Covering ass and risking the country
Washington Whispers reports that in an effort to avoid Congressional scrutiny,
I'm sure those personal devices meet national security standards.
At least two aides said that 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."
I'm sure those personal devices meet national security standards.
posted by mikevotes at
10:28 AM
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Won't this make moot even the most specious claim of "executive privilege?"
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-epm, at 10:39 AM
I don't know, maybe.
By the way, is texting a document or conversation?
Frankly, I'm more intrigued by the security lapses this represents.
I don't believe that every email or message sent through this external system won't contain classified material or a reference to same. Even if just by accident. You get busy, sending messages over two systems....
The Chinese and Russians must be licking their lips.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 11:28 AM
TPM agrees with you.
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There's your answer. White House personnel appear to have been systematically avoiding using their government emails on the job because they knew they might some day be subpoenaed.
But as we noted earlier with Karl Rove, this 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.
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mikevotes, at 11:28 AM
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