Obama: "They’re going to pry [the BlackBerry] out of my hands."

I hope he gets to keep the BB. We can't have a system that keeps technology away from our leaders. I did an interview with political consultants who told me their clients in congress had to fight to get access to Twitter. Our representatives shouldn't have to fight to stay in touch with the world.

I think it's incredible that given the entire resources of the American state they can't give the president secure access to his email.

Am I the only one who finds it odd that the President will have to _fight_ over whether or not he can do something in his personal life? It seems to me that if we believe him to be intelligent enough to run the country, we must assume he is intelligent enough to override a decision about his personal safety.

This strikes me as being a PR thing - Obama being a 'man of the people' while accepting that it's a good thing because the emails would be discoverable.

He can sneak a few emails on the side like cigarettes.