Barack Obama to use BlackBerry as president[article excerpts and photo from Guardian.co.uk Web site. Caption: Barack Obama will be issued a BlackBerry with special encryption, according to reports. Photograph: Jae C Hong/AP]
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 January 2009 22.24 GMT
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent
"Traditionally, US presidents have shied away from using hi-tech communications such as email and mobile phones for a variety of reasons – including possible interception from foreign powers.
But the main concerns are often more about political responsibility than personal safety, as a result of the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which requires that documents retained by the White House must be released to the public."
Guardian Article
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