Friday, January 23, 2009

Obama keeps his "Crackberry"

I just watched an interesting story about the President of the United States. Obama is the first President in America to carry a Blackberry, but only after the White House administration found ways around privacy laws and security. Even though he gets to keep the device he will have limited access while using it. Now, I'm not quite sure what that limited access will be restricted to but I do find it a little ironic. Ironic that the most powerful man in the free world is limited to he can and cannot do while using something as simple as a Blackberry device. I understand that there is a matter of security and I also understand that there are laws in place, such as the Presidential Records Act, which makes all official records of the President and Vice President public information. What I can't seem to wrap my head around is the fact that Barack Obama is now the boss of practically everyone in Washington but his "employees" are telling him what he can and can't have. Just strange I guess.

Here are the links to what I watched:
http://tinyurl.com/cdb7wd
http://tinyurl.com/blnuzh

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