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“…now that they’ve moved into the West Wing, Obama’s aides are starting to feel as if they’ve stumbled into a time warp and are actually working for the Carter administration, technology-wise. The White House e-mail system was down for most of Monday, leaving the press office out of touch with the world except through an overloaded phone system (complete with a full voice-mail box) — for at least the second prolonged stretch since Inauguration Day…. Memos Obama issued Monday morning were copied and distributed on paper in the White House press office, instead of being e-mailed out to far-flung reporters. Aides are privately grumbling about not having laptops, about delayed BlackBerry service and about the phones not working.”

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26 January 2009
19:45

Box of Meat