Comments on: Verizon employees accessed Obama’s mobile phone account

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:12:59 +0000

Hey It is a known fact that all Verizon emplyees have access to all verizon records.. Wireless or not.. My wife works there and she says that they can see all records.. DSL wireless or phone.. The way to keep your info private is not to have anything with a company.. Verizon like many companys strive to keep all records private, but all you have to do is search for the acct.. Theres no real way to win

By: Cap'nKangaro

Cap'nKangaro — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:09:51 +0000

Obama did support giving the companies backward immunity shortly after becoming the Dem’s presumptive nominee, reversing his earlier stand against the immunity.

By: hhopper

hhopper — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:27:15 +0000

I once cut the strings on my boss’s golden parachute.

By: Lorrie

Lorrie — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:52:34 +0000

Is everyone out there giving opinions clean, and have not done anything they were not suppose to on a job. I am not saying the employees were right in doing what they did, unless it was for a business purpose. However, let Verizon take care of those that did this without a just cause. And those of you who are guilt free of any wrong doing, then cast the first stone. We all have done something at work that we were NOT suppose to, you just didn’t get caught. It is in every business and govt. agency. Hats off to you all that are lilly white. Let the company take care of it. There are good and good employees in all companies.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:33:13 +0000

#31 – ‘dro

>>#30 The day is not over until MM rationalizes
>>crap.

“rationalizes crap”? Do you have something to say, ‘dro, or are you just trying out your English skills?

I didn’t “rationalize” anything. I merely pointed out to Paddy-RAMBO that Obama was a teenager when the FISA act was passed by Congress, and that the only effect he’s had on the legislation has been to undo some of the damage Dumbya infliced on the Constitution.

Got that, m’hijito?

By: soundwash

soundwash — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:20:36 +0000

you have to ask why this was leaked..
news is not made anymore, it’s created.

imo, this was a warm up or a warning..

By: SnotLikeBlasterpoop

SnotLikeBlasterpoop — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:12:24 +0000

Obama is an elected official who’s now on call 24/7. For him there is now no longer “personal” time. Every single word he utters for the next 4 years should be recorded for posterity.

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:31:51 +0000

#32 Are you gonna keep beating the “Obama bashing” horse? put that horse to rest!

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:02:32 +0000

So it’s Ok for Verizon to snoop on everyone else’s calls, in the name of National Security. And they are thus protected from public law suits, as government contractors. But just don’t let anyone snoop out of naive curiously. And especially on someone important.

How do we know that this wasn’t trumped up by Verizon, to bypass their labor union? And get a whole bunch of workers let go for a fictional offense? It just seems to me VERY convenient timing. Like a witch hunt, that saves them paying out retirement benefits. And is this also more Obama bashing? Cause apparently nobody listened in on McCain’s calls. But I quess after Palin’s emails leaked, they needed something to balance it.

By: pedro

pedro — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:13:53 +0000

#26 And it doesn’t sound fishy to you the closeness of the two stories? I mean, first we hear about the balckberry being taken away. A lot of people boo hoo’d on that.

And then comes this piece of news giving an explanation as to why is good that they took his blackberry? C’mon!

#30 The day is not over until MM rationalizes crap.

By: Mister Mustard

Mister Mustard — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:49:47 +0000

#11 – Paddy-RAMBO

>>Didn’t Omama vote for FISA so he should have
>>NO problem with this.

Uh, Paddy-RAMBO, the FISA court has been around since 1978, when Obama was 17. I doubt he was voting FOR anything that year.

What he DID vote for was to remove the decision on snooping from the president, and give it back to the FISA court where it belongs.

There’s nothing wrong with FISA; it’s just that mockery of the Constitution that Dumbya turned it into a get-out-of-jail card for people who would otherwise be considered felons.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:54:41 +0000

The very freedom we use to access our accounts is the same freedom that allows others to snoop, pry, spam, pirate, infiltrate, and wreck havoc with our accounts. We need to trade off some freedom to have privacy. Too much security will bog the whole system down, much like TSA.

By: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:00:06 +0000

I wish my boss let me leave with pay for a few days.

By: ECA

ECA — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:49:24 +0000

So,
I need to poke a finger at you folks that THINK/THOUGHT your DIGITAL encoding was SAFE from something..

By: hhopper

hhopper — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:12:53 +0000

Now I think I understand why they took Obama’s Blackberry away.