ngoNovemba 2000, ngenxa yezizathu zomgaqo-siseko.)
Umceli mngeni kaJohn Kerry ku-Snowden ukuba abuye kwaye ajamelane netyala isenokunganyaniseki okanye ayazi into yokuba utshutshiso lwangoku phantsi koMthetho we-Espionage aluvumeli mahluko nokuba yintoni na phakathi kompempe wokuthand’ izwe kunye nentlola. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, akukho nto ithethelela ukunyeliswa kukaKerry kunye nokudelela isimilo somfana othe, ngokoluvo lwam, wenze ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na ongaphakathi okanye ophuma kurhulumente kule nkulungwane ukubonisa ukuthanda izwe, isibindi sokuziphatha kunye nokunyaniseka kwisifungo sakhe seofisi. safunga: ukuxhasa kunye nokukhusela uMgaqo-siseko wase-United States.
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