Rummy and Chertoff Don't Use Email
So we've got a president who doesn't read newspapers or watch the news. And Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security who don't use email. Should we just shut off the power and turn the capitol into Amish country? It's ironic that the Bush administration argues that it needs to bypass the courts when wiretapping Americans in order to save time, yet two of its key members are apparently still relying on the telegraph and the pony express. Maybe we should fact-check which decade we're in, but what other white-collar job in the country would hire employees who don't use email? It's disconcerting that our nation's security is in the hands of people who don't read. Much less understand what all the hoopla is about when it comes to this internet thingamajiggy. But on the other hand, maybe email is just a fad, like TV and rap music.
Comments
One word: Semaphore
Posted by: bonnach | February 19, 2006 01:17 PM
Who gives a fuck?
Posted by: Anonymous | February 18, 2006 08:44 AM
they have people who use e.mail for them. wrap your head around that one. they're just not pretending to read and write their own e.mail like everyone else in the cabinet.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 16, 2006 10:48 PM
email communications are subject to the Freedom of Information Act. That's one good reason for them not to use it.
Posted by: T.J. | February 16, 2006 05:38 PM
you can make an intranet that's as secure as a telephone line. What do you suggest they use, Evan? carrier pigeons?
Posted by: Anonymous | February 16, 2006 04:15 PM
evans thats the stupidest thing i've ever heard no the internet is'nt secure out countries entire infrastructure is based on electronic communication but email is not secure
Posted by: sean | February 16, 2006 03:04 PM
Did you ever consider that email might not be the safest way to send secure messages?
Posted by: Evan | February 16, 2006 01:35 PM