Sunday, January 18, 2009

Should President Obama Keep His Blackberry?


Mr. Obama, Please Call General Alexander on the Gray Phone -- In From The Cold

It's obvious that President-elect Barack Obama has never heard of communications security (COMSEC).

If he had any familiarity with that term--and what it entails--Mr. Obama might be a bit more flexible on his plan to retain a Blackberry. As AFP reports, Obama wants to hang on his smartphone, despite security and legal concerns:

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My Comment: I love my Blackberry. I can understand why President Obama feels the same way. But .... cough cough .... he is the President ... I am not.

He is probably going to only use his Blackberry for personal communications with family and friends. Will such communications be security sensitive .... probably not. His Secret Service protection will probably be worried that confidential and sensitive Presidential events may be accidentally disclosed .... but beyond that I doubt that President Obama will be stupid enough to talk about National Security affairs on his phone. Is he?

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