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Originally Posted by rachamphetamine
I didn't think the issue was security but rather that anything he sends from the BB could potentially be subpoenaed. Or at least I remember reading that in an article that also talked about how Bush had to abandon his personal email address, but I could be mistaken - I haven't followed it very closely..
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Yes, this is it. It is not any regulation, but a self impossed restriction. Self imposed in the sense his staff doesn't want him to carry one.
This became an issue after congress started trying to subpoena every email coming out of the White House starting about 3 years ago. Condi Rice was a big BB user but her staff wouldn't let her keep it after all that. It's a political isssue, not a security issue.