Cishe wonke umuntu uyazi abenzeli be-US Secret Service ngamaphini abawagqoka kumalepu abo. Ziyingxenye eyodwa yesistimu enkulu esetshenziselwa ukuhlonza amalungu eqembu futhi ziboshelwe esithombeni se-ejensi njengamasudi amnyama, ama-earpieces, nezibuko zelanga ezinezibuko. Nokho, bambalwa abantu abaziyo ukuthi lezo zikhonkwane ezaziwa kakhulu zifihlani.
Isaziso sokutholwayo esifakwe i-Secret Service ngo-Nov. 26 sithi i-ejensi ihlela ukunikeza inkontileka "ngezikhonkwane zezimpawu ze-lapel ezikhethekile" enkampanini yaseMassachusetts ebizwa ngokuthi i-VH Blackinton & Co., Inc.
Inani iSecret Service elikhokhela iqoqo elisha lamaphinikhodi selishintshiwe, kanye nenani lamaphini eliwathengayo. Noma kunjalo, ama-oda adlule anikeza umongo omncane: Ngo-September 2015, yachitha i-$ 645,460 ku-oda elilodwa lamaphini we-lapel; usayizi wokuthenga awunikezwanga. NgoSepthemba olandelayo, yasebenzisa u-$301,900 e-oda elilodwa lamaphinikhodi, futhi yathenga futhi izikhonkwane zamalapel ngo-$305,030 ngoSepthemba ngemva kwalokho. Sekukonke, kuzo zonke izinhlaka zikahulumeni, uhulumeni wase-US usebenzise imali engaphansi kwezigidi eziyisi-7 zamarandi kumaphini kusukela ngo-2008.
I-Blackinton & Co., eyenza ngokuyinhloko amabheji eminyango yamaphoyisa, "iwukuphela komnikazi onobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza izimpawu ze-lapel ezinesici esisha sobuchwepheshe bokuthuthukisa ukuvikeleka [okulungisiwe]," kusho umbhalo wakamuva wokuthenga we-Secret Service. Iqhuba ithi le nhlangano ixhumane nabanye abathengisi abathathu phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili, akekho noyedwa kubo okwazile “ukuhlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza izimpawu ze-lapel nganoma yiluphi uhlobo lwezimpawu zobuchwepheshe bezokuphepha.”
Okhulumela iSecret Service unqabile ukuphawula. Ku-imeyili, uDavid Long, i-COO kaBlackinton, utshele uQuartz, "Asikho esimweni sokwabelana nganoma yiluphi lwalolo lwazi." Kodwa-ke, iwebhusayithi kaBlackinton, eqondiswe ngqo kumakhasimende abomthetho, inikeza umkhondo wokuthi iSecret Service ingathola ini.
UBlackinton uthi "iwukuphela komkhiqizi wamabheji emhlabeni" ohlinzeka ngobuchwepheshe bokuqinisekisa obunelungelo lobunikazi abubiza ngokuthi "i-SmartShield." Ngayinye iqukethe i-RFID transponder chip encane exhuma kusizindalwazi se-ejensi efaka kuhlu lonke ulwazi oludingekayo ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umuntu onebheji nguye ogunyazwe ukuthi aliphathe nokuthi ibheji ngokwalo liyiqiniso.
Leli zinga lezokuphepha lingase lingadingeki kuwo wonke amaphinikhodi e-Secret Service ewayalayo; kunezinhlobo ezimbalwa ezihlukene zezikhonkwane ezinikezwe abasebenzi be-White House kanye nabanye abasebenzi “abasuliwe” abazisa ama-ejenti ukuthi ubani ovunyelwe ukuba ezindaweni ezithile ongaphelezelwanga nokuthi ubani ongaphelezelwa. Ezinye izici zokuphepha uBlackinton athi zikhethekile enkampanini zihlanganisa koqweqwe lwawo olushintsha umbala, amathegi e-QR askenwayo, namakhodi ezinombolo ashumekiwe, afakazelwa ukuphazamisa abonakala ngaphansi kokukhanya kwe-UV.
I-Secret Service nayo iyazi ukuthi imisebenzi yangaphakathi iyinkinga engenzeka. Imiyalo yephinikhodi yesikhathi esidlule engazange yenziwe kabusha kakhulu iveze imihlahlandlela eqinile yezokuphepha ngaphambi kokuthi amaphini aphume ngisho efekthri. Isibonelo, wonke umuntu osebenza emsebenzini wephinikhodi ye-Secret Service lapel udinga ukudlula isheke langemuva futhi abe isakhamuzi sase-US. Wonke amathuluzi namafa asetshenzisiwe abuyiselwa ku-Secret Service ekupheleni kosuku ngalunye lomsebenzi, futhi noma yiziphi izikhala ezingasetshenzisiwe ziyaphendulwa lapho umsebenzi usuphelile. Isinyathelo ngasinye senqubo kufanele senzeke endaweni evinjelwe okungaba “igumbi elivikelekile, ikheji yocingo, noma indawo enentambo noma evalekile.”
I-Blackinton ithi indawo yayo yokusebenza inokubukwa kwevidiyo kuzo zonke izindawo zokungena neziphumayo kanye nehora nehora, ukuqapha kwe-alamu yomuntu wesithathu, enezela ukuthi lesi sikhungo "sihloliwe futhi savunyelwa" yi-Secret Service. Futhi ikhomba ekulawuleni kwayo ikhwalithi okuqinile, iphawula ukuthi ukuhlola amabala kuvimbele igama elithi “ulieutenant” ekubeni lingapelwa kahle ebhejini lesikhulu izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesisodwa.
UBlackinton unikeze uhulumeni wase-US kusukela ngo-1979, lapho inkampani yenza ukuthengiswa kuka-$18,000 kuMnyango Wezindaba Zomakadebona, ngokusho kwamarekhodi enhlangano atholakala esidlangalaleni. Kulo nyaka, uBlackinton wenze amabheji e-FBI, DEA, US Marshals Service, kanye ne-Homeland Security Investigations (okuyingalo yophenyo ye-ICE), nezikhonkwane (okungenzeka ukuthi ziyi-lapel) ze-Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-10-2019