Washington (CNN) - Cabinet members need to leave their BlackBerrys at the door in a basket when meeting with President Obama. Above: a White House video reveals the less than high-tech solution used to ensure Hillary Clinton doesn't leave with Eric Holder's phone.
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No surprise that Holder double underlines his name as if he's more important than the rest.
Excuse me. How many blackberries does Rice have?
Yes, leave the phones and try to really communicate! Pay attention!
I assume nothing sensitive is on any of these phones.
Since they found out you could listen to people even when they are turned off?Yes your cellphone and any other device can be used to spy on you.I read it in PC magazine.Its a dirty little secret they dont want the public to know about ,but its true.
Reminds me of the scene from "Tropical Thunder" where the director collects all the cellphones of his actors in a helmet and destoys them in order to get them into the "Nam 68" mindset. Anyway, it might be a good idea to actually have to LISTEN to what one of the most powerful men on the planet has to say when you are in the same room with him, low tech solution or not...
Yes, transparency not allowed, unless it passes throught he WH filter of transparency. To the WH, transparency filter is a self-created oxy-moron.
I think this is great.
The attention span of some politicians seems to be narrow and elusive, so maybe now we can expect full attention given to what
should be more important to them!
Very practical solution...Pity that such a common sense approach isn't implemented in solving some of the larger problems we face! Although a misplaced BB can qualify as EPIC CRISIS!
Good way to save money!! Please find another story to report this is not one. A good story will be that several banks did not need the bailout money in the first place, but only took it so they could reinvest in their corporation to make more money and no obligations to produce jobs because they can say that the media is reporting how bad the economy is and we don't have to do anything, but let the ignorance of the media continue to report and keep the American people off balance. confused and fueding among congress. The big fallout and taking advantage of the American people or taxpayers as you continue to put it is because of media coverage whether you want to admit it or not. I don't expect you to post this because you don't like hearing the truth. You going to wish you had listened when you find yourself without jobs because of your own medica cov erage.
Looks like a good ad for Blackberry
well, if you can't be trusted by your co-workers why should we trust them with our $$$$?
Republicans use I-phones..... far superior than that basket of dinosaurs.....
And RIce has 3?!
This is normal... esp. when you work near classified, secret and top secret information. We do the same here at work...
LOL,
What, we aren't adult enough to simply turn them off out of respect for the office of the President ? Or is meeting with BO that boring that all temptation must be removed.
This must be driving them nuts....
Does UN Ambassador Susan Rice really have three Blackberry phones? I think I have phone envy...
And how much money in Post-It notes is this administration going to waste. I seem to recall the president asking his secretaries to find cost savings. Gee, my blackberry comes with an On/Off switch so I can switch it off and thus disabling the GSP chip. Morons!
Glad to see they are not wasting money by building some fancy Blackberry holder. This system also assumes some honesty within the ranks. Perhaps there is hope after all!
Where's BO's phone? Doesn't he have to leave his outside the meeting or is he simply flexing his political muscle to show how superior he is?
"No surprise that Holder double underlines his name as if he's more important than the rest."
No suprise that some disgruntled GOPer/neoclown who hasn't yet gotten over November 4, 2008 would invent something so petty and snide to use as criticism of one of the Obama administration's top officials.
Holder uses a Razor? Seriously? Thats the same phone I gave my 10 year old to play music. Too funny!
This is a common practice even in a private sector. I use to work in a research lab where we were not allowed to carry a cell phone with a camera to prevent a leak to a media and/or a competitor.
Not news CNN, this is protocol.
Holder has a razor... talk about old school
I don't have a crackberry, just a cell phone that is actually just a freaking phone. These self important people who sit in meetings tapping away on their crackberries and all the rest of those things are annoying.
No guarantee there will be no leak, but assures that it won't get out by means of an "accidentally" turned on BlackBerry. I just love Obama's practicality!
Must be a REALLY slow news day.
Not sure I understand this. Is it news...?
Holder uses Motorola Razor.........thats so 2000....
Rice has an Official – State Business phone and the other two are the phones Tiger should have been using.
That's a good solution for him to ensure they're not distracted and are paying attention to the matter at hand. Blackberry's can be a distraction.
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Christ! Just like the students in classes today...no manners to turn them off and keep them out of sight!
Never trust a politician... I get it. It's okay with me.
Ho hum. Another boring non-news story. Although .... it does beat the daily dose of Palin nonsense and noise.
Exactly why is this news? We have to turn off/put away all electronic devices (phones, pagers, laptops) when we get on airplanes. I'm fairly sure that putting away Blackberrys for classified national security meetings is a reasonable request.
Unbelievable..... just one example of a typical democrat solution..... chaos. What hapened to turning off the Blackberry while meeting with the President?????????? Is that too simple for democrats?
The reason they may not have a phone is because they could record a private conversation that further reveals the Marxist plan.
This looks like an appropriate use of a tech system that ensures they get the right phone upon exit.
What's the problem?
I think they have to leave them in the basket so they don't cause interference with Obama's telepromter...much like you can't use phones during flight because they interefere with navigational instruments. Otherwise, how would he know what to say?
How cool that our government has finally entered the digital age.
John, republicans don' t use I phones, they use tin cans and string
So much for tansparency. No cameras, no phones, no public. Everything is a back room deal again. Yes, it happened during Bush. Those who complained about it, and now support Obama doing it, are a bunch of hypocrites. America first. Remind the government that they work for us, not the oter way around.
The president can do it- so can you! Cell phones are the biggest detraction from collaboration. They should be banned in all meetings!
I am insulted every time someone chooses to look down at their electronics instead of talk directly to me!
Slow day CNN?
With todays technology anything could happen with BlackBerrys or any other hidden communication/listening devises and they should be checked in at the door.