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This whole argument over whether Obama should have a blackberry–or even email–is pointless.   When I worked for Unisys in the first few years of the Bush administration, the Defense Department and Homeland Security were both using Blackberries.  If all the advisers are, shouldn’t the guy who is leading them?

I understand the security argument, but not sure I understand how any sort of business–including that of government–can be efficient with just paper and oral-based communications.  Thank God we have an incoming president who understands what those of us who’ve worked in any business over the last 15 years know: Emails aren’t private.

Check this Obama quote from an interview with CNN’s John King:

“Now, my working assumption, and this is not new, is that everything I write on e-mail could end up being on CNN. So I make sure that — to think before I press ‘send.’”

Prez Bush the 2nd had to give up email when he entered office.  I’ll let you decided why.

The real question is: Do you think Obama is savvy enough to switch the Gov’s email to Gmail?