UMichael Flynn, owayesakuba ngumcebisi wezokhuseleko kuzwelonke kuMongameli uDonald Trump, ushiya ukulandela isimangalo sakhe e-Prettyman Federal Courthouse ngo-Disemba 1, 2017 eWashington, D.C.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Izithombe Ukuwa kubabalo lukaLieutenant General uMike Flynn osele esidla umhlala-phantsi yenye yezona zinto zingummangaliso kwiirekhodi zemikhosi yaseMelika kunye neenkonzo zobuntlola. Kunyaka nje omnye odlulileyo, inkwenkwezi yakhe ngekhe ibe ngaphezulu, ebizwa njengoMcebisi woKhuseleko kuZwelonke kuMongameli osanda kunyulwa uDonald Trump. Nangona kunjalo, wawukhuphela loo msebenzi ngeentsuku nje ezingama-24, irekhodi. Kwiveki ephelileyo wavuma ityala lokuxoka kwi-FBI malunga neengxoxo nabantu baseRussia abaphezulu, eshiya igama lakhe likwimeko embi.
Yonke le nto yenzekileyo iyakuxoxwa kangangeminyaka njengoko isaga esipheleleyo sobudlelwane obufihlakeleyo beTrump White House eMoscow kunye nophando lukaMcebisi oKhethekileyo uRobert Mueller luqhubela phambili njenge-steamroller, butyumpa kancinci yonke into ekuvukeni kwayo. UFlynn, ubuchwephesha kwezomkhosi oguqukele ebubini, uzakubalasela kweli bali libi. Ngoku ukuba uyasebenzisana noMueller ngokuchasene noMongameli uTrump, ukujongana nesicelo sakhe kwisimangalo esincinci ukuze angabinakho ukuvalelwa ixesha lokuvalelwa, indima kaFlynn itshintshile, kodwa ayibalulekanga kangako.
Kanye kanye indlela awayexineke ngayo uFlynn nabantu baseRussia ngoku iza kugxila. Ukuhlazeka esidlangalaleni njenge ukuvela kwi-10thIsikhumbuzo se-RT, uthungelwano lwe-propaganda yaseMoscow-kubandakanya ukuhlala etafileni yentloko kunye noVladimir Putin, umongameli waseRussia-yayisisiphelo nje somkhenkce. Oko uFlynn uthathe imali yaseKremlin kolo luvo luphikisayo bekufanele ukuba lubonakalisile kwizenzo ezimbi.
Umzekelo, uFlynn wayeququzelela umdla waseRussia, kubandakanya neenzuzo zamandla enyukliya kwihlabathi liphela. Lo ayingomsebenzi oqhelekileyo wokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwiinjengele zomkhosi wase-US. Ngoku kubonakala ngathi uFlynn wayebandakanyekile koku ngelixa wayesebenza njengomgcini wezokhuseleko welizwe likaTrump. Nguye ixelwe Ukubhalela umntu asebenza naye ukuba isivumelwano esikhulu senyukliya sasilungile, okuthetha ukuba uFlynn ngoku angafumana isohlwayo eRussia, embindini wedilesi kaTrump kaJanuwari ophelileyo.
Yintoni ebangela ukuba impembelelo kaFlynn ibothuse ngakumbi yile imele yena Isibini ukuqhushumba okukhulu kwiminyaka emihlanu. Ukuwa kwakhe okokuqala kubabalo kwafika ngo-Agasti ka-2014, xa uMongameli u-Barack Obama wambeka njengentloko ye-Arhente yezoKhuselo lezoKhuselo emva kweminyaka emibini inzima kuloo msebenzi. Nangona uFlynn, ngendlela yakhe yesiqhelo yokunyelisa, ebonakalisa ukudubula kwakhe njengesenzo sezopolitiko-uMongameli obuthathaka u-Obama, engaqinisekanga malunga nesoyikiso se-jihadist, wayesongelwa yintetho echanekileyo ka-Flynn malunga nobunqolobi, ibali lahamba-inyani ngu-Flynn owalahlwa e-DIA ngenxa yokungakwazi . Ayifane yenzeke eWashington, kwaye iphantse yavakala kumanqanaba aphezulu oLuntu lwethu loBuntlola.
Ukuhlala kwakhe apho kwabakho intlekele, yonakaliswa kukuzikhukhumalisa, ukungazi nto, kunye nolawulo gwenxa. Njengoko bendixelile ngaphambili:
I-DIA ibisoloko ibalekiswa kwindawo yethu yoBuntlola-indawo yokulahla apho imisebenzi yasemkhosini isiya kufa rhoqo kunokuba iphumelele-kodwa uFlynn wayekholelwa ekubeni angangumphathi ojika i-DIA ijikeleze umdlalo we-CIA kunye ne-NSA kumdlalo we-Washington. Hayi, wayengalunganga.
Abasebenzi abangabasebenzi base-DIA abaphefumlelwanga nangokwimigangatho yeBeltway, kwaye bayaphikisa xa uFlynn wabasongela kaninzi ngokubadubula ukuba azingenisanga kwizicwangciso zakhe zerhente. Kwavela ukuba uFlynn wayengcono xa ecinga ngeeMbono eziMkhulu kunokuba aziphumeze, kwaye izicwangciso zakhe zohlengahlengiso ze-DIA azihambanga ndawo.
Emva kweminyaka emibini iphantsi kukaFlynn, abasebenzi be-DIA babenele kwaye babekwimvukelo evulekileyo engaphezulu okanye engaphantsi. Umququ wokugqibela weza ne intetho emangazayo kubasebenzi ngumqeshwa okhuthaze abasetyhini ukuba bangabi ziPlain Jane kwaye bathambise makeup emsebenzini: Akukho ziflethi… Zipeyinta iinzipho zakho… Iibrunettes zinendlela ethe chatha enemibala egqamileyo kuneeblondes okanye redheads.
Nangona uFlynn waxolisa kwiarhente yakhe, umonakalo wenziwe. I-White House yayingenandlela yimbi ngaphandle kokumsusa ngaphandle, kunye nesekela lakhe-intshukumo enqabileyo kwiSebe lezoKhuselo ukuya kubamba iqela elipheleleyo lobunkokheli.
Emva kwesiphelo somlilo ka-Flynn kwi-DIA, kufanelekile ukubuza ukuba kutheni wakhe waqwalaselwa loo msebenzi kwaphela. Kukho i-backstory enomdla apha efuna ukukhutshwa kancinci okwangoku ityhila ubuqhetseba obubalulekileyo beshishini lonke likaFlynn.
Wathunyelwa emkhosini ngo-1981, kuba uninzi lomsebenzi wakhe uFlynn wayengazange abe ngumdlali ophambili emkhosini okanye e-IC. Wayeyindoda enobukrelekrele, kwaye wazibophelela kuStanley McChrystal, ongomnye weenjengele ezinyuka ngokukhawuleza emkhosini emva komhla we-9/11. Umsebenzi kaFlynn wenyuka phakathi kuka-2004 no-2007, xa wayesebenza njengomphathi wezobuntlola kwi-Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command, abo babedla iinyoka ababebulala abanqolobi ngelo xesha e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan. Embindini we-aughts, phantsi kuka-General McChrystal, i-JSOC yaguqulwa yenziwa into eyimfihlo kakhulu, kwaye uFlynn wadlala indima enkulu apho.
Ngokukodwa, uFlynn wayebeke iliso kuphuhliso lwexesha elifanelekileyo, elinemithombo emininzi yolwazi oluncedise i-JSOC ekubulaleni abanqolobi ngendlela engazange ibonwe. Ukujolisa ekujoliseni abantu ababi kwaba yinto enkulu ngobhedu ngaphakathi kweBeltway, kwaye igama likaFlynn laqala ukuqatshelwa ngaphaya kweJSOC. Kwakusoloko kukho ukusebeza, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uFlynn wayebanga ikhredithi ngomsebenzi obalulekileyo owenziwe ngabangaphantsi kwakhe, ngekhe kube yinto engaqhelekanga emkhosini wethu.
UFlynn wayesesisihlobo esingaziwayo kwimijikelezo yeentlola, kodwa oko kwatshintsha ekuqaleni kuka-2010, xa kwavela isifundo esivusa inkanuko sokusebenza kobukrelekrele baseMelika eAfghanistan. Isihloko Ukulungisa i-Intel , le yayiyi-wonky jeremiad engakhange ibambe manqindi, isebenzisa amagama afana nokuchaphazeleka ngokufanelekileyo, ukungazi, ukungabinangqondo, kunye nomdla wokuchaza umsebenzi wobukrelekrele wase-US e-Afghanistan ngendlela eyoyikisayo.
Yintoni eyenze oku kungathandeki ngakumbi ngumbhali wesifundo yayiyimpi yobukrelekrele bemikhosi yase-US kunye ne-NATO e-Afghanistan ngelo xesha: UMike Flynn. Wazidwelisa njengombhali ophambili, ecaleni kwabahlalutyi abancinci. Ayisiyiyo yonke imihla umphathi ohlasela esidlangalaleni umbutho wakhe, ecebisa ukugqitywa kwawo ngokupheleleyo ngenxa yokuba kusilele ngokupheleleyo.
Okuphawuleka nangakumbi kukuba uphononongo lwapapashwa yi-Washington-tank yokucinga, iZiko loKhuseleko lwaseMelika. UFlynn utsibe ngaphandle kwePentagon ukuba ahlasele umbutho wakhe, into leyo ukhathazekile abanye abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo kwikomkhulu lesizwe. Nangona kunjalo, njengendlela yokwazisa uluntu, eli yayiliqhinga eliqaqambileyo, kwaye uFlynn kwangoko waba yintetho yamaqela e-egghead e-Washington.
Ukulungisa i-Intel yakhutshwa yi-CNAS nge-fanfare, kubandakanya iplagi yesitshixo NguTom Ricks, igosa le-CNAS ekwakukudala liyi-doyen yokunika ingxelo ngomkhosi ngaphakathi kweBeltway. Ngokuvuma kukaRicks, uFlynn ngoku wayeyindoda eneengcamango ezinkulu, kwaye inkwenkwezi yakhe yavuka ngokukhawuleza ngaphakathi kwi-bureaucracy eyimfihlo. Kungekudala, wahluthwa e-Afghanistan ukuze athathe i-plum yabasebenzi abaphezulu e-IC eWashington, eyamazisa kubantu abalungileyo. Kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa kamva, ngo-Epreli 2012, uMike Flynn wonyulwa yi-White House ukuba ithathe i-DIA. Elinye ibali, siyazi.
Ngaphandle kokuba bekukho isiqwenga esingundoqo esilahlekileyo kude kube ziintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo. UTom Ricks wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekunyukeni ngokukhawuleza kukaFlynn eWashington. Nangona kunjalo, ngoku uyazibuza ukuba Uncede ukudala i-monster , ukusebenzisa amagama kaRick. Kwikholamu eyoyikisayo awapapasha kwiveki ephelileyo, uRick uvumile ukuba ufumene i-CNAS ukuba iqhube isifundo sikaFlynn ngoJanuwari 2010. Isikhalazo sikaFlynn sasibalulekile kwaye sidinga ukubhengezwa, uRick wachaza: Wayebonakala ngathi ngumoya omtsha, kanye le nto yayisenziwa ngumkhosi. iyafuneka. Nangona kunjalo, kukho ingxaki enkulu ngeli bali, njengoko uRick ngoku evuma:
Ndinesizathu sokukrokrela ukuba uFlynn wayenokuba nenxaxheba encinci ekubhaleni iphepha. Kwelinye icala, wayifunda, wabona ukuba ilungile, kwaye wavuma ukuyiboleka igama lakhe kunye nenqanaba. Ukuvuma kwakhe kunike iphepha ukuba likhule kakhulu. Ngaphandle koko ngekungekho ndawo, kwaye uFlynn ngoku unokuba ligama elingaziwayo.
Akuqhelekanga kwigosa eliphezulu ukuba liboleke igama lalo kwisifundo se-wonky esingenakufundwa nangubani na. Nangona kunjalo, uFlynn wazidwelisa njengophononongo Umbhali okhokelayo - eyayingeyiyo. Oku kwakukrokrelwa ngamandla ngelo xesha kwizangqa zezobuntlola, into uRick kubonakala ngathi uyiphosile- kunye neziphumo ezibi.
UMike Flynn akazange abe sisilumko sobukrelekrele awayezenza ngathi ulikho, esichaza ukuba kutheni ulawulo lwakhe kwi-DIA lwaluyintlekele enjalo. Ngelixa indoda enobukrelekrele enobuchule, uFlynn wayengazi ukuba umdlalo omkhulu udlalwa njani ngaphakathi kweBeltway, ke wayilahla ibhola xa evunyelwe ebaleni. Oku kuchaza nendlela uFlynn abonakala ngayo engenalo nofifi lokuba iminxeba yakhe kwindlu yozakuzo yase-Russia inokuthintelwa yi-FBI, ukungazi okumangalisayo kwigosa lezobuntlola. Ke kwakhona, kuninzi uMike Flynn ebefanele ukuba uyazi kodwa ngandlela thile akazange.
UJohn Schindler yingcali yezokhuseleko kunye nowayesakuba ngumhlalutyi weArhente yoKhuseleko kuZwelonke kunye negosa lobukrelekrele. Ingcali kwezobuntlola kunye nobunqolobi, ukwaligosa lomkhosi wamanzi kunye nenjingalwazi yeWar College. Upapashe iincwadi ezine kwaye uku-Twitter ku @ 20committee.
