UJudith Miller Wathwala Amanzi kwi-USA eyona nto iphosakeleyo ukusukela eVietnam

Intatheli ye-New York Times u-Judith Miller uyancuma kwi-2005 Society yeNgqungquthela yeNtatheli yezeNtatheli. (Ifoto: U-Ethan Miller / imifanekiso kaFetty)

Abantu baseTibet kuthiwa bayakholelwa ukuba ukuba unengcinga emnyama ngomntu kwaye ingcinga ayibethi ngqo loo mntu izakujikeleza ilizwe kwaye ikubethe emqolo entloko. Kule ngcamango, ndichithe phantse iminyaka elishumi ndingacingi ngcamango emnyama malunga noJudith Miller, owayesakuba yintatheli yeNew York Times owayexela ngezixhobo zikaSaddam Hussein zokutshabalalisa abantu abaninzi zaziluncedo kakhulu kwiphulo lika-Bush Administration lokuthengisa uhlaselo lwase-Iraq.

Kodwa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uMiller upapashe isiqwenga kwifayile ye- Ijenali yeWall Street , Imfazwe yase-Iraq kunye neentsomi ezinenkani, kunye INew York Times uphonononge incwadi yakhe epapashwe nje, Ibali: Uhambo lweNtatheli , kwaye ndizifumana ndicinga kwakhona malunga ne-4,400 yaseMelika efile, amakhulu amawaka eIraq aswelekileyo, abonzakeleyo nabangxwelerhekileyo, inkunkuma ye- $ 4 trillion, unxibelelwano phakathi kokuqhekeka kwe-Iraq kunye nokunyuka kwe-ISIS, kwaye kungaphelelanga apho, Inyaniso yokuba akukho mntu ubandakanyeke kwintlekele enkulu yaseMelika okoko iVietnam ibanjelwe kude. Ke xa ndifunda uJudith Miller esithi, kwakhona, ukuba intatheli ilungile njengemithombo yakhe, ndafumanisa uxinzelelo lwam lwegazi lubomvu.

Kwaye xa ndifunda, kulumko kulumkile Amaxesha uphononongo ngumntu ongenguye Amaxesha umqeshwa, ukuba i-ajenda eza ngamandla kakhulu [encwadini] ngumnqweno wokuhlala kwiphepha eliphambili, ndizifumana sendithuthwa ndisiya kwixesha langaphambili, xa abemi abanjengam besitya ingqumbo yesidlo sakusasa. Kwaye ke ndikhumbula unxibelelwano endandinalo noNks. Miller kwi2005 kunye nombuzo owawundinyanzela bhala ngaye .

Kulabo babenethamsanqa lokungazi nto malunga noNks. Miller kunye nendima yakhe njengesixhobo sokuthengisa kwe-Bush Administration yokuhlasela i-Iraq, nantsi eyona mifutshane.

UNks. Miller wayengumlobi-ntatheli onobuchule obukhethekileyo obunokuhlakulela amadoda anamandla njengemithombo. Kuyinkohliso ukubhala isivakalisi esinjengaleyo-awungekhe uncede ukuvakala njengoonochwephesha abathi nguHillary Clinton onobukrwada. Kodwa yayiyiyo, enyanisweni, indlela uNks. Miller awayesebenza ngayo; UNina Totenberg ukhumbula uKumkani u-Hussein waseJordani ebona uNkosazana Miller kwitheko kwaye ekhwaza e-Juuuudy! kunye noNks Miller, ekuphenduleni, ekhwaza uKiiiiiing!

UNks Miller wayengomnye weentatheli zokuqala ukuba nomdla kwi-bioterrorism. Ekunye noogxa bakhe, waphumelela uPulitzer kwaye wabhala incwadi yangaphambi kokuba abhale. Kodwa xa uBush waba nguMongameli, imithombo yakhe yancipha: URichard Perle, uPaul Wolfowitz, uDouglas Feith, Scooter Libby. Ukuba wayengenayo i-ajenda, benza. Basenayo nangoku, kwaye ukuba nabani na ubathatha ngokungathí sina, ngesele silingisile iTehran.

Kumlo wokuhlasela i-Iraq, amagosa aseburhulumenteni enza amabango amangalisayo. UDick Cheney wanyanzelisa ukuba isigebenga esingu-9/11 uMohammed Atta wadibana negosa lobukrelekrele lase-Iraq ePrague kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba u-Atta abhabhe inqwelomoya kwiZiko lezoRhwebo leHlabathi. (Le ntlanganiso ayenzekanga.) UCondoleezza Rice wabona ubudlelwane phakathi kweAl Qaeda kunye noSaddam Hussein. (Ngaphandle kwabo bonke ubungqina obuchasene noko, iRice yayisathetha oku ngo-2006.) Kodwa eyona nto yayinkulu yayilibango likaMiller malunga neenjongo ze-Iraq zokuphuhlisa izixhobo zentshabalalo.

Njengentatheli ebethelelwe eIraq, uMiller wabona izinto ezingcwatyiweyo zemveliso yezixhobo zemichiza. Ewe, wayengababoni kakuhle. Egqoke iimpahla ze-nondescript kunye ne-cap baseball, wabhala kwi Amaxesha , Isazinzulu esasikumgangatho osezantsi wase-Iraq esaziwa ngokuba yi-Curveball sakhomba amabala aliqela esantini apho athi bangaphambi kweekhemikhali kunye nezinye izixhobo zangcwatywa.

Kwiiyure ezimbalwa emva kokuba eso siqwenga sipapashiwe, uDick Cheney waya kwi-Meet the Press kwaye wacaphula uMiller. Abanye balandela. UBob Simon wemizuzu engama-60 wakhawuleza ukubona ngekabuki. Uvuza ibali kwi INew York Times , uxelele uFranklin Foer Imagazini yaseNew York , kwaye i INew York Times uyiprinte, kwaye emva koko uye ngeCawa ubonise ukucaphula INew York Times kunye nokuxhasa ulwazi lwakho. Unyanzelekile ukuba ubanike. Oko kuthatha, njengoko sisitsho apha eNew York, chutzpah.

Kuthathe iminyaka emibini ukuba uMiller avume ukuba ingxelo yakhe ayinakuqinisekiswa: WMD-ndiyifumene ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa yayingelotyala lakhe; Ukhohlisiwe yimithombo yakhe. Ewe, akukho nokukhohliswa. Babethetha kakuhle. Bafumene nje okungalunganga. Kukhusela esikuva rhoqo. Ewe kunjalo, yeyona mpikiswano iphambili ngokuchasene nelizwi lokungena: Iimpazamo zenziwa.

Ngo-2005, zininzi izinto ezazisenziwa xa kuthathwa ingxelo kaMiller. Ngokuchanekileyo, bagxile kwingcinga yakhe engeyonyani kunye nengxelo engonelanga. Andifundanga namnye odibanisa iimpazamo zakhe kubuntu bakhe.

Emva koko, malunga neveki ngaphambi kokuba uHarriet Miers atsale iplagi kwisigqibo sakhe seNkundla ePhakamileyo, uJudith Miller waya kwitheko lesidlo sangokuhlwa.

Apho, ndaxelelwa, wayenombuzo: Kutheni le nto wonke umntu enesidima kangaka kuHarriet Miers?

Lowo yayingumbuzo ongalibalekiyo. UNks Miers wayeliBhunga le-White House likaMongameli uGeorge W. Bush. Wayengenaso esinye isiqinisekiso esasicebisa ukuba ubekwiNkundla ePhakamileyo. Ukutyunjwa kwakhe kwajongwa ngokubanzi njengokubonisa indelelo kaMnu. Bush kwiNkundla. Nkqu namaRiphabhlikhi ala ukwamxhasa. Kwaye nanko uJudith Miller, ngokungathi ebekwiMars kangangeenyanga, ezibuza ukuba kutheni iWashington inenkohliso kuNks Miers.

Ndathi ndakuva ngentetho kaNks. Miller eyothusayo, ndagqiba ekubeni ndibhale ngaye. Ndaye ndambhalela ndicela isiqinisekiso.

Impendulo yakhe yayiqaqambile.

Mhlawumbi uza kuva izinto ezininzi ekuthiwa andikhumbuli ndizithetha, wandixelela, nge-imeyile. Ndiyayithanda lento. Musa ukucinga ukuba ndakhe ndavakalisa uluvo kuye, okanye ndabuza umbuzo owuphakamisayo malunga neHarriet Miers.

Khange ndiphendule, kodwa umthombo wam yayinguDon Hewitt, umyili odumileyo kunye nomvelisi weMizuzu engama-60. Ndamazi uHewitt-wandixelela ibali likaMiller ngelixa ndandixela isiqwenga ngaye. Kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambili, iMizuzu engama-60 yayithengile uphando kum. Unokuba noqweqwe. Kodwa wayethembekile-wayenengxelo enkulu kwezosasazo lobuntatheli.

Ke ukuba uHewitt uthe uNksk. Miller ubuze lo mbuzo, ndicaphula uHewitt. Ngokubhekisele ekutyibilikeni kukaNks.Miller, kuthetha isimilo-akayintatheli elungileyo kwaye akangomthombo olungileyo. Ngoku ifakwe kwiFox News, ekugqibeleni ifumene ikhaya lakhe lokwenene.

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