If you go to most facilities of Samsung corporation which produces many of gadgets these boys are so fond of, there is no outside connection to Internet. Only well-monitored intranet. I am sure WH has bigger secrets to keep than Samsung in terms of importance. You cannot causally chat over Internet or do e-mail. If you do, you are an easy prey to trained hackers in Russia or China. This is not about being behind time.
If they want to have a more casual life-style, resign from the current job at WH. Then they will do all computer stuffs they want.
I am afraid these guys would casually pass on top secrets knowingly or unknowingly. Liberals have track record of lax sense of security. Maybe that characterization is too charitable. "Casual disregard" is a more apt expression, I think.
WaPo: Attempting to Make Bush Look Like Tech Moron
Publius’ Forum | 1/23/09 | Warner Todd Huston
Posted on 01/23/2009 6:03:46 AM PST by Mobile Vulgus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2170189/posts
Obama Team not Happy with White House ITOk this is going to be somewhat of a rant so I will apologize for any angry statements… Now that is out of the way let's get down to the meat of the topic.
by Sean Kalinich
Tweaktown
January 24, 2009
President Obama's team is upset (much like a teenager would be) over the fact that they can no longer have facebook, myspace, personal e-mail accounts, and web sites accessible from inside the White House. Yes you heard right they would like outside access to some of the most Malware, Virus and Hacker unsecure portions of the Internet; all from inside a place where some of the most Secret Information in the US is talked about and some even maintained there.
Are these people for real? I am starting to get the impression that none of them actually looked at what the job required of them or what the security would need to be like. Also let's not forget this is the same team that Slammed Sarah Palin for using a Personal E-mail account.
To further pound home the impression I get that they are all spoiled teenagers one aid made this statement, "It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari,"
They are now comparing the office of the Presidency to Game Consoles.
Makes me wonder what is next…