President-elect Obama loves his BlackBerry, apparently. Too bad his electoral victory may prevent him from using it as much as he likes, if at all.
Its like this: as president, all of Obama’s e-mails can be subpoenaed by Congress and courts, should they feel the need to investigate him. So, rather than have his private e-mails dragged through the halls of Congress it’s in his best interests to give it up cold turkey.
That’s right, the TechCrunch-endorsed president-elect may decide to forgo e-mail entirely.
There’s also security concerns: what if Evil Terrorist is somehow tracking Obama’s whereabouts by following his BlackBerry’s scent? It’s that type of James Bond scenario that frightens security personnel.
So, no e-mail (maybe) for Obama, but at least we can look forward to frequent YouTube videos from him.
Can’t the White House server administrator just set it up so that incoming and outgoing email is archived at the server?
Of course the liberal anti-Palin Nicholas had to report this story. You betcha!