McCain campaign sells unwiped Blackberry for $20 Reporter's windfall includes hundreds of emails
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco TheRegister.co.uk 12th December 2008 22:26 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/12/mccain_blackberry/ A Blackberry containing sensitive information belonging to the now-defunct presidential campaign of John McCain has made its way into the hands of a Fox 5 reporter, who was able to purchase the unwiped device for a mere $20. The Blackberry, which was sold this week during a liquidation sale, contained some 50 phone numbers of people connected to the campaign and hundreds of emails that spanned from September until a few days following the November 4 election. "Given the way the campaign was run, this is not a surprise," a staffer contacted by Fox 5 said. There's another reason it doesn't come as a shock that the electronic device was sold without first being purged of its digital secrets: After all, McCain in July confessed he was still "learning to get online" and "becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need." We only wonder what's still stored on the laptops that sold for $600. -- ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
