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Iphasi lami lokugibela ibonisa iSSSS esabekayo.
Ngangazi ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle lapho ngizama ukulanda indlela yami yokugibela ku-iPhone yami ngenkathi ngiseDublin ngempelasonto. Bengilokhu ngithola umyalezo wephutha njengoba ngifaka imininingwane ngendiza yami ebuyela eWashington. Ngangikade ngise-Ireland njengommeleli kusuka World Beyond War ukukhuluma engqungqutheleni ethi "Cha ku-NATO" yokuthi amasosha ase-US kanjani izinhlayiya emhlabathini amanzi emiphakathini eseduze nezisekelo ze-US emhlabeni jikelele.
Lapho ngifika esikhumulweni sezindiza ngangizama ukusebenzisa lesi sikhiksi ukuze ngiprinte ipasipoti lami kodwa angisebenzanga noma kunjalo, ngakho ngimi kwelinye lalawo mzila omude we-zig-zag wokudlula kwami. Nganginesikhathi esanele ngakho ngangingahambi kahle, nakuba ngangicasuliwe ngoba angidingi ukuhlola imithwalo.
Ngangena esikhungweni sokuhlola isikhumulo sezindiza ngaphandle kwesigqoko futhi ngidlula ngokuphepha kwezindiza zaseMelika, nakuba kuthatha isikhathi esithile. Ngangizibuza ukuthi kungani uhulumeni wase-US adinga ukuthi wonke umuntu afake ukuhlolwa kokuphepha okwesibili. Ngacabanga ukuthi bamane bengathembi iziphathimandla zase-Ireland. Ngemuva kokufaka izinto zami, ngigqoke izicathulo zami futhi ngithuthela isembatho sami, umakhalekhukhwini, izihluthulelo, ibhande, kanye nekhredithi, ngaya esangweni.
Yilapho-ke ngakhishelwa eceleni ukuze ngithole iSecondary Security Screening Selection, (SSSS). Ngikhonjwe yizikhulu ezimbili zeTransportation Security Administration (TSA) njengoba zangiholela endaweni ehlukile yokuhlola ukuthi ipasi lami lokugibela laliqukethe izinhlamvu ze-SSSS. "Kungani mina?" Ngibuzile. Bangiqinisekisa ukuthi uhlelo lwalungahleliwe ngokuphelele. “Kumele kube wusuku lwami lwenhlanhla,” kusho mina, bahleka. Ngabe sengikhumbula ukubambezeleka okuncane engakuthola lapho ngiqala ukufika eDublin ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili.
Ngalolo suku, umphathi wamasiko ase-Ireland wayengumuntu omuhle. Wathatha ipasipoti yami wangcofa ikhibhodi yakhe imizuzwana embalwa ngaphambi kokubuza ukuthi bekuyini inhloso yokuhambela kwami. “Bekuyibhizinisi noma yinjabulo?” ebuza. Ngathi bekuyikho kokubili. “Hawu!” wathi, “Kuhle ukukwenza kokubili!” “Uqhuba hlobo luni lwebhizinisi?” Yize bengingasiboni isikrini sakhe, bengibona ukuthi uchofoza kancanyana kunokujwayelekile. Ngimtshele ukuthi ngiya engqungqutheleni ebibudlelwano be-Ireland neNATO. Kube nokuthula okwesikhashana futhi ngacabanga, “Ngizolahlwa. Akukho okubi engikwenzayo ngenkathi uhulumeni wami ebulala abantu abangenacala emhlabeni wonke. ” Yindlela engicabanga ngayo. Ebusweni bakho, dude, akukho lutho lomuntu siqu, bengicabanga. Ngesikhathi echitha isikhathi esithe xaxa echofoza lapha, uthe akacabangi ukuthi i-Ireland iyingxenye yeNATO futhi ngaphendula ngathi, "Yebo, iqiniso lelo, futhi iningi lethu lingathanda ukuligcina linjalo." Wamomotheka, wagxiviza ipasipoti yami wathi, “Jabulela i-Ireland.”
Ngibuyele esikhumulweni sokuhamba, izikhulu ezimbili ze-TSA zangisusa zonke izimpahla zami emthwalweni wami futhi ngacelwa ukuba nginike amandla i-laptop yami ngiyinikele, kanye nomakhalekhukhwini wami. Omunye wabo wanyamalala imizuzu embalwa namadivayisi ami futhi waxolisa ngokungalungile. Badubule zonke izimpahla zami, izingubo zami ezingcolile, amapheshana ahlukahlukene nezinto zempi engangiziqoqe eLiberty Hall lapho kwakubanjelwe khona ingqungquthela.
Umnyango Wokuvikeleka Kwezwe
Bangibeka engozini emide futhi engathandeki. Lapho ngibhekana nami, ummeli waletha izandla zakhe ngaphandle kwezingubo zami zomzimba, yonke indlela eya phezulu emkhatsini wemilenze yami, ethinta izifo zami zofuzo. Lokhu kwakungemva kokuba sengivele ngidlule emizimbeni emibili egcwele umzimba! Kunesici sengqondo kukho konke lokhu, ngacabanga. Wangicela ukuba ngiphenduke futhi ngiphinde ngiphinde ngiyilandele.
I-TSA ithi inqubo yokuKhethwa kokuPhepha kokuPhepha kwesiShayamthetho isuhlelo lokuhlola ngaphambi kwabagibeli olubhekele engozini oluqinisa ukuvikeleka ngokukhomba abagibeli abanobungozi obukhulu ngaphambi kokufika esangweni. I-TSA inquma ukuthi ubani ozokwamukela izinga elengeziwe lokuhlola ngokuhlola umgibeli olwa ohlwini lwamaphephandabeni aphezulu. Bathi ukukhethwa kungase kube okungahleliwe ngokuphelele.
Ngiyakuthola. Ngibeka "usongo" e-United States of America. Ku-2008 ngilimale nabanye abangu-52 ku-a uhlu lwamaphekula lwamaphekula igcinwe yiMaryland State Police. Ngivele kulolu hlu ngenxa yomsebenzi wami ngiveza ukwephulwa okungahambisani nomthethosisekelo kwenkululeko yabantu ngabaqashi bezempi abavame ukusebenza ngaphandle kokujeziswa ezikoleni eziphakeme zesizwe. “Amaphekula” asohlwini lokubuka abandakanya izindela zamaKatolika ezazishaya imicibisholo yenuzi, ubuholi beqembu lokuthula labesifazane, uchwepheshe wezwe e-guerilla theatre nokwenziwa konodoli, abezemvelo abanobuqili, isazi sezinto ezincane eziphilayo esibhale phansi uhlelo lwezikhali zebhayoloji iFort Detrick Maryland , umholi kazwelonke wokulwa nempi, amavolontiya okulwa nokufa, izishoshovu ezilwa ne-uranium eseyaphela, nalabo abaphikisana nemishini yamaqoqo.
I-Maryland State Police, njengamaphoyisa eminye izwe, isebenza ngokubambisana namaFBI Ama-Fusion Centers. Zilandela izidakamizwa ezingezona zomsindo kanye nama-pacifists kanye nama-anarchists kanye nezakhamuzi zasemoyeni ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni jikelele.
Ngangihlolwe yi-Homeland Security njengoba kubikwa yi- Washington Post ku-2009 ngenkathi namanje ehlanganisa lezi zinto. I-HSA ilalele izingcingo zami nezinye izishoshovu ezizungeze izwe elifuna ukwazi ukuthi senze kanjani amakhofi afakwe emapulazini avela avele yonke indawo ngesikhathi sokuqala kwe-Iraq ne-Afghanistan Wars. Kusobala ukuthi kwakhathaza umuntu.
Ngo-December we-2005, uLisa Myers we-NBC News waphula indaba ngePentagon ehlola amaqembu okuthula. Idatha ehambisana nalokhu yayihlanganisa nokusebenza kwami.
Lapho ukuphathwa phansi sekuphelile, ngafikelwa ukusulwa ngokuphelele ngensalela yokuqhuma. Baqale badlula kuzo zonke izimpahla zami bathatha amaswabi okotini wezimpahla zami zangaphansi, okokugqoka nokwe-elektroniki. I-TSA ithi inqubo yayo ye-Explosives Trace Detection (ETD) isetshenziselwa ukuthola izinsalela zeziqhumane kumuntu noma ezintweni zakhe. I-ejenti isebenzisa i-swab oyinyumba oyikotini bese iyinamathisela entweni ende (ekhonjiswe esithombeni). Umenzeli usebenzise ama-swabs ahlukene ukusula imihlane nengaphambili lesandla ngasinye nezinhlangothi zombili zezingalo zami zombili. I-rubs entsha iphinde yahlikihla ngaphambili nasemhlane wemilenze yomibili, kusukela emaqakaleni kuya emadolweni.
I-TSA ithi inqubo isetshenziselwa ukuthola amabhomu. C'mon! Bayazi futhi bayazi ukuthi ngingumshicileli wokuthula ongekho onolwazi. Ngingumfana wokugcina ukuthwala iziqhumane.
Ngabe inqubo ye-ETD ingasetshenziselwa ukuqoqa amasampula e-DNA? I-TSA ithi abayenzi. Ingabe kufanele sibamukele ngezwi labo?
Kunoma yikuphi, kufanele baxolise kimi futhi bavume uhlelo lwabo ukuhlukumeza okudabukisayo kwe-4th Ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo wase-US. Phela, angikwenzi lutho olungalungile, kanti uhulumeni wase-United States uwile ezandleni zalabo abalahla ukuvikelwa komthethosisekelo.
