Verizon employees suspended for accessing Obama’s call records

Verizon Wireless has suspended several employees it says accessed call records belonging to a now inactive phone owned by President-Elect Barack Obama. The employees will not be paid during their suspension and are under investigation.

“We apologize to President-elect Obama and will work to keep the trust our customers place in us every day,” according to a statement attributed to Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam. “Those who have accessed the account improperly and without legitimate business justification will face appropriate disciplinary action.”

Sources say the phone in question has been inactive for several months.

It is well known that Obama is an enthusiastic Blackberry user and is seldom seen without it. Washington insiders say it’s likely he will have to give up his beloved e-mail device once he takes office in January as a result of the Presidential Records Act. The act mandates that all presidential correspondence be entered into the official record and if requested be presented for public review.

However he has also stated he plans to have a computer in the Oval Office, making him the first President ever to do so. If President-Elect Obama is asked to go offline, it’s likely he won’t do so easily!

Read [PCWorld]