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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by fabulist on Thursday March 17, 2016 @01:02PM (#11305708)
> Someone should find who denied Clinton access to a secure BB, then they should be removed from any security related work. I almost feel sorry for them if Clinton becomes President, because their days will hopefully be numbered. But I don't feel sorry, because their short-sightedness caused a greater risk to U.S. National Security.

If you'd like to fire your security people who are too paranoid and obstinate, you'll find yourself without a National Security Agency. You should give them a manager who does understand people.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by massysett on Thursday March 17, 2016 @01:29PM (#11305965)
No, Clinton's reaction caused a threat to national security.

"Mr. President, those NSA guys won't give me a BlackBerry like yours."

"Hillary, that's ridiculous. I'll have someone call Admiral Bigwig right away so you can get some BlackBerry."

And if the President doesn't help you, you had better learn to sit in the SCIF or, better, do whatever previous Secretaries did to keep informed without BlackBerries. Clinton is responsible for her actions. Nobody made her set up her own email server.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by vkou on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:15PM (#11306343)
> do whatever previous Secretaries did to keep informed without BlackBerries

Which was probably about as insecure.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by chris_wot on Thursday March 17, 2016 @10:07PM (#11309356)
There's nothing quite like neutering the Secretary of State to improve National Security.
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