Ngokwemibiko yeReuters, ezinsukwini ezimbalwa abameleli abahlukahlukene bezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezibaluleke kakhulu eSilicon Valley, kufaka ne-Apple, bazohlangana nezikhulu zeWhite House kanye izinhlangano eziyinhloko zezobunhloli e-United States ukuzama ukubhekana nokusetshenziswa kwezinkundla zokuxhumana ukuthola amalungu amasha amaqembu amaphekula afana ne-ISIS. Lo mhlangano ufuna ukuthola indlela esemthethweni yokulawula imininingwane ejikelezayo ngaphandle kokubeka ubumfihlo babo bonke abasebenzisi engcupheni.
Phakathi kwalabo abebehambele lo mhlangano, Ngu-Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, uMeluleki Wezobuphekula eHhovisi likaMongameli uLisa Monaco, uMmeli Jikelele uLoretta Lynch, uMqondisi we-FBI uJames Comey, uMqondisi we-CIA uJames Clíper noMqondisi weNational Security Agency uMike Rogers.
Umhlangano ozoba seWhite House ufuna ukuzama qinisa umthetho ukuze wenze kube nzima ngokwengeziwe ukuze amaphekula asebenzise ezinye izindlela zokuxhumana ukuqasha nokugqugquzela abalandeli. Lo mhlangano ufuna ukuzama ukuphazamisa yonke imigwaqo yokwenza izinto ngokuzama ukuzama ukuvimbela amaqembu amaphekula ekusebenziseni izinkundla zokuxhumana, njengoba sikwazile ukufunda kwiThe Guardian.
I-Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, iDropbox neMicrosoft ngezinye zezinkampani ezizohambela lo mhlangano. Izinkampani zobuchwepheshe kufanele zizame ukusiza kakhulu ekulweni namaqembu amaphekula, ngaphezu kwezinkampani ezithunyelwa ngabathumeli, esetshenziswa kabanzi njengeziteshi zokuxhumana phakathi kwamaphekula. Ngokusho kweReuters, izinkampani eziningi zobuchwepheshe zizothumela abaphathi abaphezulu esikhundleni se-CEO. Esikhundleni salokho, i-Apple izothumela uTim Cook ngqo emhlanganweni.