Washington – Obama Wants to Keep His BlackBerry for People Outside His Inner Circle to Reach Him

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    Washington – Despite pressure from his lawyers to give up his BlackBerrys for security reasons, President-elect Barack Obama says he’ll probably keep one when he moves into the White House.

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    “I think we’re going to be able to beat this back,” he told CNN. “I think we’re going to be able to hang on to one of those.”

    As he said that, Obama was carrying two BlackBerrys, interviewer John King noted.

    Security and legal experts worry that the relative difficulty in maintaining Blackberry security might let confidential information slip into the wrong hands.

    But Obama says he relishes the device’s ability to connect him to the world outside his inner circle.

    “It’s just one tool among a number of tools that I’m trying to use to break out of the bubble, to make sure people can still reach me,” he said. “If I’m doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an e-mail and say, ‘What are you doing?'”

    He didn’t say what security arrangement had been made that would enable him to keep at least one BlackBerry.


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    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Will someone in Boro Park also be able to reach him if he does something stupid?

    say no to drugs
    say no to drugs
    15 years ago

    Does someone news his BlackBerry pin?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    in willi?/

    joeflix
    joeflix
    15 years ago

    Fact is, anyone who gets a lot of email, and testes a blackberry once, can not go back to another phone. Its an everlasting love and addiction

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    “But Obama says he relishes the device’s ability to connect him to the world outside his inner circle.”

    will i get to call his blackberry? i’m not in his inner circle. i could offer him a few tips, send him a joke or two, v’chulu.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Joeflix-

    You took the words out of my mouth.

    obama fan
    obama fan
    15 years ago

    Does anyone know his email address?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    What kind of updates is he looking for that his security can’t give him? The late-night show recap?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I hope it isn’t a militatant from the middle east who needs to get in touch with him, and cannot do that through the secure line at the white house. this is scary!!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    it’s part of him unkocken di gantze velt. The law is that the president cannot use a
    Blackberry but he knows better…chaya rua

    Richard Nixon
    Richard Nixon
    15 years ago

    He’ll have to get rid of it, otherwise his foes will be able to subpoena and track his private conversations.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    he must get rid of it!! being president has its positives and negatives – the negative is that your every move is documented, and a blackbery is too easy a tool for him to be corrupt w/o getting caught.

    Yankel
    Yankel
    15 years ago

    Now we can give him all the solutions we come up with in the Mikva and Kava Shteibel.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    this is scary y should he be the olny president with a private cell phone is it caz he wants to reach chamas and jihad oh vey what r we thinking (we the american ppl r blind)