m**c
发帖数: 7349 | 1 Over the years, the secret service has developed a range of technological
devices for improving security. Petro recalls asking Reagan on several
occasions to wear a bulletproof vest. (Reagan would grumble and groan but
usually comply.)
Over the last decade, such innovations have come thick and fast. A whole new
array of gadgetry has been added to the service's armoury, from face-
recognition technology to a new generation of armoured vehicles.
Obama rides in a Cadillac with military grade eight-inch thick doors; on
election night in November 2008 he gave his victory speech to a crowd of
almost a quarter of a million people from behind bullet-proof glass walls
designed to foil sniper attacks.
But gadgetry is only as effective as the people who use it. In the last
analysis, the human factor remains supreme, as was illustrated last November
when two reality show hopefuls gatecrashed a White House function,
penetrating the inner core of the building and shaking Obama's hand.
As it happened, they had no malice towards the president. But in the
mindset of the mortified secret service that didn't matter; they could have
done. |
|
