Democratic members of Congress and Democratic leaders should have "burner" phones

[question everything]

This way they should be able to discuss sensitive information with no one knowing who to subpoena (I think).

[StarfishSaver]

1. Burner phones aren't secure

Phone security is a huge thing on the Hill and keeping phones secure for Members is a major IT priority. Burner phones would pose a real problem.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. In what way are they insecure, relative to the phones they normally use?

Not saying they are, nor am I saying this is a good idea ... but just curious in what way(s) they are less secure, as I didn't know that about them.

[StarfishSaver]

3. I don't understand the technology

But when I worked in government, we weren't allowed to use our own phones for government business and definitely couldn't use burner phones. One of the problems was that every phone issued to a Member or staff had to have certain software and encryption and other technology loaded onto it and the phones also had to be registered with and connected to IT. Members just can't use their own or burner phones for official business.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Okay, so relative to like my own phone they're not less secure but vs the phones they issue

to Congresspeople, which have special software and encryption making them even better than normal, they are less so.

Makes sense. Thx.

[Enter stage left]

5. Boy do I miss my Blackberry

[Mr.Bill]

6. Someone who is not breaking the law

and tells the truth has no reason to fear a subpoena.

[question everything]

7. What about having your and your family members accounts searched?

[Mr.Bill]

9. The OP was about subpoenas.

That's what I responded about.

[StarfishSaver]

8. If I were a Member of Congress, I wouldn't want a hostile presidential administration getting

hold of my phone records. Members have all kinds of contacts and conversations that are perfectly legal and above board but that the executive branch - especially a corrupt one - needs to know about.

For example, Trump and Barr did not have any business knowing who Schiff and Nadler were talking to during the impeachment proceedings.

[Mr.Bill]

10. One of the many reasons I would not run for Congress.

And of course Trump had no business there. That's what much of today's conversation has been about. But what if credible witnesses testified to a Grand Jury tomorrow that several named Congressmen were plotting to assasinate President Biden? We don't know what information the Grand Jury was acting on, and we may never know. We do know Barr was smart enough to make them Grand Jury subpoenas. Clever use of the Grand Jury system to cloake things in secrecy. And unethical if not illegal in my opinion.