Kukhona ukuvuza okungekuhle nokuvuza okuyingozi njengoba nje kukhona izintatheli zangempela nezintatheli ezingamanga.
I-Toronto Star yagijima
lesi sihloko ekhasini lokuqala, ngakho-ke kusobala ukuthi kufanele ivele ezintathelini “zangempela”. Isihloko sithi
"Izikhungo zezobunhloli zaseMelika zizama ukuhlenga ukuqapha kwazo i-Al Qaeda".
Leso isihogo esisodwa sokuvuza, kodwa intatheli iqiniseke kanjani ukuthi kuyiqiniso? Yingoba “izikhulu zezobunhloli” ezimbili ezingaziwa zasho kanjalo futhi izimangalo zabo zinanelwe “ngumenzi womthetho” ongaziwa. Bonke kudingeke ukuthi bangaziwa, kusho intatheli, “ngoba bebengagunyaziwe ukukhuluma ngezindaba zezobunhloli esidlangalaleni.” Kodwa-ke abaphathi baka-Obama bamemezele impi yokuvuza okungagunyaziwe. Sekusabise abasebenzi bakahulumeni ngokwehluleka nje ukubika
izinsolo mayelana nokuvuza okungagunyaziwe.
Ngakho-ke akwenzeki yini ukuthi lokhu kuputshuza “okungagunyaziwe” empeleni kwakuyiziqinisekiso zikahulumeni ezigunyazwe ngokugcwele, futhi ukusetshenziswa kokungaziwa kuyindlela yokugwema ukucutshungulwa nokuziphendulela?
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi izinhlangano zezobunhloli “zilwela ukuhlenga” ukugebenga okungekho emthethweni okungeke, uma kuvezwe ngokugcwele, kuvikelwe ngokucela “ukuphepha kwezwe”?
Uma ngibheka lesi sihloko, ngicabanga ukuthi izintatheli zangempela aziyibuzi imibuzo enjalo noma zizame ukulinganisa izindatshana zazo ngokucaphuna abantu ababuzayo. Izintatheli “zangempela” azifundanga lutho ezimangalweni ezingamanga mayelana ne-Iraqi WMD izikhulu ezingaziwa ezizidlulisele kwabezindaba. Abakubheki futhi ukuthi kubi kangakanani ukuthi i-Al-Qaeda manje, eminyakeni eminingi ngemuva kokubulawa kukaBin Laden, yabona ukuthi makhulu kangakanani amandla okuqapha e-US.
UGlenn Greenwald, owabika ngokuputshuka kuka-Edward Snowden futhi osanda kubuzwa ngesikhundla sakhe njengentatheli, useke waveza iphuzu lokuthi uhulumeni ka-Obama awunankinga nakancane ngokuputshuka kwawo akholelwa ukuthi kuwukuthopha noma kuwusizo kuwona. Isihloko se-Toronto Star siyalibonisa iphuzu lakhe. Ungalindeli ukuthi laba baputshuzi “abangagunyaziwe” abacashunwe yiSolezwe ukuthi baphenywe bese bejikijelwa incwadi. Ukuputshuka kuphela okubangela ukuphoxeka okusolwa u-Obama ngokuthi kuyingozi “ekuvikelekeni kwezwe” futhi okuvusa impindiselo yakhe yobuqaba. UBradley Manning uputshuze imininingwane eyihlazo ngakho-ke usehlukunyezwe emini kwabha. Ilingisa omashiqela ababi kakhulu emhlabeni, i-US yaphika uMlobi Okhethekile we-UN ngokuhlukumeza umhlangano wangasese nongagadiwe noManning ejele. Isihluku sokuphathwa kukaManning siwukudelela okusobala umthetho wase-US nowamazwe ngamazwe kangangokuthi umkhulumeli wokuphatha u-Obama, u-PJ Crowley,
ushiye Phuma kuyo.
Ngamafuphi, uhulumeni ka-Obama wephula umthetho kanye nawo wonke amagugu awo azibiza ngokungcwele ngokusobala. Kungani noma imuphi umuntu ocabangayo engakholelwa ukuthi iziphatha kangcono ekusithekeni, noma athathe noma yikuphi ukuzisholo okukwenza ngokusobala? Funda “Izimpi Ezingcolile” zikaJeremy Scahill ukuze uthole i-akhawunti ende, esabekayo futhi esekude ne-akhawunti ephelele yobugebengu base-US ngaphansi kuka-Obama. Indaba kaManning ayikude neze nesibonelo esibi kakhulu.
Konke lokhu okucatshangelwayo akunakwa nje yizintatheli “zangempela” ezikhonza ngokwethembeka Amandla. Sidinga izintatheli eziningi “ezingelomgunyathi” njengoGreenwald eScahill.
I-ZNetwork ixhaswa kuphela ngokuphana kwabafundi bayo.
Nikela