Obama Fighting for His Right to Blackberry

In fact, it isn't yet certain that he'll give up his hand-held device once he takes office. Obama acknowledged in a nationally broadcast interview Thursday that the Blackberry is a concern, “not just to the Secret Service, but also to lawyers."

Asked in an interview broadcast on NBC's “Today" show whether the issue had been resolved, Obama replied, “I'm still in a scuffle around that." He asked: “How do you stay in touch with the flow of everyday life?"

White House officials have worried that a president's e-mails can be subpoenaed by Congress and the courts and may be subject to public records laws. Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton didn't e-mail while in office.