USomlomo weNdlu uJohn Boehner ubiza u-Edward Snowden "njengomngcatshi." Usihlalo weKomiti yezobuntlola ye-Senate, uDianne Feinstein, ubhala ukubethelwa kwakhe ngenkalipho “sisenzo sokungcatsha umbuso.” Kuthekani ngobunkokeli beCaucus yeCongressional Progressive? 

Njengeyona caucus inkulu yeDemocrats eCapitol Hill, iProgressive Caucus inokubonelela nge-counterweight counterweight kwi-bombast evela kwizinto ezifana ne-Boehner kunye ne-Feinstein. Kodwa ukuze yenzeke loo nto, iinkokeli zecaucus enamalungu angama-75 kuya kufuneka zibe ngumzekelo omhle ngokulwa ngokwenene. 

Okwangoku, naxa sisiva amazwi athembisayo, umkhamo wesigqibo sezopolitiko esisemva kwawo umnyama. 

"Oku kuqokelelwa kwedatha kujongela phantsi inkululeko esisiseko yabantu baseMelika," Usihlalo we-Progressive Caucus uKeith Ellison uthe malunga ne-NSA yokuhlola iirekhodi zefowuni. Wongeze wathi: “Ilungelo labemi bethu lokuba neemfihlo lisisiseko kwaye alixoxiswana. . . . Inkqubo esiva ngayo namhlanje ibonakala ingawuhloniphi loo mda. Yona, kunye nazo naziphi na ezinye iinkqubo eziqhutywa yi-NSA nezinye iinkampani zonxibelelwano, kufuneka ziphele. ”

Omnye u-co-chair we-Progressive Caucus, u-Raul Grijalva, wayengenangqondo. "I-arhente yezobuntlola efihlakeleyo eqokelela izigidi zeerekhodi zefowuni kwaye izisebenzisa njengoko ibona kufanelekile luhlobo olugqithileyo uninzi lwethu olulumkise ngalo emva kokuba umthetho wePatriot Act ube ngumthetho," utshilo. "Ukuqhuba le nkqubo ngokungenasiphelo kunika imbonakalo yokuba sihlala singqingiwe kwaye sifuna ukwazi yonke into ngamaxesha onke ukusigcina sikhuselekile, nto leyo endifumana umbono okhathazayo womgaqo-nkqubo wokhuseleko waseMelika."

Kwaye uGrijalva uthe ngokuthe ngqo: “Siyaqinisekiswa ukuba oku kulinganiselwe, kujongwe kwaye akukho nto inkulu. Xa seva okufanayo phantsi koMongameli Bush, asizange sikhululeke ukuthatha ilizwi lakhe kwaye siqhubele phambili. Ndivakalelwa ngendlela efanayo namhlanje.”

Abahlaluli abahlanu be-Congressional Progressive Caucus yingxowa yenkululeko yoluntu.

UJudy Chu waseCalifornia ukhuphe ingxelo ephuthileyo, ebiza "ukukhutshwa kweengxelo ezingachazwanga ngabalawuli malunga nendlela asetyenziswa ngayo amandla eFISA" kwaye enikezela nge-bromide "isidingo sokwenza ulungelelwano phakathi kwemizamo yangasese kunye nokungafihli."

UDavid Cicilline waseRhode Island wabiza i-NSA ukuhlola iirekhodi zefowuni kunye ne-Intanethi "iphazamisa kakhulu." Kodwa uye wachaza nje ukuba "urhulumente wobumbano unoxanduva lokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwesizwe kunye nokugcina ilungelo elibalulekileyo labemi lokuba ngasese."

UMichael Honda, ojongene nomceli mngeni kwishishini kunyaka olandelayo kwisithili sakhe se-digital tech-heavy kwingingqi yaseSan Jose, wathi: “Ndikhathazeke kakhulu kukujongwa kwe-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweSizwe kwifowuni nakwi-intanethi yabantu baseMelika ngaphandle kwesizathu. . . . . Ndiyakholelwa ukuba bonke abantu baseMelika kufuneka balumke kakhulu ngolu hlobo lokuqokelela idatha yobuqu, yabucala ye-intanethi. "

USheila Jackson Lee waseHouston, ohlala kwiKomiti yoKhuseleko lweLizwe eNdlu, ubonise ubuchule bakhe kwintetho yokhuseleko lwesizwe ngelixa etyeshela ukwaphulwa okukhulu kwenkululeko yoluntu. Uveze imfuneko yokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweekontraka zabucala kunye "nokulungisa iintsilelo kwinkqubo yococeko lokhuseleko."

UJan Schakowsky, ummeli waseChicago olilungu leKomiti yezobuntlola yeNdlu, ubeke ingxelo esithi: “Bendixhalabile ixesha elide ngamandla okuhlola iCongress enike iiarhente zobuntlola, kubandakanya ne-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweSizwe.

Kodwa iingxelo ezivakalayo azibangeli utshintsho olukhulu kwimigaqo-nkqubo.

Ukuba ixesha elidlulileyo lilo naluphi na ukhokelo, iinkokeli kunye namanye amalungu e-Progressive Caucus aya kuthi ngamaxesha athile athethe izinto ezibhenela i-progressive constituencies emva ekhaya - ngaphandle kokulahla i-gauntlet kunye nokulwa nolawulo oluye lwacacisa ukudelela kwayo inkululeko ebalulekileyo yoluntu.

Okunokwenzeka kunye nengxaki mhlawumbi zifanekiselwa ngcono yiProgressive Caucus isabhokhwe, uBarbara Lee waseCalifornia, ngokungathandabuzekiyo oyena uqhubela phambili unamandla kwiNdlu.

ULee wanikela ingxelo entle kwiphephandaba lasekuhlaleni, esithi: “Ilungelo lokuba nezinto eziyimfihlo kweli lizwe alinakushukuxwa. Sinenkqubo yokuhlola kunye nokulinganisa kwindawo yokukhusela eyona nkululeko yethu isisiseko, kwaye ngelixa ndikholelwa ukuba ukhuseleko lwelizwe lubaluleke kakhulu, kufuneka siqhubele phambili ngendlela engazincameli kumaxabiso kunye nenkululeko yethu yaseMelika. "

Nangona kunjalo iveki epheleleyo emva kokuba ibali lokucupha le-NSA liqhawukile, kwakungekho nakuphi na ukukhutshwa kweendaba malunga nombandela oza kufunyanwa kwiwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeCongresswoman Lee. Ebengekayikhuphi enye ingxelo ngalo manyala.

Ukuba awona malungu anenkqubela phambili yeNkongolo akafuni ukuya kwi-mat ngokuchasene nomnye u-Democrat u-Obama malunga nomcimbi onzulu njengoMqulu wamaLungelo, isiphumo siya kuba kukungaphumeleli okubuhlungu kobunkokeli-kunye nentlekele engenakulungiseka. Ilizwe elidibene lasemelika.

Kwaye kuthekani ngokuthethela u-Edward Snowden ngelixa abanye kuwo omabini amaqela eCapitol Hill bembiza ngokuba ngumngcatshi kwaye bemvakalisa enetyala lokungcatsha? Ukukhankanywa esidlangalaleni kwezimilo zokubetha kwakhe impempe ngenkalipho kubonakala ngathi yibhulorho yeCongress kakhulu.

Ke, njengakweminye imizuzwana yembali, "xa abantu bekhokela, iinkokeli ziya kulandela" - kwaye kuphela emva koko. Unganceda ukukhokela ukuba unakho tyikitya isicelo "Ndiyabulela u-Edward Snowden, umbhexeshi we-NSA” ngokucofa apha.

UNorman Solomon ungumseki weRootsAction.org kunye nomlawuli osekayo weZiko lokuChaneka koLuntu. Iincwadi zakhe zibandakanya "Imfazwe Yenziwe Yalula: Indlela Abaongameli kunye neePundits abasigcina ngayo Ukusibulala." 

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