Hello Ross!

10 Jan 09 20:17, you wrote to me:

 JM>>>> Can anyone tell me why PEBO will have to give up his blackberry
 JM>>>> when he becomes  PBO?

 MG>>> My guess would be for security's sake, but I could be wrong. :)

 RC>> For the same reason Bush did..

 RC>> Any email he writes while he holds office, would be subjected to
 RC>> public scrutiny.

 RS> Took 15 seconds at Google to find...

Which is basically what I said...



 RS> Apparently President-elect Barack Obama is something of a Blackberry
 RS> addict. Besides meaning he probably reads Gizmodo for all the latest
 RS> Blackberry Storm info, this also means he has his Blackberry with him
 RS> at all times, in the typical executive belt holster position. The
 RS> trouble is, he's going to be President of the United States in
 RS> January, and there are strict email laws and traditions that will all
 RS> but bar Obama's favorite gadget from the Oval Office. Hmm. Maybe
 RS> change isn't all it's cracked up to be?

 RS> Unfortunately for Obama, already seen by many observers as a rather
 RS> connected and tech-savvy politician, being president won't be as open
 RS> or free wheelin' as the campaign trail. For starters, there's
 RS> the Presidential Records Act, which requires all official
 RS> correspondence be made available in the public domain. It means those
 RS> 3 a.m. Blackberry emails he was known for on the trail will probably
 RS> have to stop, or at least be curtailed in some way. Nevertheless,
 RS> aides to the president- elect said he hopes to be the first president
 RS> ever to have a laptop at the ready on the historic Oval Office desk.

 RS> But will the laptop be enough? Apparently, during the campaign Obama
 RS> forwent paper when reading or creating reports to or from his
 RS> advisers, opting instead to have them delivered directly to his
 RS> Blackberry. His messages to contacts were "generally crisp, properly
 RS> spelled and free of symbols or emoticons," sources said of
"No Drama
 RS> Obama's" Blackberry email correspondence.

 RS> Obama even kept up to date on the latest news and blog postings thanks
 RS> to that hunk of black plastic at his side, with clippings and posts
 RS> delivered daily (scaled down for time constraints by his advisers).
 RS> But this could all end on January 20, 2009. With great power comes
 RS> great responsibility--just no Blackberrys, Mr. President, please.
 RS> [MSNBC]

 RS> http://gizmodo.com/5089393/obamas-blackberry-could-be-banned-from-oval
 RS> - office

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