Funny. These top secret, high-skilled and experienced agents of FBI don’t have access to something so basic as the email address. What’s more, only 100 of total 2000 FBI people in New York own mobile phone, which would be prepared to browse internet, such as BlackBerry.
“As ridiculous as this might sound, we have real money issues right now, and the government is reluctant to give all agents and analysts dot-gov accounts,” Mark Mershon said when asked about the gap at a New York Daily News editorial board meeting. “We just don’t have the money, and that is an endless stream of complaints that come from the field,” he said.
FBI officials in Washington denied that cost-cutting was putting agents at a disadvantage. Spokeswoman Cathy Milhoan said e-mail addresses are still being assigned, adding that the city bureau’s 2,000 employees would all have accounts by the end of the year.
“The FBI should have the tools it needs to fight terrorism and crime in the 21st century, most of all in New York City, and one of the most effective means of communications is e-mail and the Internet,” he said.
No wonder there are hackers attacking tons of websites every day, when these people who should fight against them don’t even have basic access to common things, like email…
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