Reply #17: Weiner Wasn't Given Any Warnings [View All]

I assume there are guys who advise Congressmen on software - which softwares are safe to use, and which ones are unsafe for confidential communications. Perhaps this is a heroic assumption that Congressmen aren't left to their own devices, especially not after Chris Lee was forced to resign in NY-26.

The general heading for people who have jobs as software advisors is systems guys. Remember I'm only assuming they exist in and around Congress. My reason for this suspicion is that there is a known downside to using unsafe software, and that systems guys - there's that term again - would be up on it.

Now that Weiner's career is circling the drain, I think it's fair to ask who let it happen. Somebody whose job it is to steer these guys away from career-hazardous software was apparently not doing their job.

Again, I'm relying on my belief that such people exist. I could be quite wrong about this. Indeed, the evidence from both the Chris Lee case and the Weiner case is that nobody's minding the store. At least there were people around Clinton trying to keep him from being career-destructive. Maybe there aren't such people to advise Congressmen, but even if there are, they're ignorant.