Comment Re:He does realize... (Score 1) 163
He does realize that if he does ever become President, he'll have to stop this program because of Presidential Records issues, right?
Giving tech leaders/CEOs/Donors a private means of talking to the Gov. would be a horrible idea if a Republican Gov did it, but here we are praising a Democrat Gov for giving major donors special access/treatment.
Yay.
Communications on these phones, verbal or written, would not be subject to any laws that normally apply to a governor and executives within a company. A court order would be required to obtain access to the phones, which are owned by a third-party who has no knowledge of the phones once they are distributed. Something got deleted/destroyed while a court order was attempting to be served? Oopsies! However did we know that was going to happen given we have no knowledge of the phones after they are distributed?
This isn't a new play from the playbook. Plenty of illegal or suspicious activities have done this for years. Why is the governor of California suddenly interested in this vs. using official public means of communication which goes into public record? That's the real question.