Obama To Stay Connected
January 22nd, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
By nemski
President Obama won his first battle of his Presidency — he gets to keep his Blackberry. This is good news as this will allow President Obama to increase his circle beyond the bubble that surrounds him at The White House. I know that I can’t go anywhere without staying connected using my iPhone.
Comment by cassandra_m on 22 January 2009 at 1:29 pm:
I never quite understood why he couldn’t — it just seems crazy that there wasn’t a good technological solution for a highly secure mobile phone.
Comment by Unstable Isotope on 22 January 2009 at 1:37 pm:
I just don’t think it is a good idea to keep a president in a bubble. They need to be able to see what’s going on, without the filter of their aides.
Comment by G Rex on 22 January 2009 at 3:16 pm:
Cass, one of the arguments I heard was that his movements could be tracked by the GPS feature, or that his communications could be hacked. I doubt that RIM has a Tempest-grade model on the market. (For those of you who didn’t spend 4 years in military intelligence, Tempest is a MilSpec designation for devices secure from electronic eavesdropping.)
In any case, I think they owe him big for his celebrity endorsement!
Comment by Joanne Christian on 22 January 2009 at 3:37 pm:
And I have already trademarked “Bamaberry”.