Is Mitt Romney reading John McCain's private campaign email? New book shows it's possible.
Palm Bay, FL -- Does Mitt Romney know John McCain's private campaign plans before McCain's own staff? Can something as simple as an intercepted email message change the outcome of an election?
With McCain's amazing resurgence in the primaries, a new book, Where Have All The Emails Gone?, by email expert David Gewirtz, shows that John McCain's campaign uses the same unsecured email service as the White House.
"I certainly don't want to imply that Mitt would do anything unethical. That's just a hypothetical to point out the problem. However, I found that the White House sends 18 million messages or more each year, using the same open Internet that the rest of us use, with the same risks of interception," said Gewirtz.
Gewirtz also found, "McCain uses the very same 12-person Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Internet company as the White House. So his messages are traveling in the open as well. What does that mean for an election?"
- If the White House and the McCain campaign are sending email through the open Internet, how insecure is communication among other campaigns?
- Can Hillary Clinton read Barack Obama's email? Can Mitt Romney read Mike Huckabee's email?
- Could foreknowledge of a rival candidate's speech, endorsement, or campaign contributions provide a strategic election advantage?
Email privacy is important to us all. The FTC estimates that as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Of course, it's even more important in a Presidential campaign and in White House operations. Where Have All The Emails Gone? shows how something as seemingly benign as White House email can have freaky national security consequences -- and possibly freaky election consequences as well.
Email at the White House is deep, personal, candid, unfiltered communication within the leadership of the most powerful nation on Earth. And it's very, very broken.
Recently, the White House claimed 5,000,000 emails may be missing. After unprecedented research, Gewirtz discovered, "The problem is about so much more than missing emails. Unchecked, some really, really bad things could happen. These are technical and security concerns that blast through political rhetoric and even party affiliation."
Where Have All The Emails Gone? is the most comprehensive analysis of White House email ever published, reads like a thriller, and ends with six very doable recommendations that can quickly and easily bring security and safety back to White House email.
For a review copy, more information, or to arrange an interview, please email Denise Amrich at denise@ZATZ.com or call (321) 722-4620. Please include your delivery address and contact information.
David Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about email, collaboration, and mobile technology. As one of America's foremost email experts, he's been able to do unprecedented forensics research. As the editor of the two leading magazines on the email technologies used at the White House, he has the expertise necessary to see and explain all sides of the issue, provide workable, non-partisan solutions, and make it understandable to everyone.
Additional resources
The book's Web site http://www.EmailsGone.com contains a complete resource center with original documentation, source material, and forensic artifacts used in the investigation. The $19.95 book is available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0945266200.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937415
ISBN (10-digit): 0-945266-20-0
ISBN (13-digit): 978-0-945266-20-4
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[Editor's note: For those of you following along and noticed we changed the release headline from Rudy to Mitt, it's because we're keeping up with the campaign changes. The same message applies, though: email is insecure. And, of course we're not saying Mitt's doing anything bad. Instead, we're showcasing just how problematic open email is to important government work -- and the rest of us.]
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