Ukugxothwa kukaMongameli uDonald Trump kumlawuli we-FBI uJames Comey uyaqhubeka nokubuyela kwisikrelemnqa seKremlinGate, esisongelayo ukutyala ulawulo lukaTrump. Ngokususa ngesiquphe u-Comey, emva koko axhase izizathu zakhe zokuba enze ntoni, uTrump wenza ingxaki engafunekiyo kwi-White House engabonakalisi zimpawu zokuthotywa.
Umbonisi ongakhethi cala unokucinga ukuba uTrump umgxothile u-Comey kuba esoyika into enokuboniswa luphando lobukrelekrele lwe-FBI malunga nokunxibelelana kuka-Mongameli ne-Russia-njengoko umphathi-mkhosi ngokuqinisekileyo yamkelwe . Ngapha koko, iinzame zikaTrump ezingalunganga zokukhusela ukuthembeka kuka-Comey ziye zangqengqa-umlawuli we-FBI waqinisekisa ngokufanelekileyo umongameli ngokunyaniseka kwakhe kodwa waxhoma nakuphi na ukwaluka kuTrump ngokobuqu-emva koko umongameli ixelwe ukuba ndihlakulele uloyiko olungenakuphikwa lomphathi we-Bureau ongenakonakala. Ukukhusela iTrump Team, u-Comey kwafuneka ahambe.
Kodwa ukubuyisa imali uCeey kwakungonelanga. Kuyinyani kwifom, uTrump ebonakala ngathi uhlasele i-FBI. Ngoku ka ezininzi iingxelo , Umongameli wasondela kubaphathi abaphezulu bezobuntlola ukuze abakhohlise ukuba bajoyine imfazwe yobuqu kaTrump no-Comey. Ngokukodwa, uTrump uxelwe ukuba ubuze uDan Coats, umlawuli wezobuntlola besizwe (i-DNI), kunye no-Admiral Mike Rogers, umlawuli we-Arhente yoKhuseleko kuZwelonke, ukuba baye esidlangalaleni ngokwala ukuba iQela likaTrump lalinalo naluphi na ulwalamano neRussia ngexesha lonyulo luka-2016. iphulo.
Ukuthatha kukaMongameli kuphando lwe-FBI kwaziwa kakuhle, enkosi kwii-tweets zakhe rhoqo ezenza ngathi ziindaba ezingezizo, ubuqhetseba kunye nokuzingelwa kwamagqwirha. Nangona kunjalo, ukucela amagosa aphezulu ezobuntlola ukuba ahlasele esidlangalaleni i-FBI kunye nomphathi wayo ayisiyonto ingaqhelekanga-ayikaze yenzeke. Nditsho noMongameli uNixon, kubunzulu behlazo leWatergate, elathi ekugqibeleni latyhila ulawulo lwakhe, akazange aye kude ade arhuqe iNSA kwingxaki yakhe yoluntu.
U-Admiral Rogers ngokungathandabuzekiyo wasikhaba ngaw 'omane isicelo sikaTrump, esithi-ukuba siyinyani-asifanelekanga, asikho semthethweni kwaye siyathandabuzeka, ngelixa uCoats, umtyunjwa kaTrump obekumsebenzi we-DNI ukusukela phakathi ku-Matshi, ngokufanayo ukwala ukubuyisela umongameli ngokuchasene ne-FBI. Esi yayisisithintelo esimangalisayo kuTrump, obonakala ngathi ujonga amagosa ezokhuseleko esizwe njengabasebenzi bakhe ekufuneka belandele ukuthanda kwakhe njengoMongameli nomthetho noMgaqo-siseko, abathi bonke benze isifungo sokuzikhusela.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, xa wayevela phambi kweKomiti yeeNkonzo eziXhobileyo zeSenate, uCoats walile ukuphendula imibuzo malunga neenzame ze-White House zokujongela phantsi uphando lwe-FBI lweQela uTrump, echaza , Andiboni kufanelekile ukubonakalisa iingxoxo kunye neencoko kunye nomongameli kwiseshoni evulekileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo iingubo ze-DNI ziya kuza ngaphezulu kwiseshoni yeCongress evaliweyo, apho ulwazi olucwangcisiweyo lunokutyhilwa.
UMlawuli uRogers, ngokuchaseneyo, akenzanga nkcazo esidlangalaleni malunga nomzamo kamongameli wokumfaka kwiphulo lakhe lokulwa no-Comey. Oku kuqhelekile kwiarhente yakhe edumileyo yokuqinisa umlomo-kumashumi eminyaka, i-NSA yahlekiswa kwathiwa mayimele iNto ethi Nto-nokuba kutheni uTrump esondele kuRogers akuyomfihlakalo. Njengomqondiso wesizwe wobukrelekrele, i-NSA ayisiyena mthombo mkhulu wobukrelekrele emhlabeni-ikwayi-arhente ephethe uninzi lolwazi oluhleliweyo nolwenza ukuhlangana phakathi kukaTrump kunye nabantu baseRussia. Nangona kuhleba ye-SIGINT enjalo ifikelele kumajelo eendaba, isabelo sengonyama sihlala sifihliwe kwimbonakalo yoluntu, nangona konke kusaziwa kwi-FBI.
Ukuba uTrump angakhetha i-NSA kumlo wakhe ne-Bureau, iya kuba yimpumelelo enkulu, ikhusele i-White House kulwazi oluyingozi, ke kukhuselekile ukucinga ukuba ukwala kukaRogers kutshise uTrump buqu. Mhlawumbi yiloo nto, ekuqaleni kwale veki, u-Admiral Rogers uthathe inyathelo elingaqhelekanga lokuthetha nabasebenzi bonke be-NSA ukubaxelela okwenzekileyo nomongameli.
Le ayisiyondlela kaRogers. Ewe, ukuhlala kwakhe njengomlawuli we-NSA (obizwa ngokuba yi-DIRNSA ngabantu abangaphakathi) kuye kwabonakaliswa ngumgama kubasebenzi bakhe, nto leyo eyenze izinto zangaphezulu kunokuba ziyimfuneko. Ukunyaniseka kuRogers-igosa lezobukrelekrele kwezomsebenzi elixhotyiswe kakuhle kwisikhundla sakhe sangoku-xa waba yi-DIRNSA ngentwasahlobo ka-2014, wafumana njenge-arhente ebugxwayibeni. I-NSA yayisaxengaxenga ngenxa yengozi eyintlekele ka-Ed Snowden, eyona nto ibiweyo yolwazi olucwangcisiweyo kwimbali yobuntlola.
Ngelixa u-Snowden egculele i-NSA ngeetweets ezithunyelwe zisuka kwindawo azifihle kuyo eRussia, ezinye iintlekele zokhuselo ziye zalandela. Ityala elingaqhelekanga likaHarold Martin, elinye ikontraka elinamandla lokhuselo eliba isixa esikhulu solwazi oluhlelweyo kwiarhente, lenze elinye ihlazo leSnowdenesque, nangona kungekho bungqina bokuba uMartin wayebandakanyekile kubugebenga.
Okona kubi kuRogers yayikukubiwa kwezixhobo zokuhlela ezibalaseleyo ezivela kwi-NSA ngabantu ababizwa ngokuba yi-Shadow Brokers, ekukholelwa ukuba iyindawo ephambili yobukrelekrele baseRussia. Ukulahlwa kwezi zinto zisemfihlakalweni zixhaphaza kwi-intanethi, emva kokulungiswa ngabagculeli abakhohlakeleyo, kukhokelele ekuhlaselweni yi-cyber kwihlabathi liphela kuchaphazele izigidi-enye enye into emnyama kulawulo lukaRogers njenge-DIRNSA. Ukuphendula koku kubuyela umva kuluntu, uRogers akafane athethe nabasebenzi be-NSA malunga nabo okanye enye into.
Umnyhadala weholo yedolophu kule veki, owawusasazwa kumaziko earhente kwihlabathi liphela, ke ngoko wadibana ngokumangala kunye nolindelo ngabasebenzi beNSA, kwaye uRogers akazange adanise. Ndithethile namagosa aliqela e-NSA athe abona intetho yomlawuli kwaye ndinika ingxelo ngeakhawunti yabo, ehambelana omnye nomnye, ngombandela wokungaziwa.
Kwintetho yakhe yeholo yedolophu, uRogers uxele ukuba uvumile ukuba uMongameli uTrump umcele ukuba ahlazise i-FBI kunye noJames Comey, into leyo umphathi ayala kwaphela ukuyenza. Njengoko uRogers echazayo, wazisa umphathi oyintloko, ndiyazi ukuba ngekhe uyithande, kodwa kuya kufuneka ndixelele endikubonileyo-ukubhekiswa okunokwenzeka kubukrelekrele obuthile obusungula ukuhlangana phakathi kweKremlin kunye neQela likaTrump.
URogers ke wongeze ukuba i-SIGINT ikhona, kwaye iyagwetywa. Uthe, Akukho mbuzo ukuba thina [sithetha i-NSA] sinobungqina bokuzibandakanya kukhetho kunye nonxibelelwano oluthandabuzekayo namaRussia. Nangona uRogers engakhange acaphule ubukrelekrele abathile awayethetha ngabo, amagosa e-arhente anolwazi oluthe ngqo andixelele ukuba i-DIRNSA ngokucacileyo ibhekisa kuthotho lweengxelo ze-SIGINT ezivela kwi-2016 esekwe kumgaqo wonxibelelwano phakathi kwamagosa ezobuntlola aseRussia kunye namalungu aphambili wephulo likaTrump. , apho baxoxa ngeendlela zokonakalisa uHillary Clinton.
Abasebenzi be-NSA baphuma ngaphandle kweholo ledolophu bachukunyiswa yingxoxo yomlawuli ngokungqalileyo yokunxibelelana kwakhe nolawulo lukaTrump, ngakumbi nendlela uRogers anyanzelise ngayo ukuba wayengenamnqweno wokuzibandakanya nemeko yezopolitiko ngaphandle kwale sele yenziwe ngumongameli. Iimpimpi zaseMelika aziqhelanga ukudlala ezopolitiko ezizimeleyo njengoko uTrump ebacelile ukuba benze, kwaye kuyabonakala ukuba umzamo we-White House owenza i-NSA ukuba ihlasele i-FBI kwaye ukuthembeka kwayo kwakuyimpazamo enkulu.
Lixesha eliphezulu ke ngoko ukuba iikomiti zezobuntlola zeNdlu kunye neSeneti zimeme u-Admiral Rogers ukuba athethe nabo malunga nento eyenzekileyo nge-White House. Kuyacaca ukuba uDIRNSA unento ebalulekileyo afuna ukuyithetha. Kuba uMike Rogers kusithiwa ugcine amanqaku omzamo kamongameli wokumfaka emfazweni buqu kaTrump kunye ne-FBI, njengoko nawuphi na umphathi weBeltway onamava angenza, iakhawunti yakhe kufuneka ichazwe ngokucacileyo.
UJohn Schindler yingcali yezokhuseleko kunye nowayesakuba ngumhlalutyi weArhente yoKhuseleko kuZwelonke kunye negosa lobukrelekrele. Ingcali kwezobuntlola kunye nobunqolobi, ukwaligosa lomkhosi wamanzi kunye nenjingalwazi yaseWar College. Upapashe iincwadi ezine kwaye uku-Twitter ku @ 20committee.
