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Among the issues discussed:

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—Internet access on Air Force One is being explored. Currently, the White House staff has access to communications equipment. But except in extraordinary circumstances, such as a presidential trip to Iraq or Afghanistan, the press is not able to file while airborne.

That is insane. I cannot believe the military or the Secret Service would go along with that.

Giving reporters on AF1 Internet access?!?!? Do not do it. If Obama does it, I hope President Palin is wise enough to shut it off the day she's inaugurated.

On a day like 9/11, the reporters can keep the whole world, including our enemies, appraised of the location and approximate altitude of AF1. Or, how about those trips to Baghdad or Kabul (or Tehran the way things are going).

Don't just think, well, we can shut it off if we want. You assume you can shut it off, you assume you can shut it off in such a way that no one could "work around" the blocking. And what if something happens without warning? What gets out before you can shut it off?

Oh, and what happens when some reporter’s laptop has spyware? Or something that the Chinese managed to cook up and get loaded on his or her laptop, possibly equipped with a camera and microphone, or a GPS device? Sheez!