UMlawuli we-FBI uJames Comey.(Ifoto: UJoe Raedle / imifanekiso kaFetty) Ukusukela ngela xesha i-EmailGate yehlazo yahamba esidlangalaleni ngaphezulu konyaka ophelileyo, kwacaca ukuba iFederal Bureau yoPhando zange yabanomdla omkhulu wokutshutshisa uHillary Clinton okanye abahlobo bakhe. Ngaphantsi kukaMongameli u-Obama, i-FBI yakhula kwezopolitiko kangangokuba kwaba nzima ukuba i-Bureau yenze umsebenzi wayo-ubuncinci apho amaDemokhrasi akwizikhundla eziphezulu.
Njengokuba bendibonile ekuqaleni kukaJulayi, xa uMlawuli uJames Comey wabhengeza ukuba i-FBI ayizukufuna kutshutshiswa nangubani na kwiQela uClinton nge-imeyile yeGate, i-Bureau yayijikile umva kwizithethe zayo zokuhamba ngaphezulu kwezopolitiko ezazisemacaleni. Ukunganyaniseki yi-FBI, ukugoba kwayo kwimimoya yezopolitiko, yinto ekufuneka ixhalabise bonke abantu baseMelika, ngaphandle kwezopolitiko zabo, nditshilo, ndiqaphela ukuba ayikaze ibe sisigulo esisempilweni solawulo lwentando yesininzi xa amapolisa akho afihlakeleyo onakaliswa zizopolitiko.
Kungakanani u-Comey kunye ne-Bureau yakhe ebethwe kwi-imeyile yeGate iye yacaca kabuhlungu ukusukela ngoko. Iphinde yalungiswa Amaxwebhu e-FBI avela kolo phando , Walahlwa ngolwesiHlanu emva kwemini yempelaveki yomSebenzi, watyhila ukuba uHillary Clinton mhlawumbi uxokise ngabom kwi-Bureau, ephindaphinda, malunga nemikhwa yakhe ye-imeyile njengonobhala welizwe, okanye usisidenge kakhulu ukuba angangumphathi-oyintloko.
Okubi nangakumbi kukuba, i-FBI ayihoyanga kwaphela ukubonakala kweempawu ze-imeyile zika-Hillary, kubandakanya ulwazi oluphakanyisiweyo olusuka phezulu-Iingxelo ze-NSA ezifihlakeleyo zibuyele emva ngo-2011. Olu lwaphulo-mthetho, olumele eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kulwazi oluchaziweyo kwi-imeyile yeGate- eyaziwayo luluntu , ubuncinci- ngandlela thile wathathwa njengonomdla kangangokuba akukho mntu kwi-FBI ukhathazekileyo ngokubuza umntu kwiQela uClinton malunga noku.
Oku kushiyeka okumangalisayo kubonakala kunomdla kuye nabani na onolwazi ngemicimbi yobukrelekrele, hayi ubuncinci ukusukela ngexesha lika-Obama lobongameli, i-FBI itshutshise abantu baseMelika ngokubeka esichengeni ulwazi oluncinci kakhulu kunoko uClinton kunye nabasebenzi bakhe bakutyhilayo kwi-imeyile engafakwanga ngu-Hillary ye-imeyile yokuhlambela.
Kule veki, nangona kunjalo, sifunde ukuba akukho mfihlakalo kwaphela apha. I-FBI khange ikwazi ukufumana traction eyaneleyo kuphando lwayo lwe-imeyileGate yokutshutshisa nabani na ukusukela oko i-Bureau yayisele inike ukhuseleko kubadlali abaphambili kweso sikrelemnqa.
Ukunikezela ukhuseleko yinto esemgangathweni kuphando, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha akunakuphepheka. Ukunika ukupasa uBryan Pagliano, u-Hillary we-IT guru owamisela i-imeyile kunye nomncedisi, wenza ingqiqo kuba uyaqonda oko kwenzekayo apha, ukuthetha ngezobugcisa, kwaye ngenye indlela yintlanzi encinci. Ubulumko bokumnika ukupasa ngoku bubonakala bunokuxoxwa, nangona kunjalo, kuba uPagliano ukwalile kabini ukunikela ubungqina phambi kweCongress malunga nenxalenye yakhe kwi-imeyile yeGate, evuthela iispoenas. Kule veki kuphela yiKomiti ejongene nokuJongwa kweNdlu kucetyisiwe ukuba uPagliano akhankanywe ngokudelela iCongress ngokungaphindi abonise. Le voti yayikwimigca yabanqolobi ngokungqongqo, kungekho namnye uMdemokhrasi kwikomiti efumanisa ukuba uPagliano akahoyi ii-subpoenas zeCongressal ukuba zifanele ukugwetywa.
Ngoku kuvela ukuba i-FBI inike ukhuseleko kwiintlanzi ezinkulu kakhulu kwitanki lezopolitiko likaClinton. Abanye abantu abathathu baphumelele kwi-Bureau ngokutshintshiselana ngentsebenziswano: Igqwetha likaHillary uHeather Samuelson, umphathi weSebe likaRhulumente we-IT uJohn Bental, kwaye - okona kubalulekileyo - uCheryl Mills, obenguClinton flunky-cum-factotum amashumi eminyaka .
Ii-Mills zazisebenza njenge-Chief of Staff noMcebisi weSebe likaRhulumente kulo lonke ixesha lika-Hillary njenge-diplomat yesizwe esiphambili. Ukunika ukungakhuseleki kwi-imeyile yeGate, emnike ukubandakanyeka ngokunzulu kwisikrelemnqa- kubandakanya nokutshabalalisa amashumi amawaka ee-imeyile ukuze bangadluliselwa kwi-FBI-ngoku kubonakala kunomdla, ukutsho nje okuncinci, ngakumbi kuba iiMills zihlala eHillary's ncokola neBhunga malunga ne-imeyile yeGate.
Ngokwenyani oku bekugwenxa kangangokuba uJason Chaffetz, usihlalo weKomiti ejongene nokuJongwa kweNdlu, wazibiza ndimangalisiwe ngokupheleleyo kukunikwa i-FBI ukungazikhuzi kuCheryl Mills - athe wafunda ngoLwesihlanu kuphela. Akumangalisi ukuba babengenakutshutshisa ityala, u-Rep. Chaffetz waphawula nge-Bureau yase-Comey: Babenikezela ngezixhobo zokuzikhusela njenge-candy.
Ungayichazanga eyokuba iMills inegama elide nelifanelekile eWashington ngokunceda uClintons aphephe uphando emva kophando. Xa uBill noHillary bafuna isilungisi sokubanceda bangcwabe imizimba - njengoko besitsho ngaphakathi kweBeltway - uCheryl Mills othembekileyo ubekhe wabizwa kwinkulungwane yokugqibela.
Udlale indima ephambili kwisikhalazo seWhitewater ngeminyaka yoo-1990- noJames Comey ngokunjalo. Ngokupheleleyo kumashumi amabini eminyaka eyadlulayo, xa u-Comey wayengumphandi weSeneti, wazama ukufumana i-Mills, owayengusekela gqwetha kwi-White House ka-Bill Clinton, ukuba anikezele ngamaxwebhu afanelekileyo. I-Mills yahamba yatya-inja-yam yasekhaya, ibango lokuba umgqogqo uthathe iifayile, ekhokelela u-Comey ukuba agqibe ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuba uphazamisa uphando. Ukugquma kweMills, abaphandi beNdlu yeeNgwevu kuvavanywe , kubandakanya ukubhujiswa kwamaxwebhu kunye nokuziphatha okungafanelekanga.
Ukuziphatha gwenxa okunje kukuphelisa ikhondo lomsebenzi kubantu abaqhelekileyo eWashington, kodwa hayi uCheryl Mills, othe kumashumi eminyaka adlulileyo walandela iClintons naphina apho baya khona. IiMills zibonakalise ukunyaniseka kwakhe kuClinton, Inc. amaxesha ngamaxesha, kwaye ukunyaniseka kuye kwawongwa ngokupasa kutshutshiso kwi-imeyile yeGate.
Ukungathethi kwanto yokuba njengenkosi yabasebenzi eFoggy Bottom, uMills wayengasebenzi njengegqwetha likaHillary, njengoko abameli bakaClinton bephikisile. Nokuba esinye isihloko sakhe, uMcebisi weSebe likaRhulumente, akananto yakwenza nemicimbi yezomthetho, ngaphandle kwegama. Inendima ngokwesiko eyabelwe umgaqo-nkqubo ohlonitshwayo welizwe langaphandle ekufuneka enike iingcebiso ngobulumko kunobhala welizwe. U-Mills owayengaphambi kwakhe njengoMcebisi yayingu-Eliot Cohen, omnye wabaphengululi ababalaseleyo kweli lizwe kubudlelwane bamazwe. Yiyekele i-Clintons ukujika loo msebenzi uye kwelinye lalawo bathembekileyo, uguqulela uMcebisi kwifashoni ye-mafia njenge Umcebisi .
Yonke le nto iyanuka, ichaze igosa eliphezulu le-FBI elidla umhlala-phantsi nelathi liyothuka malunga nemeko yomqeshi walo wangaphambili. Oku kwakungeke kwenzeke ngexesha lam, kungenakucingwa, wonakalisa, evakalisa ukothuka kukuba i-Bureau ivumele ii-Mills ukuba zihlale zibandakanyeka kuphando, kubandakanya nokwenza njengegqwetha likaHillary, ngaphandle kokuzikhusela.
UCheryl Mills wakufumana njani ukungakhuseleki, kwaye ithini imiqathango yawo, ngumpu wokutshaya ekudala ulindelwe kwi-imeyile yeGate, isibonakaliso esicacileyo sokuba, ngaphandle kweeyure ezininzi zomntu ezichithwe kuphando lonyaka wonke, uJames Comey kunye ne-FBI yakhe zange babenazinjongo Ukutshutshisa uHillary Clinton - okanye nawuphina umntu - ngenxa yokuphatha gwenxa ulwazi oluhleliweyo njengonobhala welizwe.
Kutheni u-Comey ethathe isigqibo sokunika i-Mills ikhadi lokuphuma ngaphandle kwejele yinto efuna uphando olululo. Le yipolitiki eluhlaza, ehamba ze kubo bonke ubuqaqawuli bayo obubi nobungenangqondo. Urhwaphilizo lelona gama libalaseleyo lokuchaza olu hlobo lwesivumelwano sangasese esingcolileyo esenza ukuba abantu abaqhelekileyo baseMelika bazidele ezopolitiko kunye nezopolitiko ngokupheleleyo.
Ukuphakama kolu lawulo lwe-imeyileGate ngumbuzo ophambili, kwaye uphinde wavulwa kwakhona isixa esitsha Amaxwebhu ayilelwe ukukhutshwa yi-FBI-ngolwesiHlanu emva kwemini, njengesiqhelo. Zininzi izinto ezithandekayo apha, kubandakanya nento yokuba ekuqaleni kwexesha likaHillary eFoggy Bottom, amagosa eSebe likaRhulumente bebephakamisa imibuzo yomthetho engathandekiyo malunga ne-imeyile yakhe engaqhelekanga kunye namalungiselelo eseva.
Eyona nto inomdla, nangona kunjalo, sisityhilelo sokuba uHillary wayenxibelelana noMongameli u-Obama nge-imeyile yobuqu, kwaye wayenjalo usebenzisa i-alias . I-alias awayeyisebenzisa no-Hillary, kwaye ngokucacileyo abanye, yagcinwa yi-FBI, kwaye mayithiwe into yokuba umongameli wayefuna ukufihla ubuni bakhe kwi-imeyile engacaciswanga ayisiyiyo yonke loo nto ingaqhelekanga.
Into engaqhelekanga, nangona kunjalo, kukuba u-Obama ngaphambili uxelele abeendaba ukuba ufunde kuphela nge-imeyile engaqhelekanga ka-Hillary kunye namalungiselelo eseva kwiingxelo zeendaba. Indlela umongameli asilele ngayo ukuqaphela ukuba ubethumela i-imeyile usibonda wakhe omkhulu kwidilesi yakhe yobuqu, clintonmail.com, hayi iakhawunti kaRhulumente.gov, ngakumbi xa bexoxa ngeshishini elisemthethweni, yinto iCongress enokufuna ukuyifumana-kuba ngokuqinisekileyo i-FBI ngekhe.
Ewe, xa wayexoxwa yi-Bureau, u-Hary Abedin othembekileyo osoloko ethembekile ku-Hillary, wabuzwa malunga ne-imeyile kaMongameli u-Obama ku-Hillary esebenzisa i-alias. Ayicalulwa njani le nto? Wabuza Abedin eyimfihlakalo .
Njani ngokwenene?
Inyani yokuba i-FBI iphinde yahlela umxholo we-imeyile ibonisa ukuba kunjalo wayenjalo ihlelwe, nangona yayithunyelwa kwi-imeyile yobuqu kaHillary kwaye yagqithisa iserver yakhe yobuqu.
Oku, njengezinto ezininzi ze-imeyile yeGate, kubonakala ngathi zimiselwe ukuhlala ziyimfihlakalo, ubuncinci okwangoku. ISebe likaRhulumente alizukukhupha ingqokelela epheleleyo yeimeyile zikaClinton kude kube semva konyulo lukaNovemba 8. Kule veki nje ngumgwebi wase-Federal iqhushumbe I-Foggy Bottom yokuhamba kwayo kancinci: ISebe likaRhulumente kufuneka liqale ukusebenzisana kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Abonwa ukuba bayayenza loo nto. Nangona kunjalo, i uluntu aluyi kubona zonke ii-imeyile zikaHillary de emva Abantu baseMelika bathatha isigqibo sokuba ngubani ozakuba ngumongameli.
KuHillary Clinton, ukuphumelela olo nyulo kunokuba yimfuneko esemthethweni yokumkhusela ekutshutshisweni. ICongress, ephiliswa zezi zityhilelo zamva nje zokungekho semthethweni kunye nenkohliso, ngoku iyakumlandela ngamandla, ngelixa i-FBI isezandleni zikaDonald Trump kubonakala ngathi inomdla kwi-EmailGate i-Bureau engazange ibe nayo phantsi kuka-Mongameli Obama.
Nokuba kunjalo, eli bali liphinde lavela kwakhona kwitela likaHillary Clinton ngexesha elibi, xa iphulo lakhe lisemva kokuvota. Sinokuqiniseka ukuba umchasi wakhe weRiphabhlikhi uya kukhankanya i-imeyile yeGate kwingxoxo kaMongameli yangoMvulo. Umnyulwa weDemokhrasi kufuneka abe neempendulo ezihambelanayo malunga ne-imeyile kunye neseva yakhe xa sele efuna ukunqanda ukungahambi kakuhle phambi kweekhamera.
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