SPECIAL REPORT: The worrisome implications of the Mexican theft of White House BlackBerry devices
Palm Bay, FL -- ZATZ Publishing today announced the publication of our latest Special Report: The worrisome implications of the Mexican theft of White House BlackBerry devices.
On Friday, we issued a breaking news press release on this topic, which covered the early news and what we saw as the national security concerns that weren't initially getting covered. This Special Report expands on that press release and provides a detailed analysis of the issue.
Authored by David Gewirtz, ZATZ Editor-in-Chief and the author of Where Have All The Emails Gone?, this latest Special Report spotlights the serious national security breach that may have occurred. But there's more to the story, including issues of the relationship between the United States and Mexico, and even how racial stereotyping may have contributed to spinning this story in a way that may be obscuring the true magnitude of the possible damage to our national security.
The 4,715 word report explores the following issues:
- How one of the nightmare scenarios David wrote about in the book has now come true with almost freaky precision.
- How this isn't just a cautionary tale for the U.S. government, but for businesses and individuals as well.
- How the scope of the security risk is bigger than it might seem. For example, if Quintero Curiel had stolen paper documents instead of BlackBerrys containing the digital equivalents, he'd have to haul 166.8 pounds of U.S. government information back to Mexico.
- How those BlackBerry devices could have contained anything. They could have home addresses of relatives of key U.S. officials. They could have pictures of their kids. They could have passwords, access codes, phone numbers, directions to evacuation locations.
- How it happened. David explores the scene of the crime and also explores the issue of whether Rafael Quintero Curiel was merely a diplomatic functionary or an agent under diplomatic cover.
- How, because of the unfortunate perceptions many Americans have of Mexicans, this act is being treated more as a joke than as a serious security breach by both press and the blogger community.
- David also provides a backgrounder on Mexico, pointing out that Mexico is a world power with considerable intelligence and technological resources and it is well within its capabilities to have orchestrated the BlackBerry theft as an intelligence operation.
- Finally, David provides recommendations so that this sort of thing doesn't happen again.
If anything, this incident has reinforced once again just how important David's recommendations in Where Have All The Emails Gone? are. Those six steps may be the only path that will prevent the problems we seem to be constantly discovering from happening with future administrations.
To arrange an interview or to further discuss the disturbing issues brought up by this news, email Denise Amrich at denise@ZATZ.com or call (321) 722-4620. Please include your complete contact information, including phone.
If you wish to reprint this Special Report or have David contribute an original column to your publication or broadcast, please contact Denise for possible availability.
David Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about email, collaboration, and mobile technology. He is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
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
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.
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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