Kumhla wesihlanu wohlaselo lwangoSeptemba 11, uViet Dinh, ongomnye wabayili abaphambili bePatriot Act, wayemi e-ofisini yakhe eWashington, D.C., esenza imibongo malunga neNkundla ePhakamileyo yezoBulungisa uSandra Day O'Connor.
UJustice O'Connor, ndiyamthanda kakhulu, utshilo unjingalwazi wezomthetho oneminyaka engama-38. Ndimthanda kakhulu. Ungoyena ulungileyo.
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Ngobusuku nje obudlulileyo, uMnu. Dinh wayethathe inxaxheba kwintlanganiso yeholo yedolophu yaseTed Koppel kwiXabiso loKhuseleko, kwaye xa umboniso waphela kwaye iikhamera zisaqengqeleka, uMnu Dinh wabonakala esamkela uLanny Davis, igqwetha elikhethekileyo likaMongameli uClinton.
Umnumzana Dinh, uluvo lobugqwetha kwikomkhulu lesizwe, naye ufumene uthando kwiintshaba zosapho lukaClinton-njengaxa wayesebenza kwiKomiti yeWhitewater ka-Alphonse D'Amato, okanye kamva kwikomiti yeSenator Pete Domenici yokuchotshelwa kwetyala.
Inokuba ndamanga uLanny Davis, utshilo uMnu. Dinh. Ndihlala ndanga [igqwetha elilondolozayo] uTed Olson kunye [nomphathi olawulayo we-ACLU] u-Anthony Romero.
Kwidolophu efana neWashington, kunqabile ukuba kufuneke kuthiwe, wonke umntu osemdlalweni kunye, nokuba leliphi icala lendlela. Kodwa bambalwa abazenzele ukuba bathandeke njengo Mnumzana Dinh, nokuba babandakanyeka emsebenzini onobungozi njengokuncedisa kubongameli abaziwayo kunye nombhali imigaqo-nkqubo ye-wiretap.
Ndenza le ndiyenzayo, ndithetha endikuthethayo, ndicinga into endiyicingayo, kwaye ndiyishiya iileyibhile kwabanye, utshilo. Andizicingeli njengomntu endihamba naye okanye umntu ocinga izinto okanye isampampu serabha. Okanye umvukeli.
Ngapha koko, kukho ilebheli kaMnu Dinh. EWashington, abantu ababona ukungakhathali kukaMnu Dinh, isimilo esilula njengezopolitiko ezinamathuba baye bayiqamba iViet Spin.
Nantsi, mhlawumbi, ngumzekelo weViet Spin emsebenzini: Umnumzana uDinh wenza iintloko kwezi ntsuku ezimele ubungxowa-nkulu uTom Perkins, owayesakuba lilungu lebhodi ye-Hewlett-Packard othukuthele ngenxa yeendlela ezazisetyenziselwa ukufumanisa leaker kwibhodi yenkampani. ihlazo elipheleleyo kwinkampani.
Ngokukrakra njengoko wayethetha ukuba urhulumente angasebenzisa i-wiretaps ukusiphula abanqolobi, ngoku uphikisa ukuba inkampani igqithe imida yayo ngokuvumela iindlela ezingekho mthethweni kwaye ezinokwenzeka ezingekho mthethweni ukuba zisetyenziselwe ukufumana iirekhodi zamalungu ebhodi zeefowuni.
Ndicinga ukuba ubuchule bam kukhuseleko lwesizwe kunye nokujonga nge-elektroniki kunye nesenzo seU.S. Patriot sandinceda ngokulula ukuba ndibone ukuba semthethweni okanye ukufaneleka kweendlela ezithile zophando, utshilo uMnu. Dinh.
Umcimbi waseHewlett-Packard kukusetyenziswa kwesizathu - indlela apho abaphandi bazenza abathengi beenkonzo zefowuni, bebonelela ngeenombolo zoKhuseleko loLuntu kunye nezinye, ukuze bafumane iirekhodi zeefowuni. Iirekhodi zefowuni zikaMnu Perkins, amanye amalungu ebhodi kunye neentatheli ezazingabamkeli bokuvuza zafikelelwa, inkampani ixele. Ngo-Lwesibini, u-sihlalo u-Patricia Dunn-owayebize uphando kodwa esithi wayengazazi iindlela ezisetyenzisiweyo-wahluthwa itayitile yakhe kwafakwa umphathi omkhulu wenkampani u-Mark Hurd, no-Nks. Dunn uzakuhlala ebhodini.
Ndibuze uTom ukuba uyinikile imvume, wathi hayi, utshilo uMnu. Dinh. Ngaphandle kokuyazi indlela yophando, ekubeni ubukule dolophu kwaye ubonile kwaye uthathe inxaxheba kuphando oluninzi oluvuzayo, uyazi, ayizizo izinto ezilula ukuzenza naxa une-subpoena epheleleyo kunye namandla e-search-warrant.
Ukuhamba ngesikhephe sakhe kwiMeditera, uMnumzana uPerkins akafumanekanga ukwenza ingxelo, kodwa wakhupha ingxelo kwimpelaveki ecela ukuba ashiye isikhundla sikaNksk. Dunn.
MR. UDINH WAYENEMINYAKA eli-10 ubudala xa wayebaleka eSaigon ngo-1978, eyinxalenye yamaza abantu ababebhaca kumgaqo wobukomanisi. Utata wakhe, owayelilungu lebhunga lesixeko, wayethunyelwe kwinkampu yokufunda kwakhona. Umnumzana Dinh, umama wakhe kunye nabantakwabo bahlanu bahamba ngephenyana lokuloba, apho bachitha khona iintsuku ezili-12 ngaphandle kokutya namanzi. Ekugqibeleni bafika eMalaysia. Umama kaMnu. Dinh wakhawuleza waqonda ukuba abantu baseMalaysia bangabathumela kanye elwandle, ke ngobo busuku waqhekeza isikhephe ngesikhephe ukuze atshabalalise ulwandle.
Emva kweenyanga ezithile kwinkampu yeembacu, abakwaDinh bathunyelwa ePortland, e-Ore.Usapho lwachola amaqunube ngomvuzo ophantsi, kodwa xa kwaqhambuka iNtaba iSt. Helens, umonakalo wesityalo wawunzima kangangokuba usapho lwaphindela eFullerton kuMazantsi eCalifornia. Apho, uMnu.Dinh wayesebenza kunye nomama wakhe kwivenkile yokuthunga kwaye watshiza i-burger ukuphuma kwesikolo. Ufumene imali yokufunda eHarvard emva koko waya kwiHarvard Law School.
Iprofayili yakhe yoluntu yenyuka ngokuthe ngcembe ukusuka apho. Wabhala i-op-ed kwiThe New York Times ngo-1992 kumzabalazo kadade wabo wokungena e-United States, kwaye i-odyssey yakhe yachazwa ngumlobi we-Times u-Anthony Lewis kunyaka olandelayo njengomzekelo ophikisayo kulabo abachaphazelekayo ngesongelo sokufuduka.
Emva kwesikolo sezomthetho, wabhalela uJaji Laurence Silberman, otyunjwe nguReagan, othungelwano lwamagqwetha akhe agcina umthetho. Kunyaka olandelayo, wayesebenza noSandra Day O'Connor.
Emva kokubhala, wazinza eWashington, kodwa hayi ngaphambi kokuba enze udliwanondlebe neNews Corp. URupert Murdoch kunye nomcebisi wakhe jikelele, u-Arthur Siskind. Bacebisa ukuba alandele ithuba ekufumaneni kwabo okutsha, i-Star TV ese Hong Kong, kodwa uMnu Dinh wathi wayengenayo i-Asia bug.
Endaweni yoko, watyala iingcambu zakhe e-DC, apho uMongameli uBill Clinton wayejolise ekuziqhelaniseni nabantu abadala nabancinci. Emva kokhenketho kwi-Whitewater nee-impeachment units, ngo-1996 wajoyina i-faculty eGeorgetown Law Centre, kwaye wanikwa ingqesho ngo-1999.
Ngexesha ledabi lonyulo luka-2000 lonyulo, uMnu. Dinh wafaka isishwankathelo samagama egameni labalandeli bakaBush, kwaye ngo-2001 iqela lotshintsho likaMongameli leza liza. Umnumzana uDinh uvakalise umdla kwinto eza kuthiywa ngokutsha iOfisi yoMgaqo-nkqubo Wezomthetho, emva koko yathathelwa ingqalelo njengamanzi abuyela umva igunya lawo lalinomda ekukhetheni iijaji. Ukhumbule udliwanondlebe noJohn Ashcroft.
Ekuphela kwento endinayo zizimvo. Ndinezimvo ezibhakiweyo ezinesiqingatha, ndinezimvo ezibhakiweyo ngekota, kwaye ndibhake ngokupheleleyo izimvo. Kwaye ke ndinayo le fayile incinci, uyakhumbula esithi. Yifayile yeengcinga eziphambeneyo.
Umnumzana Ashcroft uphendule ngenzondelelo, kwaye no-Dinh waphinda wakha i-bons mots zakhe: Ubugcisa bobunkokeli kukuchazwa kwakhona kwezinto ezinokwenzeka, uMnu Dinh wamkhumbula esithi.
Ndathi, 'Ahhhhh,' uMnu Dinh ukhumbule, ephosa isandla sakhe phezulu emoyeni kwaye ehla esihlalweni.
USenator uClinton wayekuphela komntu owayechasa isiqinisekiso sakhe njengomsizi wegqwetha jikelele.
Nangona esaziwa ngobungcali bomgaqo-nkqubo wezomthetho, igalelo lakhe kwezemfundo likwimimandla eyahlukileyo yokutolikwa komgaqo-siseko, ulawulo lweshishini kunye nomthetho wamanye amazwe.
I-Viet ihleli edolophini; Ukho kuyo yonke indawo, kukhwazwa uJuleanna Glover Weiss, lobbyist kunye neWashington doyenne.
I-Bancroft Associates, i-boutique yokubonisana kaMnu. Dinh, yinto enqabileyo kuninzi lwabaprofesa bezomthetho-ngakumbi omnye omncinci njengaye. KwiFakhalthi yaseGeorgetown, uMartin Ginsburg, ukugqwesa kwabafundi beerhafu kunye nomyeni weJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ungugqirha kuFried, uFrank, uHarris, uShriver noJacobson, kodwa nokuba ulungelelwaniso oluqhelekileyo alunakuba ngumthetho.
Kwidolophu egcwele abantu bomthetho okanye amagqwetha kumafemu ezomthetho, uhlala kummandla owahluke mpela, ongomnye wabafundi abafundayo okwenzeka nokuba ligqwetha elihle, utshilo uNeal Katyal, umhlobo kunye noGeorgetown Mnu Dinh's. Akukho bantu baninzi kuloo ndlela.
Umnumzana Dinh ebephethe iOfisi yoMgaqo-nkqubo Wezomthetho kangangeenyanga ezine ezinesiqingatha xa iinqwelomoya zantathu zaxhwilwa ngo-Septemba 11.
Kwiiveki ezintandathu ezizayo, uMnu. Dinh kunye noogxa bakhe basebenze-ngamanye amaxesha ubusuku bonke-kunye neCongress, i-White House, i-F.B.I. kunye neC.I.A. kumthetho iU.S.A. Patriot Act, ummiselo owawunika ukuthotyelwa komthetho iseti yamagunya atyebileyo. Umthetho wehlisa imiqobo phakathi kokunyanzeliswa komthetho kunye neearhente zobuntlola; yenze kwalula kurhulumente ukuba athabathe iifowuni, abeke iliso kwimicimbi ye-Intanethi, akhangele aqokelele iirekhodi kunye nedatha; kunye nokunciphisa iimfuno zemvume kwezinye iimeko.
Ngelixa ixesha likaMnumzana uDinh kurhulumente labonelela ngolawulo izihlunu ezininzi zobukrelekrele kwimfazwe yoloyiko, emva kokuba eshiye urhulumente, uMnu. Dinh waphakamisa amashiya ambalwa abanyanisekileyo. Abantu bafunda ngokunzulu ekugxekeni kwakhe ukuphathwa kolawulo kwetyala lasePadilla, apho athe ukungabikho komgaqo-nkqubo malunga nokuvalelwa kwabemi base-U.S abatyholwa ngemisebenzi yobunqolobi. Kwabanye, oku kwakungumqondiso wenkululeko kunye nokuthembeka; abanye bayibiza ngokuba lithuba.
Injingalwazi yesikolo somthetho, eyinxalenye yepol pit pit yindlela iLos Angeles Times eyamchaza ngayo uMnu. Dinh ngo2002.
Xa kuthelekiswa namanye amagqwetha akrelekrele ahloniphekileyo ukusuka kwikota yokuqala kaMongameli, uMnu. Dinh uvele phantse ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Ngokufanelekileyo, waye wakuphepha nakuphi na ukunxulumana neengxoxo ezibi zangaphakathi malunga nokugwetyelwa ukungcungcutheka ngoku ngokufanayo nomnye uprofesa wezomthetho oselula, uBerkeley kaJohn Yoo.
Ngelixa abanye bejonga ubuchule bukaMnu Dinh bokuza kakuhle njengophawu lobukrelekrele bakhe kwezopolitiko-uhlala ethanjiswa njengomntu otyunjiweyo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo kulawulo lweRiphabhlikhi oluzayo-abanye babona ubungqina beshishini lakhe.
Kulula ukufumanisa i-reverse snobbery encinci kwizimvo ezenziwa ngabahlobo kunye nabantu oqhelene nabo malunga nokutsala kukaMnu Dinh kubomi obulungileyo. Kukho amarhe aqhubekayo okuba wayenemoto nomqhubi. (Umnumzana uDinh ubanga ukuba ngamanye amaxesha wayekhwela kuphela umkhweli othe waqesha uBancroft kangangexesha elithile esebenzisa imoto yakhe.)
Iphephancwadi i-Washingtonian linike ingxelo kule nyanga ukuba uMnu.Dinh kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, igqwetha uJennifer Ashworth Dinh, bathengise indlu yabo yedolophu yokulala eBeaux-Arts eKalorama kwigosa leBhanki yeHlabathi uPhilippe Benoit nge-1,950,000 yeedola. Baye bafudukela kwindlu enamagumbi okulala amathathu eAlexandria, eVa.
Izindlu ezinqabileyo, kunye nabahlobo abathandekayo: Kwindawo yokubuyela eendaba ukuxoxa ngemicimbi yezokhuseleko lukazwelonke, eyathi yahanjelwa nguMnu Dinh emva kokuba eshiye ulawulo, wadibana nonyana omdala kaMnu Murdoch, uLachlan.
Saqhubeka nje ukuthetha ngento endiyenzayo kunye nezinto ezinjalo, uMnu Dinh ucacisile. Kungekudala uMnu Dinh waziswa, emva koko wanyulwa, kwibhodi yeNews Corp.
Kwakukwibhodi yeNews Corp. apho uMnu. Dinh wadibana noMnu Perkins, kwaye yayikwintlanganiso yebhodi yeNews Corp. eLondon ekuqaleni kwehlobo uMnu Perkins wacela uluvo lwakhe malunga nokufikelela okungagunyaziswanga kukaHewlett-Packard kwamalungu ebhodi Iirekhodi zefowuni.
Ubudlelwane kunye neNews Corp. kunye nabahlobo bayo buhlala bomelele. NgoLwesithathu, uMnu Dinh ubhabhela eSydney ukuya kubhaptizwa unyana wesibini kaLachlan Murdoch, u-Aidan, uthixo wakhe.
Wayengafumani amanye amaKatolika, aqhula uMnu Dinh. Ungayibeka ngaphakathi.
