Bush’s ‘Buddies’ Miss Out On E-Mails From Their ‘Pal’ George Because He Fears ‘Record Requests.’

Yeah right..

Thinkprogress:

Tuesday during an interview with Politico’s Mike Allen, President Bush said that the one thing he looks forward to after leaving the White House is getting back to the old days of e-mailing his “buddies” and his “pals”:

ALLEN: Mr. President, the one thing we don’t see in here is a computer, and we know that you went cold turkey off email for security reasons. What are you looking forward to when you finally get your computer back?

BUSH: Emailing to my buddies. I can remember as governor I stayed in touch with all kinds of people around the country, firing off emails at all times of the day to stay in touch with my pals. […] I want to stay in touch with them and there’s no better way to communicate with them than through email.

While Allen noted that Bush “went cold turkey off email for security reasons,” don’t be fooled. Bush isn’t trying to protect himself from hackers or terrorists. As Bush noted in an October 2006 interview with CNBC, he is afraid of “record requests,” or “in other words,” as Bush often says, he doesn’t want anyone trying to find out what he’s up to:

BUSH: I tend not to email or — not only tend not to email, I don’t email, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president. […] So, in other words, I’m very cautious about emailing.

Ad this the same idiot whose trip to Florida plans of the White House staff schedule landed in a pile of trash.

Check out 2006 article from WUSA9.com: