Kusanda kumenyezelwa ukuthi umongameli waseRussia, UVladimir Putin unikeze ubuzwe ku-Edward Snowden, owayeyisisebenzi se-National Security Agency owaputshuza ulwazi mayelana nezinhlelo zokugada eziyimfihlo yaseMelika futhi usafunwa yiWashington ngobunhloli.
I-oda eliphezulu elisayinwe nguPutin lihlanganisa abantu bangaphandle abangama-72, kodwa uSnowden wayegqame kakhulu. IRussia yamnikeza ukukhoseliswa ngo-2013 ngemuva kokubaleka e-United States ebalekela.
Izambulo ze-Snowden, yashicilelwa okokuqala kuThe Washington Post kanye neThe Guardian, sfuthi itholakale phakathi kokuvuza kolwazi ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni we-United States.
Owayeyi-ejenti yezobunhloli ye-NSA waqala wabalekela eHong Kong, wabe eseya eRussia, ukubalekela ukushushiswa kombuso ngemuva kokuputshuza imibhalo eyimfihlo ezintathelini. Wanikezwa ukukhoseliswa eRussia ngo-2013, wabe esehlala unomphela. U-Snowden, 39, ubeseRussia kusukela lapho.
Izambulo ze U-Snowden uveze ukuba khona kweqoqo le-NSA lezigidi zamarekhodi izinombolo zocingo zabantu baseMelika, uhlelo kamuva olwatholwa inkantolo yamacala okudlulisa amacala lungekho emthethweni futhi selokhu lwavalwa. Iphinde yembula imininingwane yokusebenzisana kwemboni nombuthano wezobunhloli we-NSA embukisweni ohlukile.. Lezi sambulo zilimaze kakhulu ubudlelwano phakathi komphakathi wezobunhloli kanye nemboni yezobuchwepheshe yase-US.
Imininingwane eyalandela, ethathwe emibhalweni eyimfihlo engaphezu kuka-7.000, uveze ukusebenza kwangaphakathi komsebenzi omkhulu wokuqapha kukahulumeni wase-US.Izikhulu zezobunhloli phambilini zathi uSnowden kungenzeka ukuthi ushaqe amafayela ayimfihlo angu-1,7 million. Lokhu kwaziswa kwembula uhlelo olubanzi lwezinhloli lukahulumeni olwaluqapha ukuxhumana kwezigebengu, okungenzeka kube amaphekula, nezakhamuzi ezigcina umthetho. Amanye ama-akhawunti abonise ukuthi iWashington nayo yayiqapha ngasese kanjani abanye ababambisene nabo abaseduze baseMelika, njengoShansela waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel.
U-Snowden ubekwe icala lokweba impahla kahulumeni wase-US., ukudalulwa okungagunyaziwe kolwazi lwezokuvikela lukazwelonke, nokudalulwa ngamabomu kolwazi lokuxhumana oluyimfihlo. Lawa macala anesigwebo esifinyelela eminyakeni engu-30 ejele.
Ngo-2017, uPutin wathi encwadini eqondiswe ngumqondisi waseMelika u-Oliver Stone ukuthi u-Snowden "akayena imbuka" ngokukhipha izimfihlo zikahulumeni.
“Cabanga ukuthi uzokwenzani ngo-Snowden naseRussia. Wenze umsebenzi omkhulu womphakathi ngokudalula izinhlelo eziningi zokugadwa izinkantolo eziningi ezibuye zakhipha isinqumo esiphambene nomthethosisekelo,” kubhala uJameel Jaffer, umqondisi omkhulu we-Knight First Amendment Institute yaseColumbia University, kubhala kuTwitter ngoMsombuluko.
U-Snowden uchaze isinqumo sakhe sokufaka isicelo sokuba yisakhamuzi esikabili ku-Twitter ngo-2020.
“Ngemuva kweminyaka sihlukene nabazali bethu, mina nomkami asifuni ukuhlukaniswa nezingane zethu. Kungakho, kulesi sikhathi sobhubhane nemingcele evaliwe, sicela ubuzwe obubili baseMelika-Russian, ” wabhala.
“Mina noLindsay sizoqhubeka nokuba ngabaseMelika, sikhulisa izingane zethu ngawo wonke amagugu aseMelika esiwathandayo, okuhlanganisa nenkululeko yokukhuluma izingqondo zethu. Futhi ngibheke ngabomvu usuku engizobuyela ngalo e-United States, ukuze wonke umndeni uhlanganiswe,” enezela.
Isinqumo sikaPutin sokunikeza u-Snowden ubuzwe siza ngemuva kwezinsuku eyalele abantu ababalelwa ku-300.000 ukuthi bahlanganyele empini yase-Ukraine.
Isimemezelo sikaPutin sokunikeza u-Snowden ilungelo lokuba yisakhamuzi sisheshe saqubula amahlaya ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngokuthi lowo oshaya izindaba maduze uzobuthelwa empini yaseRussia ukuze ayolwa e-Ukraine njengengxenye yomkhankaso kazwelonke wokugqugquzela izwe.
Yize kumayelana necala, ummeli kaSnowden waseRussia, u-Anatoly Kucherena, utshele isikhungo sezindaba iRia Novosti ukuthi ikhasimende lakhe ngeke libuthwe ngoba alikaze lisebenze ebuthweni laseRussia.
Ekugcineni, uma unentshisekelo yokwazi okwengeziwe ngakho, ungaxhumana imininingwane ekulesi sixhumanisi esilandelayo.