Obama Keeps His Blackberry (And Gets a Sectera)

InternetVoting writes "After all the controversy surrounding Obama's Blackberry, word has come that he will get to keep it. Few details are available and neither the National Security Agency nor the White House are talking. The current rumor is that the Blackberry will be used exclusively for personal use and a Sectera Edge will be used for official communications."

gotta keep 'em separated

[characterZer0]

Kinda like rnc.org for personal use and whitehouse.gov for official communications?

Re:gotta keep 'em separated

[Anonymous Coward]

Or yahoo.com for personal and yahoo.com for official communications?

Err, what?

[TheNinjaroach]

On Monday, a government agency that the Obama administration -- but that is probably the National Security Agency -- added to a standard blackberry a super-encryption package.... and Obama WILL be able to use it ... still for routine and personal messages.

Sentence goes -- but that isn't so... and someone WILL be -- understanding of this ... still better than me.

Re:Should be interesting...

[Anonymous Coward]

And in the event that a case is made, internal to the administration, that the President -- now or in the future -- really needs to have his own personal communications device(s), that fact in itself -- not to mention the specific equipment and carriers -- doesn't need to be, and, frankly, shouldn't be, publicly disclosed.

Whoa, sentence, Batman. That hurts my head.

Re:Should be interesting...

[Anonymous Coward]

What I think Obama wants is to not loose contact to the people who got him into office in the first place. And THAT I find commendable.

Don't worry, I'm sure someone at the White House has George Soros's number.

and here I thought

[Shivetya]

all his communication to us would come in the form of burning Bushes and stone tablets

Re:Should be interesting...

[jank1887]

I'm waiting for the first time he's in a meeting with the most honored prime poobah of turkarmenikazicenglistan, and starts a war by insulting said poobah by checking the blackberry and replying to emails the way all of my bosses do in the middle of supposedly crucial meetings.

Re:Should be interesting...

[Anonymous Coward]

You. Are. William. Shatner.

AICMFP.

Re:Should be interesting...

[Aqualung812]

That's heart, not hart, and ass, not a$$... :) /sarcasm

Re:Idiotic WashPo Story

[monktus]

Don't you know the Pentagon has a GUI system down in Cuba? Great Underwater Interrogation!

Re:Should be interesting...

[spintriae]

But to not have a personal device because he is the "President" is pure crap! Since when did the "President" become royalty?

You're absolutely right. Taking away Royal Blackberries is a time honored tradition that dates back to Edward the First and should not be applied to lowly public servants.

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Re:gotta keep 'em separated

[Squeeonline]

I'll be waiting for his Sectera (which runs Window mobile) to get a BSOD

{ guantanamo.exe has performed an illegal operation and will now close. guantanamo.exe must be closed }

12 months later...

{It appears that you have not yet closed guantanemo.exe }
[Ignore][Retry][Cancel]

Re:Should be interesting...

[osu-neko]

The BlackBerry model by design is insecure (from a national security perspective). All of the data communication is routed through systems owned by a Canadian corporation (RIM).

You mean our partners in NORAD? I'm sorry, but if we can't trust the Canadians, we're already frakked...

Re:gotta keep 'em separated

[supernova_hq]

The President never gets a Blue Screen of Death!

The President gets a Red, White and Blue Screen Of Death.