Minisiteri y’Ubutabera y’Amerika ku wa Gatanu yahagaritse politiki yari yarashyizweho mu gihe cya Perezida Joe Biden, yagenaga uburyo bwo kurengera abanyamakuru mu gihe cy’iperereza ku kumena amabanga y’ibanga, bityo iha inzego uburenganzira bwo kongera gukoresha impapuro z’ibirego (subpoenas) no guhatira abanyamakuru gutanga ubuhamya mu manza zireba ababiba amabanga.
“Abakozi ba Leta babigambiriye batanga amakuru y’ibanga ku itangazamakuru bigira ingaruka mbi ku bushobozi bwa Minisiteri y’Ubutabera bwo kurengera amategeko, kurinda uburenganzira bwa muntu, no gukomeza umutekano w’igihugu. Ibi bikorwa ni binyuranyije n’amategeko kandi si byiza, bityo bigomba guhagarara,” ibi byavuzwe na Minisitiri w’Ubutabera Pam Bondi mu ibaruwa y’imbere mu biro by’iyo minisiteri, yagejejweho n’umunyamakuru wa NPR.
Yavuze ko politiki nshya ya Minisiteri y’Ubutabera yemera gukoresha impapuro z’ibirego, ibyemezo by’inkiko, ndetse n’ibyangombwa byo gusaka, mu gushaka amakuru n’ubuhamya butangwa n’abanyamakuru. Ariko ibyo bikorwa bigomba kwemezwa n’ubuyobozi bukuru bwa Minisiteri, ndetse abanyamakuru bagahabwa amakuru ku gihe mbere y’uko bikorwa. Iyo baruwa kandi isaba ko ibyo bikorwa bigomba gukorwa mu buryo butabangamira itangazamakuru cyangwa ibishobora kurengerwa n’amategeko.
Mu gihe cy’ubutegetsi bwa Perezida Biden, Minisiteri y’Ubutabera yari yatangaje ko itazongera gufata rwihishwa inyandiko z’abanyamakuru mu rwego rwo gushaka aho amakuru yaba yaravuye, keretse gusa mu bihe bidasanzwe byemejwe n’amategeko.
Ibaruwa ya Bondi ni uguhindura burundu iyo politiki, isubiza ku murongo w’ubushishozi no guhatiriza wakoreshwaga cyane mu gihe cya Perezida Trump, ndetse no mu gihe cy’ubutegetsi bwa Perezida Barack Obama.
Muri iyo baruwa, Minisitiri w’Ubutabera yagarutse by’umwihariko ku maneka yabaye mu gihe cya Trump, harimo gutangaza amakuru y’ibanga yerekeye isesengura ry’ubutasi ku mutwe w’inyeshyamba wa Venezuela witwa Tren de Aragua, ndetse no kumenyesha itangazamakuru ko Dan Caldwell, umujyanama wa Minisitiri w’Ingabo Pete Hegseth, yashyizwe mu kiruhuko.
Bondi yavuze ko ubwigenge bw’itangazamakuru ari ingenzi kandi ko Minisiteri y’Ubutabera izaburengera, “nubwo bamwe mu banyamakuru ba kera batagaragaza ubwo bwigenge.” Yanditse ko iyo minisiteri izagerageza kugabanya imbaraga zishyirwa mu guhatira abanyamakuru gutanga amakuru, ibinyujije mu “kwemezwa ku rwego rwo hejuru” no “gutanga amakuru mbere y’uko igikorwa kiba.”
“Minisitiri w’Ubutabera kandi agomba kwemeza mbere y’uko abanyamakuru babazwa cyangwa bafatwa,” nk’uko byanditse muri iyo baruwa.
Bruce Brown, Perezida w’Ihuriro ry’Abanyamakuru riharanira Ubwisanzure bw’Itangazamakuru, yavuze ko uburinzi bw’abanyamakuru atari bo bwonyine bufasha, ahubwo bunagirira akamaro abaturage muri rusange.
“Bimwe mu bikorwa bikomeye by’ubunyamakuru mu mateka ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika — uhereye kuri Watergate kugeza ku kuneka abantu nta byemezo by’inkiko nyuma ya 9/11 — byabayeho kandi birakomeza gushoboka kubera ko abanyamakuru bashoboye kurinda ibanga ry’amasoko y’amakuru yabo no gutangaza inkuru zikomeye zireba Abanyamerika bose, aho baba bahagaze hose mu bya politiki,” Brown yavuze muri iryo tangazo.
