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McCain Campaign Sells Info-Loaded Blackberry PDAs

Posted by timothy on from the quickly-unring-that-bell dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A news station in Washington D.C. has reported that the McCain Campaign has allegedly sold to reporters Blackberry handhelds with campaign-related information such as e-mail messages and phone numbers: 'We traced the Blackberry back to a staffer who worked for "Citizens for McCain" ... The emails contain an insider's look at how grassroots operations work, full of scheduling questions and rallying cries for support ... But most of the numbers were private cell phones for campaign leaders, politicians, lobbyists and journalists. "Somebody made a mistake," one owner told us. "People's numbers and addresses were supposed to be erased."'"

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  1. Thanks but no thanks by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I said "thanks but no thanks" to those naked pictures of Sarah Palin that I found on my Blackberry.

    1. Re:Thanks but no thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      That was the one that was blinking "12:00" over and over

    2. Re:Thanks but no thanks by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

      That boy dodged a huge bullet when the repubs lost.
      If McCain had won, that would have probably been the biggest shotgun wedding in the history of the USA.
      Marry Bristol, or spend the rest of his life in Gitmo... <insert obvious joke about not being sure which is worse>

      --
      When information is power, privacy is freedom.
  2. Excellent... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can learn all the secrets of a highly successful political campaign!

    Oh wait...

  3. Fresh Set of GOP Numbers by soloport · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fresh set of GOP numbers? What to do...

    Joe: Hello?

    New BB Owner: Is your refrigerator running?

    So many possibilities!

    1. Re:Fresh Set of GOP Numbers by Al+Dimond · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ha, more like...

      Me: Is your toilet running?

      Joe: Why, yes!

      Me: Better hire an actual plumber to fix it.