Is it true the President of the United States is not allowed to e-mail?

I keep hearing Obama is going to have to give up his black berry when he becomes President, why? Wouldn't that keep him isolated? How can he keep in touch with friends?

Is it true the President of the United States is not allowed to e-mail?
Apparently not, but then, Obama may be the first Internet-literate president (other than the one elected in 2000, who was accused of having, rightfully according to Tom DeLay's cousin Bob, of having claimed to have "invented" it). I was pissed at Clinton in 1999 and sent him a pissed-off, profane e-mail without thinking, and it apparently never got delivered, possibly due to the lack of high bandwidth at the time, even from .edu to .gov. By the time I got pissed off at the pretender to the throne, all I got in my response to my rants was a form letter, which was probably the extent of Tush's byping ability.
Reply:Because Obama now belongs to the American people. Anything he writes is government property kept for historical purposes and he not allowed private things like a Blackberry until he leaves office. So what if it is isolating...he decided to run for office and if he did not like that he could resign. HIs friends will just have to wait a few years.......
Reply:It does seem kinda weird that he couldn't. I mean we're talking about the President and the government here. If anybody would have state of the arts, top of the line, very tight security blocks in place, you would think that it would be the government. But I think that some hackers even hacked into their systems, so nothing is foolproof I guess. Not even the government lol. Just thinking how a person has to be seriously crazy, and on a death wish to hack into government files. But they do.
Reply:The POTUS is allowed emails. However they become the property of the US Government. In as so much; Obama will have to get use to allowing the government to obtain copies or the originals of every email sent; including those of personal nature from friends and family.
Reply:I find it funny that as soon as a technology is introduced, people can't understand how their predecessors lived without. We already have a thousand other means of communicating, nobody needs a Blackberry to keep from being isolated, especially the POTUS.
Reply:Wasn't it more like, he's not allowed to e-mail or surf the web from his Blackberry. I believe it is traceable because they have a GPS system built in or they are hackable. Either way, it is for the purposes of security.
Reply:Trust me, Obama will have many ways to keep in contact.





Presidents generally do not email because many of the emails are subject to Open Records requests, and he wouldn't want all of his stuff read.
Reply:lol the better question is why was it so important when mccain admitted he was computer illiterate..and blackberrys are a huge security issue already for the military..and he wont even be checking his own email once he is sworn in
Reply:National Security. A copy of everything that goes into his mind and comes out of his mind must be kept. Research the missing seconds of the Nixon tapes.
Reply:You get e-mail him it will go though his security and staff of course. It's blackberries and text messaging a President must do without.
Reply:For security reasons, yes. However, he will have a government email through the White House.
Reply:No, it's just if he did, all the emails would, by law, be made public.





So presidents use the telephone.
Reply:he can e-mail just not from his personal stuff before he is sworn in.





Sarah Palin rocks.
Reply:Security.
Reply:Just imagine how much the press or tabloids can manipulate those e-mails if they get hold of it or hack them...