He had almost 130,000 friends on Twitter. He communicated regularly via Facebook. And, he planned to be the first president to bring a laptop into the Oval Office. But, Barak Obama plans to surrender his BlackBerry.
For years, like legions of other professionals, Mr. Obama has been all but addicted to his BlackBerry. The device has rarely been far from his side — on most days, it was fastened to his belt, the New York Times reports.
Why? Aides say it is the risk of hackers, as well as the requirements of the Presidential Records Act, under which all of his correspondence enters into the public record.
"For all the perquisites and power afforded the president, the chief executive of the United States is essentially deprived by law and by culture of some of the very tools that other chief executives depend on to survive and to thrive," the Times reported.
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