Kwazi bani, maduze nje singabona izihloko zezindaba nezinhlelo ze-TV ezibuza ukuthi: “Ingabe u-Dianne Feinstein ungumphihli noma imbuka?”
Impendulo eyiqiniso kulowo mbuzo ayinakuba “umsholozi.” Kungase kube yiqiniso elingokomlando ukuthi inkulumo kaSenator Feinstein ngoMashi 11, 2014 yashaya ikhwela ngokubhekwa kwe-CIA kwekomidi lezobunhloli leSenate, alisihlalo. Kodwa uma lokho kumenza abe yisishoshovu, kusho ukuthi uColonel Sanders ungumvangeli wemifino.
Enkulumweni yakhe yangoLwesibili esikhungweni seSenate, uFeinstein usole ukuthi ukungena kwe-CIA kumakhompyutha ekomidi lakhe kungenzeka "kwephule iSichibiyelo Sesine." Uyazi, leso yisichibiyelo esiyigugu uFeinstein - ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye induna - asiphathe njengokungcola, okufanele kuphela ukushanela ngaphansi kombhoxo wekhongolose.
Umvikeli ohlanzekile wezinhlelo ze-NSA ze-Orwellian, uFeinstein wahlasela u-Edward Snowden kusukela ekuqaleni kwezambulo zakhe ngoJuni odlule. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje, wakugxeka ukushaywa kwakhe ngesibindi ngokuthi "isenzo sokuvukela umbuso" - isikhundla asigcinile.
U-Snowden nabanye abashaya izimpimpi bangempela bazifaka engozini ukuze bavikele inkululeko yomphakathi namalungelo abantu abanye, okuhlanganisa nabasengozini kakhulu phakathi kwethu. Abahlebi bangempela bakhetha ukuveza ububi obungathi sína. Futhi, uma kufanele, bayakulahla okwabo isikhathi esedlule ekwenzeni lawo maphutha.
UDianne Feinstein uhlala endaweni ehluke kakhulu. Unamadigri angu-180 ukusuka kumuntu okhulumayo; Ikhampasi yakhe yokuziphatha idonswa nge-solipsism njengomqaphi oholayo wesimo sokugada.
Kuleli sonto, uFeinstein udlulele phambili ukuze alungise umdanso wakhe wompompi - egcizelela ukuthi ukugadwa okuxakile, okubi kakhulu uma kuqondiswe kuye nakozakwabo abanesiqu esimangalisayo, kumele kuqondiswe kwabanye kuphela.
Inkinga enkulu ukuthi kubaholi abaphambili base-USA nabasakazi bemithombo yezindaba nakwezombangazwe, akukho okufika ezingeni lenkinga yomthethosisekelo ngaphandle kokuthi izinkabi zabo ezihloniphekile ziqale ukugencwa. Kubonakala kungasa ekuthandeni kukaSenator Feinstein ukuthi ukuvikelwa Kwesichibiyelo Sesine kwabambalwa akukona neze ukuvikeleka Kwesichibiyelo Sesine.
Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-40 edlule, ngaphansi kombuso wakwaNixon - ngesikhathi uhulumeni wase-US egqekeza emahhovisi eSocialist Workers Party, engena ezindlini zamalungu e-Black Panther Party phakathi kwamabili edubula izibhamu, futhi ehlakaza abantu abaningi. amalungelo omphakathi ezishoshovu ezimelene nempi - abambalwa phakathi kwezikhulu ezibusayo babonakala benikeza inhlanhla. Kodwa lapho kuvela izindaba zokuthi elinye lamaqembu amabili amakhulu ezombusazwe leqe umthetho omkhulu kwelinye ngokugqekeza ehhovisi le-Watergate leDemocratic National Committee ngoJuni 17, 1972, i-Republican White House yayisidlulele phambili.
Njengoba intwasahlobo ka-2014 iqhubeka, kungenzeka ukuthi sisondela esikhathini esibalulekile lapho imikhakha emikhulu yesikhungo izizwa siphoqelekile ukuqaphela ukufika kwenkinga yomthethosisekelo. Cabangela indlela i- New York Times kuhleliwe oshicilelweni lwayo lwangoLwesithathu, imemezele ukuthi uFeinstein "unikeze ubufakazi obuqand'ikhanda futhi obuqand' ikhanda bokuthi i-CIA kungenzeka ukuthi yenze ubugebengu ukuvimbela ukuvezwa kwemibuzo ethi 'ihluke kakhulu futhi inokhahlo kakhulu' kunanoma yini i-ejensi eyayichaze kuCongress."
Ku-euphemism lexicon ye-Washington esemthethweni, "ehluke kakhulu futhi enokhahlo kakhulu" isho ukuhlukunyezwa uhulumeni wase-US.
Esikhungweni samasosha esigadayo esibizwa ngokuthi yi- Washington Post, lapho ukungezwani kwengqondo kufanele kube yinto enzima njengamanje, ngokushesha ngaphandle kwebhokisi kwakukhona umlobi wephephandaba ohlakaniphe ovamile u-Dana Milbank, owaveza u-Feinstein njengamandla anolwazi nangokwengelosi okufanele acatshangelwe. Umqondo wokudumisa wawungasoze wabuna ezintathelini ezithanda ukuhlanganisa ukuthobelana nokwethembeka.
Siphawula irekhodi likaFeinstein “njengobambisene no-Obama kanye nomvikeli oqinile wabaphathi ngesikhathi kunengxabano ngezinhlelo zokugada zeNational Security Agency,” uMilbank. wabhala: “Ngakho-ke ukwethembeka kwakhe akuzange kuphekwe lapho ephumela obala, ngokungananazi, esola i-CIA ka-Obama ngezenzo ezingekho emthethweni nezingqubuzana nomthethosisekelo: ukwephula ukuhlukaniswa kwamandla ngokusesha amakhompyutha ekomiti kanye nokusabisa abasebenzi bekhongolose ngezinsongo zomthetho mbumbulu.”
Ama-akhawunti ezindaba ezindaba agcwele izitatimende ezinjalo njengamanje. Phezulu, zinengqondo - kodwa kukhona i-undertow eyingozi. Ngomqondo oyisisekelo, okuwukuphela kwesikhathi lapho singaqiniseka khona ukuthi ububi be-Wall Street bekuyinkinga yangempela bekungaba uma othile onesiqu sika-Bernie Madoff ekhuphuka ukuze akugxeke ngokungananazi.
Umlando usitshela ukuthi sizokhohliswa ukuncika kwabakhethekile abagxilile ukuze sikhethe umgomo kunokuqhubeka kwesimo esikhona. Ngaphandle kokumbalwa, lokho okubopha labo abasesiqongweni samandla ngokuvamile kuvamise ukuthi yini ebahlukanisayo. Kudingeka isiyaluyalu esikhulu nesiqhubekayo ukuze kunqamuke ngempela ukuhlanekezela kokubumbana kwabathile.
Cabanga ngeqiniso lokuthi i-CIA, ngaphansi kombuso wamanje weDemokhrasi, ihambe ibanga elingajwayelekile ukweqa ikomidi lezobunhloli leSenate elilawulwa yiDemocratic Alliance elilawulwa yi-CIA, emzamweni wokuvimbela noma ngubani ukuba aphendule ngamacala okuhlukumeza enziwe ngaphansi noma ngaphansi. iRepublican Bush administration.
Nakuba u-Dianne Feinstein enerekhodi elide nelibi njengesitha senkululeko yomphakathi, ukubeka izinto obala nokuziphendulela, kuyiqiniso futhi ukuthi ngezinye izikhathi amasela ayawa - kanjalo nabephula izivikelo zentando yeningi eziyisisekelo kuMqulu Wamalungelo. Amanye amaqola “obuhlakani” anamandla manje asemlonyeni womunye nomunye, ngisho noma eqhubeka nokugwaza amadaga enhliziyweni yentando yeningi ngokwedelela izimiso ezinjengokushicilelwa kwamahhala, ubumfihlo kanye nenqubo efanele. Isibopho sakho konke lokhu siya phezulu kakhulu: uMongameli Obama.
UNorman Solomon ungumsunguli we RootsAction.org kanye nomqondisi ongumsunguli we-Institute for Public Accuracy. Izincwadi zakhe zifaka phakathi ethi "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keeps Spinning us to die." Ulwazi mayelana nedokhumentari esekelwe encwadini lukhona www.WarMadeEasyTheMovie.org.