Wednesday, March 28, 2007

White House switching to private email.

Via Muckraker, U.S. News reports that “just a week after E-mails in the U.S. attorneys case became a main focus of congressional Democrats probing the firings, several aides said that they stopped using the White House system except for purely professional correspondence.” But rather than use RNC accounts, “they have subsequently bought their own private E-mail system through a cellular phone or Blackberry server. When asked how he communicated, one aide pulled out a new personal cellphone and said, ‘texting.’”

UPDATE: Josh Marshall: “[T]his may have been too clever by half. If the president’s aides were using RNC emails or emails from other Republican political committees, they can’t have even the vaguest claim to shielding those communications behind executive privilege.”

UPDATE II: A Laura Rozen reader notes that other federal agencies have apparently banned this practice over security concerns.

All roads leads to the White House...

2 comments:

airJackie said...

What really is Homeland Security?
Now the terrorist have a better way of getting US information by using the RNC. Talk about dumb people. If there is a cell in the RNC no need to guess what's going on they can get freely inside information. It's not only illegal but not protected. This Administration is a joke to the world. But the Saudi's aren't laughing they told the Dickster they want their money or heads will roll. Now how will the Gerbil get Congress to rubber stamp the money promised to the Saudi's? Will Gonzo retire in to for the fruit picking season? Is the Dickster moving overseas or will he fake his death and move to the same island Kenny boy is staying?

Geezer Power said...

Jackie

LOL...Not much more to say here.
Maybe Chainie will join the Bush's in Paraguay. Secret info compliments of COWNET