Our government can’t afford to give all of it’s FBI agents e-mail?
NEW YORK (AP) — Budget constraints are forcing some FBI agents to operate without e-mail accounts, according to the agency’s top official in New York.
“As ridiculous as this might sound, we have real money issues right now, and the government is reluctant to give all agents and analysts dot-gov accounts,” Mark Mershon said when asked about the gap at a New York Daily News editorial board meeting.
Now I understand that their e-mail system is a bit more complicated than your every day setup like I have on this server, but that seems a bit ridiculous to me.
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Ofcourse, no one mentioned they need highly SECURED email on a special server with home access thru a device (looks like a portable USB device) they need to log into that email on. I have a friend with one of those and they are relatively new and EXPENSIVE. Plus, the person using it needs special clearance because they have access to a very vulnerable area linked with all the military and government. To get this clearance can take months while they are waiting for everyone they send letters to to respond. I’ve verified addresses (as a neighbor) for military personnel for clearances many times. They have to get several just for this one thing.
Another CNN story going terribly wrong and giving half truths. LOL!
Ah, who cares about security. Just give them all gmail accounts. Then they can even have handy ads in each message, related to the message content!
What a load of crap. Can’t they just have a normal secured IMAP account only available through the local network? If they want to log in from home, they can use SSH.
Hello, VPN… 😛