Looks like we’re going to need Mr. Heston yet again for that “cold, dead hands” business.
Despite being warned explicitly that American — yes, American — spies may be reading their every message, French officials continue to clandestinely cling to their Blackberrys.
According to this French news agency report:
“They tried to offer us something else to replace our BlackBerrys,” an unnamed official in the prime minister’s office told Le Monde newspaper. “But that didn’t work and some people use their BlackBerrys in secret.”
French security officials are worried that e-mails sent by government officials from a BlackBerry might be picked up by the US National Security Agency because the servers for BlackBerry mail are located in the United States and Britain, according to Le Monde.
Frankly, I’m shocked — shocked! — that anyone might believe our government capable of such chicanery. And in cahoots with a Canadian-based company, no less?
