Hey, Prez, How R U Doing?

If you want to get in touch with the new president when he takes office in January, you’ll have to write a letter. Barack Obama will have to give up e-mail (and his treasured BlackBerry).

No, the president-elect isn’t worried about being distracted by instant messages or forwarded pictures of cute puppies from the Secretary of Defense. First, there is the concern of hackers breaking into the presidential e-mail account and finding sensitive information. And second, the Presidential Records Act makes all correspondence with the president – public and private – part of the official record. No doubt his friends and family wouldn’t want to be subject to such scrutiny.

(Source: The New York Times)

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