Igosa eliphezulu le-CIA lalumkisa uCondoleezza Rice ngoSeptemba 2002 ukuba izityholo malunga ne-Iraq ifuna i-uranium ye-yellowcake evela eNiger yayingeyonyani kwaye yena, njengomcebisi wezokhuseleko lwelizwe, kufuneka anqande uMongameli uGeorge W. urhulumente, ngokobungqina obutsha obukhutshwe yikomiti yeNdlu.
Nangona kunjalo, ubuxoki
Nangona kunjalo, u-Rep. Henry Waxman, usihlalo weKomiti yeNdlu, wathi kwi-18 kaDisemba imemo kwamanye amalungu ephaneli ukuba izitatimende zikaRice kunye nowayesakuba ngumcebisi we-White House u-Alberto Gonzales zichasana nobungqina kunye nobunye ubungqina obuqokelelwe ngexesha lophando olude lwephaneli.
Ngaphezu kweminyaka emihlanu, bendifuna iimpendulo kwimibuzo esisiseko malunga nokuba kutheni uMongameli enze ubuxoki malunga nomcimbi obaluleke kangaka," utshilo uMdemokhrasi waseCalifornia.
"Njengomcebisi kaMongameli wezokhuseleko kuzwelonke ngelo xesha, u-Condoleezza Rice waqinisekisa esidlangalaleni ukuba akazi nto malunga nakuphi na ukuthandabuza i-CIA eyayiphakamisile malunga neli bango ngaphambi kwe-2003 ye-State of the Union idilesi," uWaxman wabhala, ephawula ukuba uGonzales "uqinisekisile I-Senate - egameni lakhe - ukuba iCIA ivume ukusetyenziswa kwebango kwiintetho ezininzi zomongameli.
"IKomidi [yeNdlu yokuHlola] ifumene ubungqina bokuba okuchaseneyo kuyinyaniso. Obu bungqina buya kubonakala buphakamisa imibuzo enzulu malunga nokunyaniseka kweengxelo ezenziwa nguMnu. Gonzales kwiCongress egameni likaDkt Rice malunga nenxalenye ephambili ye Ityala likaMongameli lokuya emfazweni e-Iraq.
Ubungqina beCIA
I-House Oversight Committee ifumene ubungqina kuJami Miscik, owayenguSekela Mlawuli we-CIA we-Intelligence ngo-2002. U-Miscik wathi wangenelela neRice emva kokuba abanye abancedisi beRice kubasebenzi beBhunga loKhuseleko lweSizwe baxhathisa iimfuno ze-CIA ukuba basuse ibango le-uranium yaseNiger. intetho yomongameli.
"UNksz Miscik uthe wathetha noDkt Rice ngqo ngefowuni ngoSeptemba 24, 2002," uWaxman wabhala kwimemo yakhe. "UNksz. Miscik ... wacelwa ukuba achazele ngokuthe ngqo kuGqr Rice 'izizathu zokuba singacingi ukuba le nto inokuthenjwa.' UNksz. Inqanaba ngengazange abe nalo umnxeba kwaphela.'
Abaphandi beNdlu bafunde kuJohn Gibson, umbhali wentetho oyintloko kwi-NSC, ukuba kukho inzame yokufaka ibango le-uranium yaseNiger kwintetho kaBush yangaphambili ngokwesicelo sombhali we-White House uMichael Gerson kunye noRobert Joseph, umncedisi ophezulu weRice. .
Nangona kunjalo, uGibson uthe i-CIA yalile ibango le-uranium "njengelingathembekanga ngokwaneleyo ukulifaka kwintetho." UGibson wongezelela ukuba "i-CIA ayifuni ukucacisa olo lwimi" kwaye "ekupheleni kosuku abazange bayicacise."
I-CIA yalwela ukugcina izityholo zaseNiger kwenye intetho kamongameli e-Iraq, ecwangciselwe u-Oktobha 2002 eCincinnati, ngokobungqina obuvela kuMlawuli we-CIA uGeorge Tenet, owathi wathetha ngokwakhe noStephen Hadley, isekela likaRice.
โEkubekeni kwakhe, uMnu. Tenet unike iinkcukacha ezintsha malunga nobume obucacileyo bezi zilumkiso,โ ubhale watsho uWaxman, esongeza ukuba uTenet uthe wadibana nabasebenzi abangaphantsi kweCIA abamcenga ukuba angenelele kuba bebechasana nabasebenzi be-NSC malunga nokubetha. ulwazi oluthandabuzekayo kwintetho.
โAbasebenzi behla bazokuthi kukho ulwimi oluthile abalufunayo kwaye, ngokusisiseko, ndibize uMnumzana Hadley,โ utshilo uTenet. "Ibiyincoko emfutshane kakhulu. Kwaye ndathi uSteve, yikhuphe. Asifuni ukuba uMongameli abe lingqina lokwenyani ngalo mba."
UMnu. Tenet wongeze wathi, โIzibakala, ndamxelela, zazithandabuza kakhulu. โฆ Sathumela iimemo ezimbini kuMnu. Hadley sisithi, kungenxa yoko le nto ningamvumeli uMongameli athethe oku eCincinnati.
Ibango Liya Kuvela kwakhona
Nangona ibango laseNiger lasuswa kwiintetho ngo-2002, iRice yabhala i-op-ed ngo-Jan. 23, 2003, ibanga ukuba i-Iraq yayizama ngamandla "ukufumana i-uranium evela phesheya."
Emva kweentsuku ezintlanu, isityholo saphela kwiNtetho kaMongameli ka-2003 yeNyunyana xa uBush wathi, "Urhulumente waseBritani uye wafunda ukuba uSaddam Hussein usanda kufuna ubuninzi be-uranium evela eAfrika," eyaziwa ngokuba "ngamagama alishumi elinesithandathu." ."
Umgca kaBush malunga namabhongo enyukliya e-Iraq uncede uMongameli atywine ityala lemfazwe neCongress kunye noluntu lwaseMelika. Kodwa kwaba neminye imiphumo engalindelekanga.
Emva kokuhlasela kukaBush eIraq ngoMatshi ka-2003, owayesakuba ngunozakuzaku wase-US uJoseph Wilson waqala ukuveza ukuba wenze umsebenzi wokufumana i-CIA eNiger ngoFebruwari 2002 kwaye wabuya enenkolelo eqinileyo yokuba isityholo sokuthenga iuranium yayiyinkohliso, isigqibo. ekwabelwana ngawo ngamanye amagosa aseU.S. aye ahlolisisa ubungqina.
UWilson waya esidlangalaleni ngeakhawunti yakhe ngoJulayi 6, 2003, nge-op-ed kwiNew York Times, etyhola ulawulo lukaBush "lokuguqula" ubukrelekrele ukuthethelela imfazwe.
Kwiintsuku ezintlanu kamva, iRice yagxeka iCIA ngokusilela ukuvandlakanya amabango eNiger, kwaye uTenet walwamkela uxanduva, abantu abaninzi abalutolika njengeTenet ewela kwikrele lakhe ukukhusela uMongameli.
Nangona inqaku likaWilson linyanzelise i-White House ukuba ibuyele umva, likwachukumise iphulo elingasemva lokugxeka uWilson, iphulo elakhokelela ekubeni amagosa olawulo lukaBush achaze kwiintatheli ezikhethiweyo ukuba inkosikazi kaWilson, uValerie Plame Wilson, wayeligosa leCIA. .
Xa umlobi we-right-wing uRobert Novak epapasha loo nto ngoJulayi 14, 2003, umsebenzi kaNksk.
Ukuvuza koPhando
I-CIA yabe ifuna uphando oluvuzayo, oluye lwaphela ngokugwetywa kwe-2007 ka-I. Lewis Libby, i-Vice-President's chief of staff Dick Cheney, ngenxa yobuxoki kunye nokuthintela ubulungisa. UBush kamva wasiguqula isigwebo sikaLibby ukuze amsindise naliphi na ixesha lokuvalelwa entolongweni.
Xa i-Senate Intelligence Committee iphanda ityala laseNiger kwi-2004, i-White House igqwetha uGonzales watshela iphaneli - egameni leRice - ukuba i-CIA "yacima ngomlomo" ibango le-uranium "lokusetyenziswa nguMongameli" kwiintetho zakhe.
Nangona kunjalo, uWaxman uqhubeke nophando lwephaneli yakhe kwindlela eyahlukileyo. Wabiza i-Rice kulo nyaka uphelileyo efuna ukunyanzela ubungqina bakhe malunga nokuba wayesazi kwangaphambili ukuba ubukrelekrele baseNiger babungathembekanga. URice wala ukuthobela loo myalelo.
Kwimemo yakhe, u-Waxman wachaza ubungqina obutsha obubonisa ukuba uGonzales noRice banokuthi baxoke ngendima yeCIA kwimeko yaseNiger.
Ngelishwa, uDkt Rice waxhathisa iinzame zeKomiti ukuze afumane ubungqina bakhe malunga nale micimbi, "wabhala uWaxman. "Ngoko ke, andinakukwazi ukuxelela ukuba uya kuchaza njani ukuchasana okubonakalayo phakathi kweengxelo zakhe kunye nezo zikaMnu Gonzales egameni lakhe kunye neengxelo ezenziwe kwiKomiti ngamagosa aphezulu e-CIA kunye ne-NSC."
U-Waxman ubhale i-18 kaDisemba imemo yakhe kumxholo wokuphelisa isikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo weKomiti yokuLawula. NgoJanuwari, uya kuba ngusihlalo weNdlu yaMandla kunye neKomiti yezoRhwebo.
Amanye amanani abalulekileyo kwimeko nawo aye adlulela kweminye imisebenzi kunye nezabelo. URice ngoku unguNobhala Welizwe. UHadley wangena ezihlangwini zakhe njengomcebisi welizwe kwezokhuseleko.
UGonzales wavuka waba nguGqwetha Jikelele ngaphambi kokuba arhoxe phakathi kwehlazo ngenxa yezopolitiko kwiSebe lezoBulungisa. UTenet uye warhoxa phakathi kokugxekwa ngokusilela kubukrelekrele kwiCIA. UGerson ngoku ungumbhali wengxelo yeWashington Post.
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