White House BlackBerries Stolen By Mexican President's Aide

In a bizarre occurrence, White House staffers apparently had their blackberries stolen by an aide to the Mexican president during a summit in New Orleans. The Chicago Tribune reports:

"There was an incident in New Orleans, at the leader's summit, where a (summit) staff member... was involved in the disappearance of a couple of BlackBerries,'' Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, said today. "The matter is under investigation.''

Perino's Berry was not among the purloined wireless cache. She wasn't sure if White House staffers had been hit, but certainly members of the U.S. delegation were.

"They were certainly U.S. delegation,'' Perino said.

Fox News identifies the thief as the lead press coordinator for the Mexican delegation. When caught on camera by the Secret Service the man said it was a mistake, then claimed diplomatic immunity, and then hopped on a plane back to Mexico.

For more details on the stolen blackberries, watch the Fox News report below:

Comments

[Chandidevi]

That figures. It's a cultural thing.

[cosimoto]

And in a related story, the hubcaps from the Presidential limo were also reported missing...

[eladora]

fear is that everyones resume to get out of the white house are on those and will surface

[TotobiAyokoh23]

They should have stolen the President and taken him away. America would have been a better place!

[OtayPanky]

If I don't watch him like a hawk, my pug will eat my blueberrie­s...so I can empathize here.

[zerostress]

Yeah ! Darn those pesky friends that spy on America !

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[zerostress]

Sorry, OtayPanky, my previous post was meant as a response to IronMikeHouston. Blew it.

[OtayPanky]

No problemo, amigo!.

[IronMikeHouston]

I suspect there is some espionage going on and he might have claimed diplomat immunity but he would have been marked up a little if I was in charge of security. The WH sucks. The administration is a bunch of scared PUNKS that can't even handle their own security. A missile might be headed toward Mexico for spying if I had any input!

[TXfemmom]

The Mexicans should grab the guy, tie him to the seat in a plane, and send him back.

[WorkingClass]

Lou Dobbs could have told them this would happen.

[TheHandyman]

So, what does Lou Dobbs have to say about this? Lots?

[RRonin]

Did he keep the blackberries or return them? The story wasn't clear....

[doc1400]

The mexican staffer initially wanted to steal bushies brain but after the meeting learned it was of no value so settled for the blackberries.

[cla62]

No he thought black berries were fruit that obamas people were giving away for free outside the whitehouse to try to get some votes.

[ThePhilosopher]

Congratulations cla62! You win the award for completely nonsensical and pointless injection of an anit-Obama slur into a comment about an article that had absolutely nothing to do with the election or Obam! Yay for you.

[wadenelson1]

Hey, folks from down south have been picking fruit in our country for a long time-- for very low wages. Just because blackberries have gone electronic is no reason for this tradition to end.

[BigLib]

LOLOLOL!

[gcallaghan]

My first thought on this , since it involves WH staffers, is the Mexican was filmed while stealing the blackberries back

[TheSecularist]

Couldn't watch the vid because I'm boycotting Fox. How convenient that a Mexican would be caught stealing. Fits right into Fox viewers' stereotypical image of Mexicans. I'm waiting to see if a reputable source reports this. Only then will I consider giving it credence.

[Denni]

What's a little espionage between firends? EGADS!