Friday, 23. January 2009
Topic: Phone - on January 23, 2009 at 12:04:00 PM CET
Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry - t's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's 'super-encryption'
President Obama can keep his BlackBerry, making him the first sitting president to use email.
Barack Obama has resisted calls to relinquish his beloved handheld despite concerns over personal security, espionage, and presidential record-keeping.
"He has a BlackBerry through a compromise that allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends in a way that use will be limited and security enhanced to ensure his ability to communicate, but to do so effectively and to do so in a way that is protected," White House press secretary Roberts Gibbs told reporters on Thursday.
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