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dascientist Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:42 PM
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Is Obama REALLY going to have to give up his blackberry and email?
That's what NBC nightly news is saying.....
Something about President and public records and communication or something. WTF?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:43 PM
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1. Privacy, security, history
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dascientist Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:45 PM
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2. Ok, HE CAN STILL HAVE HIS MACBOOK!!!!!!!!!
Edited on Sun Nov-16-08 06:45 PM by dascientist
http://gizmodo.com/5089393/obamas-blackberry-could-be-banned-from-oval-office
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:47 PM
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3. it makes sense to me.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:55 PM
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4. Here you go - NYT article on this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/us/politics/16blackberry.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 06:55 PM
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5. yes, it is a security risk
that's what they say
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 07:00 PM
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6. So explain the issue you have with this?
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dascientist Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 04:03 AM
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8. Organizational Tool, maybe he can deactivate it's network
but still use it as a planner.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 12:14 PM
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10. He has a planner. It's Rahm Emanuel.
Bake
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-16-08 09:51 PM
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7. Because, you know, nothing of significance ever happened before either was invented... nt
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dascientist Donating Member (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-08 11:56 AM
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9. PREZIDENTZ HATE UZ BECAUZE UV OUR FREEDUMZ!!!!
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