[Loyalist]

And who might that small group of personal friends be?

Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Mahmoud Abbas....

[G.Mason]

I guess this means that he could be tracked by "we the peoples".

Sorta kinda like the goobermint can track "we the peoples".

[dforest]

Obama needs his Blackberry. He needs it so he knows what to say and when he needs to say it. He claims he is high tech...that may be true.

I say he is tech dependent and would be lost in the trees without it. This tech biz concerning him is no different than a teleprompter or an earpiece. Those are his necessary props to keep up his image.

[LibLieSlayer]

z-man and binny.

LLS

[Merlinator]

Only a matter of time before some one hacks into it. Heck if they can hack into pentagon computers why not that self absorbed twit’s Blackberry?
I thought he told everyone to put childish things aside?

[SECURE AMERICA]

“The president has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends,” said Robert Gibbs, his spokesman, “in a way that use will be limited and that the security is enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate.”

Rightttttt.............
Like no hacker has ever gotten into anything protected by the Government.
Of course this use of the blackberry will be secure and he would never use it to convey anything that would help Americans enemeis...
Got that...

[Evil Slayer]

Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Mahmoud Abbas

The SS needs to allow zer0 to communicate with these people. They would monitor every word and tape the conversations. Later release the evidence to the CIA with the damning proof that he is "indeed" a traitor to this country and convicted for high treason.

[PghBaldy]

He is an idiot. He is willing to endanger the US over his personal tastes.

[Jmouse007]

It won’t be a “victory” if terrorists or bad guys lock in on Obama’s phone. It is a terrible security risk, but what does he care? Just more trouble for everyone who has to keep this guy and America safe.

[TomGuy]

Will Obama’s email address be:

BlackBarry’s_Blackberry @ WhiteHouse.gov?

[TangoLimaSierra]

but the privilege of becoming the nation’s first e-mailing president comes with a specific set of rules.

Unbelievable. Now Bush was too stupid to know how to email.

[brewcrew]

For more than two months, Mr. Obama has been waging a vigorous battle with his handlers to keep his BlackBerry, which like millions of other Americans he has relied upon for years to stay connected with friends and advisers. (And, of course, to get Chicago White Sox scores.)

Except that the White Sox haven't played for the last two months.

[FLCowboy,]

I trust his Blackberry emails will be made public on a monthly basis. He himself said his new government will be transparent.

[Evil Slayer]

Reminds me of the little kid being told by his parents to quit playing with his video games and get to bed. Then the kid throws a temper tantrum and the parents give in by allowing him to keep on playing it since taking it away would hurt his feelings.

[Da Coyote]

Yup. Another dhimmicrat who thinks that security rules are for “everyone else”.

All animals are equal - but some animals are more equal.

Gads, dhimmis are so, so simple and transparent.

[norwaypinesavage]

As usual, the NYT gets it wrong with the headline: "For a High-Tech President, a Hard-Fought E-Victory". They want to imply that The One is a technical genius, particularly compared with the cave man Bush.

Actually though, the blackberry issue is one of document storage. A voice is forever lost into the air. A Blackberry message is forever stored digitally, and cannot legally be erased. It is available for Discovery (in the legal definition - It can be read by anyone filing a Discovery request). The One is opening himself to years of litigation for this.

[Yo-Yo]

Every text sent or received on that Blackberry, 24/7 is now subject to the Presidential Records Act, and must be completely preserved.

Five years after Zero leaves office, those records can be viewed through the Freedom of Information Act.

It was Blackberry text messages that brought down the Mayor of Detroit Kwame Kirtpactrick. Be careful what you wish for, Barry...

[Travis McGee]

How will his physical location NOT be trackable to ten feet by foreign intelligence services and others?

[wilco200]

0’s crackberry will be his undoing. That thing should be hacked within the month. I just hope the hackers wait longer than the Blago prosecutors before spilling the beans.

[MrB]

That’s what I was thinking -

this thing is his “brain”,
where he can ask Wright and Ayers what he should do on a constant basis.

[indubitably]

Re: the picture in the article ... doesn’t this man ever sit up unless he has to! He’s constantly slumping or slouching. It’s such a lazy trait.