NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so she used her own

Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by mywittyname on Thursday March 17, 2016 @01:28PM (#11305952)

I think he means, if you tell somebody that you can't do something that's technically possible, they will find someone who can and will do it.

They did it for the previous administration but refused to do it for her and offered no good alternative. She couldn't fire them and replace them and with someone more capable, so her team found an alternative.

This is exactly how a person who is used to getting shit done would operation. You either break down obstacles or you go around.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by 13thLetter on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:51PM (#11306611)

Just to be clear, in this case "getting shit done" meant recklessly creating a massive security breach at the highest levels of the government.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by mywittyname on Thursday March 17, 2016 @03:31PM (#11306920)

During a period of time when government insiders were leaking damaging classified information on the internet.

I can see how she would consider her actions to be the lesser to two evils, at least she could trust her people.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by 13thLetter on Thursday March 17, 2016 @04:36PM (#11307389)

That's the equivalent of someone who sees a bunch of broken windows in the neighborhood and therefore figures it's okay to toss a beer bottle out the window of their car.

Mind you, I could see that being her thought process, it's very human. But it is hardly a ringing endorsement of her behavior and principles, to say the least.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by talmand on Thursday March 17, 2016 @01:35PM (#11306024)

And that's how you open up security holes that people can breach. People who do such things should not be commended.

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Re:NSA refused Clinton a secure BlackBerry like Obama, so sh... by mcguire on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:56PM (#11306653)

Welcome to the downside of disruption.

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