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0 pointssnowwrestler10y ago0 comments

You're just re-iterating what happened, but the question is why are things this way?

It's worth remembering that Obama was also told no at first when he asked for a secure Blackberry. He only got one a few months later after making it clear as CIC he would get one or else.

So they made him one. Well why can't they make two? Or 20?

One answer might be bureaucracy. The NSA reports to the President, not State, so maybe they won't do as much for State. Turf-fighting is pretty common among federal agencies, especially those with overlapping jurisdictions.

Another reason might be that information collection is prized much more highly right now in the federal government that information assurance. Even if the NSA helps out State IA, will they get much credit for it? No. And will they get punished if they fail to help State IA? Obviously not.

Simply put, federal IT is very sick right now. The Clinton email saga is a tiny symptom of that. Snowden and the OPM breach are much larger and more consequential results of this pervasive problem.

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apalmer10y ago· 1 in thread

they made him one because he is the president of the united states and he demanded one directly as you say.

they didn't make her one because she was not the president of the united states, she asked repeatedly for the same thing the president had and was told no.

most likely she was told 'no' by the NSA because, they know very well what is in their range of capabilities and so know what is probably in the range of capability of nation states.

ethanbond10y ago

It's worth noting that Clinton was offered an alternative device AND told explicitly not to use her Blackberry. Not sure why parent comment believes otherwise.

When told not to do what she was doing she said she "got it," and continued to do it anyways.

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