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Imagine all the previous people in that position that were incapable of properly doing their jobs because they had no Blackberry in which to receive secured inf
by talmand 11y ago
Imagine all the previous people in that position that were incapable of properly doing their jobs because they had no Blackberry in which to receive secured information.
- inopinatus 11y agoIt says in the article that Condaleeza Rice + staff were authorized for BB use whilst SecState, but the grant of that was withdrawn for Clinton.
- talmand 11y agoAs others have said in an attempt to refute my comment, times change.
- Someone1234 11y agoIt wasn't withdrawn for Clinton, it was withdrawn for the devices themselves. The NSA decided the potential consequences for a baseband compromise within a SCIF was too high risk. Honestly I suspect their policy is "no wireless devices within the SCIF period." From wireless keyboards, to cellphones, to WiFi, and beyond. The black phone might be authorised but I suspect that is due to operational importance (e.g. calls vital to national security).
- eanzenberg 11y agoAnd John Kerry was given a gov't BB as secretary of state. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/09/30/john-kerry-sometimes-uses-private-mail-account-for-state-department-business-official-says/DmZz3PBxGgoUtOlREsuLhL/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2015/09/30/john-kerr...
- karlshea 11y agoThe world is a different place now than it was when those people were in that position, it's hardly a good comparison. Everything moves faster today and the Secretary of State should be able to along with it. Would you be able to be good at your job if you were only able to check email once a day? I sure couldn't, but 15 years ago that's how often I checked it.
- talmand 11y agoI could do my job quite well if I had a staff that could check it for me at the location dictated by security and then inform me over secure channels of anything that required my attention.
- smileysteve 11y agoYou realize that "over secure channels" doesn't include email, cell phone, or remote site based on this very article?
- talmand 11y agoSo, in this modern age those are the only secure channels to communicate with?
- kstenerud 11y agoImagine all the previous people in that position who were incapable of properly doing their jobs because they had no personal computer with which to receive secured information. Imagine all the previous people in that position who were incapable of properly doing their jobs because they had no fax machine with which to receive secured information. Imagine all the previous people in that position who were incapable of properly doing their jobs because they had no telephone with which to receive secured information. Times change, and so does the technology required for the position.
- justinv 11y agoI mean - if you go back enough, this problem doesn't exist. It's a growing problem - I'd imagine there were plenty of secretary of state's before who didn't use technology/where technology wasn't available.