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Un altro NSA Whistleblower parla fuori
Domenica 1° luglio 2007
Da David Swanson Un ex membro degli Stati Uniti il servizio segreto ha deciso rivelare che cosa conosce circa spiare warrantless sugli Americani e circa la riparazione dell'intelligenza nel leadup all'invasione di Irak. Adrienne Kinne descrive un avvenimento appena prima dell'invasione di Irak in cui un fax ha entrato nel suo ufficio a Gordon forte nella Georgia che ha preteso di fornire le informazioni sulla posizione delle armi irachene di distruzione totale. Il fax è venuto dal congresso nazionale iracheno, un gruppo opposto a Saddam Hussein ed a favorire un'invasione. Il fax ha contenuto i tipi di informazioni che hanno richiesto che sono tradotti e trasmessi al presidente Bush in 15 minuti. Ma Kinne stava ascoltando di nascosto su due operai non governativi del sussidio che guidano in Irak che erano lasciati prendere dal panico e provanti a trovare la sicurezza prima che le bombe cadessero. Ha messo a fuoco sul provare a proteggerli ed è stata rimproverata per fa ritardare nella traduzione del fax. Allora ha sfidato il suo ufficiale in carica, bacca del John dell'ufficiale della garanzia, sulla credibilità del fax e gli ha detto che non fosse il suo posto o suo per sfidare tali cose. Nessun degli altri 20 circa la gente nell'unità hanno messo in discussione qualche cosa, Kinne detto. Kinne data questo avvenimento al periodo appena prima l'invasione ufficiale di Irak o possibilmente subito dopo. Dice che perché gli Stati Uniti si sono agganciati così tanto nel bombardamento prima dell'invasione ufficiale, non può ricordare per sicuro. Prima dell'11 settembre 2001, Kinne dice, era inaccettabile ascoltare dentro sopra o raccogliere le informazioni sugli Americani. La pratica è stata esclusa dall'indirizzamento di intelligenza dei segnali degli Stati Uniti (USSID) 18. Kinne ricorda un avvenimento in 1997 in où il nome dell'americano è stato accennato e lei ed i suoi colleghe hanno cancellato ogni annotazione relativa perché hanno preso molto seriamente il divieto di raccolta delle informazioni sugli Americani. Kinne stava servendo da 1994-1998 sul dovere attivo come linguista arabo per servizio segreto a Gordon forte nella Georgia, trasmettere segnala a e collaborando con il NSA. Ha servito alla stessa stazione dopo 9-11 quando è stata attivata come reservist. Kinne dice che post-9-11 lei ed altre ha raccolto ordinariamente le informazioni sulla gente anche dopo identificarle come operai del sussidio per le organizzazioni non governative. A common rationale was that the phones of such organizations could conceivably be seized by terrorists. She recalled one case in which she was listening to an American talk to his British colleague in an international aid organization. The Brit expressed concern about the American military eavesdropping, and the American replied that they couldn’t possibly be doing that because of USSID 18. Kinne recalls that her colleagues got quite excited and behaved as if the American had divulged secrets by mentioning that directive. They continued eavesdropping on the man although they were unclear at that point whether they were permitted to spy on Americans. Shortly after this incident, however, in mid-2002, they were given a waiver to spy on Americans. This waiver was communicated to Kinne and her colleagues orally, and she assumed that it had come from the President or someone very high up. The waiver, she says, also permitted spying on Canadian, French, German, Australian, and British citizens without probable cause. Many of the people, including Americans, whom Kinne spied on were journalists. These included journalists staying at a hotel in Baghdad that later showed up on a list of targets. Again, Kinne says, she expressed concerns to her officer in charge, letting him know that the military should be informed or the journalists should be warned to move to another location. Kinne says Berry brushed her off. He was, she says, “completely behind the invasion of Iraq. He told us repeatedly that we needed to bomb those barbarians back to kingdom come.” Berry was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer. Kinne left, went back to school, and took a job at the Veterans Administration helping some of the victims of the fixing of intelligence that she had witnessed. And early this year she joined a tour of Vermont with activists Cindy Sheehan, John Nichols, Dan DeWalt, and veterans of the war, a tour promoting the passage of impeachment resolutions in Vermont towns, a tour that helped effect the passage of those resolutions in over 40 towns up and down the state. Kinne found the experience “life-changing”, and she’s now decided to tell everything she knows, and to encourage others still in the government to speak out and release documentation. “I wish that I had said something back then, but I don’t think people would have listened,” Kinne said. Kinne, who now works for the VA at White River Junction, Vermont, said that she has written to Senator Patrick Leahy, who has not replied to her. Kinne has become active in Iraq Veterans Against the War. She said that the news of the current escalation of the war also helped move her to act. “That’s the only reason why I am choosing to break whatever rules I may have just broken by telling you about it,” Kinne said. “Because I think that this all needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. And the only way it’s going to stop is if people start speaking out.” Have Your Say: Another NSA Whistleblower Speaks Out Please read our posting guidelines before posting. 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