Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts

Obama using Blackberry with extra security

Posted by Fransadrianto | 2/13/2009 06:43:00 AM | , | 0 comments »

United States President Barack Obama finally allowed by the protocol of the palace to keep the BlackBerry. However, President will use this history BlackBerry with special security. According to the magazine The Atlantic, Obama used a BlackBerry is BlackBerry standard encryption security with the super special developed by the National Security Agency. This is to ensure security.

With few exceptions, government Blackberries aren't designed for encryption that protects messages above the "SECRET" status, so it's not clear whether Obama is getting something new and special. The exception: the Sectera Edge from General Dynamics, which allows for TOP SECRET voice conversations.

Perhaps the NSA and US telecommunications companies have created a special, more secure digital pathway for Obama's messages to travel on, one that would resist the inevitable penetration attempts by foreign governments.

"However, I will think twice before push the button 'send'. So if my email is finally falling to CNN and not the problem," said Obama. His Hobby, on the BlackBerry are troubled palace protocol. There are many reason. First, letters electronic Obama later this must be opened to the public after Obama not become president again. Palace protocol is concerned, there is a letter that the secret in the open.

Second, while campaigning, for example, Obama got a BlackBerry fall. Obama to take. This enables security officers to be bothered. Top reasons for that is the palace protocol his BlackBerry ask Obama spell. Previous president, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton never even use email for communication.

This is different with Obama that is "addicted" BlackBerry. Previously, before Obama becomes president often until early morning at 02.00 still reply to messages. In fact, shortly before the inauguration, he still sends a message to the social networking site Twitter. "All this because you terwuju."

Yesterday, Washington finally decided that Obama could use a BlackBerry. "I've won the race (a matter of BlackBerry)," Obama said at the White House briefing room. According to Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, BlackBerry that will be used only to connect with staff, senior staff and that a small group of trusted friends. "It's only for a small group of people," said Gibbs.

For Obama, the output device Research in Motion of Canada is an effective means of communication. "With this tool one can reach me. If I take a foolish action, someone in Chicago can reprimand me, 'what are you doing?" directly, "he said. See info the new Blackberry.

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Speak Indonesian, Obama Wants to Menteng

Posted by Fransadrianto | 1/29/2009 07:04:00 AM | , , | 0 comments »

On the second day after his inauguration, President of the United States (U.S.), Barack Obama visited the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs. There are interesting events in the first visit to the institute at the cabinet because Obama spoke in Indonesian with an employee in the department.

"When talking with the employee, President Obama, who along with Vice President Joseph Biden, and National Security Advisor General James L Jones, his desires to visit the neighbors ever in Jakarta," the press release the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta received, Friday (23 / 1) night.

Visit to the U.S. department of foreign affairs stressed the government's attention on diplomacy and also mark the first day of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State to-67 in that department. In the visit, he announced a special U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and provide guidance on the diplomatic front.

President Obama with Hillary Clinton announced Menlu former Senator George Mitchell as a special envoy for the peace process in the Middle East and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke as the most special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This is a step under the new government's commitment to update it through the leadership of U.S. diplomacy.

"We are confronted by global challenges that extraordinary, related, and complicated," Obama said to the employees of department of foreign affairs. "Progress will not come quickly or easily, we also promise not justify every mistake in the world. But we can promise will be using all elements of American power to protect our citizens and advance the interests and our ideals, starting with the United States who have principles diplomacy, the focus , and sustainable. "

After greeting authorized, President Obama chat and shake hands with the U.S. diplomat. In the middle of the event, Charles Silver, a former Public Affairs Counselors for the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, said in Indonesian, "Selamat siang, Bapak.."

Without hesitate President Obama held, "Terimakasih. Apa Kabar?"

"Baik-baik," answered Silver, and then notify the President that he had served several times in Indonesia.

Then President Obama said, when he visited Indonesia, he would like to visit the neighbors in the long Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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