Verizon employees spying on Obama fired
Verizon Wireless placed a handful of employees on paid administrative leave last week, on suspicion of improperly peeking at President-Elect Barack Obama’s cell phone records. “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s personal cell phone account,” Verizon Wireless CEO and president Lowell McAdam told reporters in a statement. The phone in question – a personal, voice-only flip phone – has been inactive for several months, says the future president’s transition team. Because the phone didn’t have e-mail or data capabilities, Obama’s correspondences were not in danger of being read.
Reports indicate that the suspended Verizon employees had access to a relatively limited amount of data, including a record of phone numbers, call length, and timestamps. When pressed for further details on what was accessed, however, Verizon Jeffrey Nelson declined additional comment. Concerns such as this incident are fueling questions about whether Obama, a reputedly avid user of technology, should be allowed to use a cell phone and e-mail during his term as President.
Source: DailyTech
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12 calls to Church’s chicken!?
Anti-Terrorist Watch Squad?
Jack Bauer is head of the operation
sounds like a great T-Mobile commercial
USA government spies on emails/cell and internet of who it wants and even leases out its spying operation to Israel(!).
some Verizon employess spying on Obama are small-fry.
keep things in perspective people
dosen’t feel good to have your privacy invaded does it? it only feels good to do it to everyone else.
“Concerns such as this incident are fueling questions about whether Obama, a reputedly avid user of technology, should be allowed to use a cell phone and e-mail during his term as President.”
wow, sucks to be president these days..
Sounds like stuff we used to do when I worked at DirecTV (Customer Service) … for instance, everyone who’s ever worked for DirecTV knows that Tiger Woods is basically supporting the PORN industry all through his PPV Porn purchases
Of course, the real good stuff on Obama would be on his Blackberry, over which he is giving the FBI and the Secret Service real headaches, because THOSE aren’t secure at all … yet Obama has even told the press that he feels like he couldn’t “function” without his Blackberry. So either he has to give it up, or the Secret Service & FBI are going to have to sink a few million dollars into making a private secure network for secure Blackberry usage. But what’s funny, is not only will Obama need a secure Blackberry, but everyone who he sends data/text to and who sends to him. Talk about a cost to the American people which really isn’t necessary.
McAdam
125 calls to order home delivery of Watermelon and fried chicken ?
OR 1 call to fonfirm the 30 billion dollar handout to IZrahell ?
These people work there so they have access to the acount.Just as long as they do not give the information out its not against the law to look.
im really going to change release site
IF YOU DONT STOP POSTING NONSENSE
TO GET MORE CLICKS
pathetic jrks
The racist comments are very unneccesary…that is crazy tho, if there’s a ruling made that he is not allowed to use email or cell phones, I will lose even more faith in this government. I hope there is a way to put a stop to this intrusion, and I am just glad they found this out, so hopefully Obama is aware of the problem, and no damage will come of this…
heard a call from obama telling other people to stop spilling grape soda
wahoo “patriot” act.
Better call Jack Bauer to the Rescue!!
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November 24th, 2008 | 20:12
USA government spies on emails/cell and internet of who it wants and even leases out its spying operation to Israel(!).
some Verizon employess spying on Obama are small-fry.
keep things in perspective people
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No YOU keep things in persepective and stop trying to use smoke and mirrors. the US Supreme Court stated back in 1972 that “U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, 407 U.S. 297 (1972) 407 U.S. 297 UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN ET AL. (PLAMONDON ET AL., REAL PARTIES IN INTEREST) CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 70-153. Argued February 24, 1972 Decided June 19, 1972
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=407&invol=297 the USSC clearly stated in this case that not only was the wiretapping legal, that it was , and this is where it gets real; “a part of the powers of the office of the President granted by the US Constitution.” As such since they added that little line in there, it makes it part of the US Constitution and no judge-jury-or Congress can overturn this decision without a Constitutional Amendment. And since over 2000 have been tried at various times since 1787 to present, with less then 50 actually becoming part of the Constitution, chances are that they will never be able to do this. As such, it is not only legal, but has been used by every President, both Democrat and Republican; since Ford.
So while some may not like it, it not only is perfectly legal; but cannot be changed without a Congressional Amendment. You could have known this if you would have just checked the USSC web page and looked in it’s archives or at the very least had done a google search before spouting off like you did.
The main difference in this is that while it may be offensive, wiretapping by the US president is legal and Constitutional. Checking phone records of Obama or anyone else without it being part of your Constitutional duties as with the president, or having a court order for everyone else; is clearly reason for them to be fired.
So get this through your head and stop moaning about something that is clearly legal and Constitutional. if you dont like it, then start a movement and get a Constitutional Amendment passed and change it. Because that is the ONLy way it is going to happen and all your whining is not going to change anything.
Even Melissa Midwest won’t fuk Obama:
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@1 Don’t be a dumbass
They’ll do it anyway they want attention and making comments like that on sites like this is probably the higlight of their day lmfao.
I bet if obama wasnt president , we sued the company for many millions , btw how many cases of this that arent know?
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Wow that whore wouldn’t do Obama? I guess I have to change my outlook on my support for him.
Dumbasses! You McCain\Palin fascism\racism lovers lost. Get over yourselves. What a sad bunch of losers as I’ve ever seen.
Now to hack his computer database with the info on all of his supporters that he’s already using for the 2012 campaign.
Wasn’t there an amnesty for telecom providers who were eavesdropping? Why doesn’t apply for these guys?
Backstabbing bigots…