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Obama refuses to surrender Blackberry
Breitbart ^ | Jan 16 07:24 PM US/Eastern

Posted on 01/16/2009 4:57:14 PM PST by Red Steel

Despite legal and security hurdles, president-elect Barack Obama says he has a plan to retain his beloved Blackberry once he moves into the White House next week.

Interviewed by CNN Friday, Obama said the smartphone was among the tools that he would use to stay in touch with real Americans and avoid becoming trapped inside the presidential "bubble."

"I think we're going to be able to hang on to one of these. My working assumption, and this is not new, is that anything I write on an email could end up being on CNN," he said.

"So I make sure to think before I press 'send'," he said of his Blackberry, which was an ever-present fixture on his belt or in his hand on the campaign trail.

Obama did not divulge just how he will overcome legal constraints, given the requirement of the post-Watergate Presidential Records Act of 1978 to keep a record of every White House communication.

Nor did he say how he would persuade his Secret Service protectors that the Blackberry does not pose a security risk, for instance if it is hacked over the air.

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"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 that people can still reach me," he said.

"If I'm doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an email and say, 'What are you doing?'

"I want to be able to have voices, other than the people who are immediately working for me, be able to reach out and send me a message about what's happening in America."

The mobile device dilemma may have inadvertently been solved on Friday, as Obama's Blackberry tumbled from his belt as he got out of his limousine

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: bho2008; bhoinauguration; blackberry; creep; freak; idiot; moron; narcissism; nationalsecurity; noclass; obama; obamaregime; securityrisk; technology; unpresidential; villageidiot; weirdo
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1 posted on 01/16/2009 4:57:15 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

What a child.


2 posted on 01/16/2009 4:58:35 PM PST by perez24 (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
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To: Red Steel

Another day, another Zero.... Just one big Zero in everything he does....


3 posted on 01/16/2009 4:59:47 PM PST by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: Red Steel
“If I'm doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an email and say, ‘What are you doing?’

God Bless America because we sure do need it now.

4 posted on 01/16/2009 5:00:12 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: Red Steel

The Audacity of Audacity.....


5 posted on 01/16/2009 5:00:23 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR......Monthly Donors Wanted)
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To: perez24

This idiot and his merry band are going to kill thousands of Americans...


6 posted on 01/16/2009 5:00:35 PM PST by Lurker ("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
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To: Red Steel
"It's just one tool among a number of tools that I'm trying to use

Yep.

His administration is certainly full of tools. You betcha.

7 posted on 01/16/2009 5:01:26 PM PST by humblegunner (Where my PIE at, fool?)
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To: Red Steel

“Leon we fnd Osma in Pkstn mtn. Will bmb tmrw. Dnt tell any1. BO”


8 posted on 01/16/2009 5:04:12 PM PST by keepitreal (Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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To: Red Steel

This man is really out of his league. All he really needs to do is ask someone at the NSA what type of vulnerabilities he’s displaying at merely carrying one of these things turned on while traveling, and I guarantee he’ll ditch it right quick. Does he really need to have IRONCLAD contact with Bill Ayers? Can’t he just contact him via Facebook?


9 posted on 01/16/2009 5:05:03 PM PST by Per-Ling
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To: Lurker
This idiot and his merry band are going to kill thousands of Americans...

If we are lucky it will "only" be thousands.

10 posted on 01/16/2009 5:05:24 PM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama, now that you've caught the car, what are you going to do with it, hmmm?)
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To: Red Steel

Dammit man! I have to keep in touch with my Kenyan...err, I mean... American... yeah... contacts!


11 posted on 01/16/2009 5:05:28 PM PST by TheZMan (Troll since 2004, apparently. http://www.southernnationalcongress.org/)
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To: Lurker

Try millions.


12 posted on 01/16/2009 5:06:43 PM PST by MartinStyles
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To: Red Steel

Hillary’s keeping her ashtrays.

Fair’s fair.


13 posted on 01/16/2009 5:07:32 PM PST by relictele
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To: Red Steel
Dumbass

Maybe some terror org will try and "do" him like the IDF/Mossad has "done" terror leaders (answer the exploding phone).

14 posted on 01/16/2009 5:07:39 PM PST by DocH (Keep your powder dry and keep it in the black, fellow freedom-loving Patriots)
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To: Red Steel
OK “O” what's you address? Cause I'm sure I'll have an Blood-Pressure Raising Ear-full for you.
15 posted on 01/16/2009 5:07:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Red Steel

Don’t you see this Marxist narcissist can’t part with something named after him.....The BlackBarry Sturmabteilung

What a LOON


16 posted on 01/16/2009 5:08:05 PM PST by Electric Graffiti
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To: Red Steel

Hey man, it gots his contacts for da blow.


17 posted on 01/16/2009 5:10:29 PM PST by jetson
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To: Red Steel

I bet he turnes over the Blackbery before his Birth Certificate!


18 posted on 01/16/2009 5:11:32 PM PST by WellyP
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To: Red Steel
"My working assumption, and this is not new, is that anything I write on an email could end up being on CNN . . . "

My working assumption is, he could scrape a hemorrhoid from his rear end, place it on the desk of CNN, and they'd report on it as if it were a precious perfume.

19 posted on 01/16/2009 5:11:40 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: DocH
Maybe some terror org will try and "do" him like the IDF/Mossad has "done" terror leaders (answer the exploding phone).

Ah yes. After it was sent in for repairs.

Didn't he just drop his???

20 posted on 01/16/2009 5:11:45 PM PST by null and void (Hey 0bama, now that you've caught the car, what are you going to do with it, hmmm?)
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