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]

11:50 AM on 04/25/2008

That figures. It's a cultural thing.

[cosimoto]

05:42 PM on 04/30/2008

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

[eladora]

11:37 AM on 04/25/2008

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

[TotobiAyokoh23]

09:35 AM on 04/25/2008

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

[OtayPanky]

08:49 AM on 04/25/2008

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

[zerostress]

08:55 AM on 04/25/2008

Yeah ! Darn those pesky friends that spy on America !

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[zerostress]

08:59 AM on 04/25/2008

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

[OtayPanky]

10:49 AM on 04/25/2008

No problemo, amigo!.

[IronMikeHouston]

07:59 AM on 04/25/2008

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]

12:21 AM on 04/25/2008

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

[WorkingClass]

10:33 PM on 04/24/2008

Lou Dobbs could have told them this would happen.

[TheHandyman]

10:20 PM on 04/24/2008

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

[RRonin]

10:07 PM on 04/24/2008

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

[doc1400]

04:57 PM on 04/24/2008

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]

06:57 PM on 04/24/2008

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]

03:45 AM on 04/25/2008

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]

04:28 PM on 04/24/2008

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]

06:09 PM on 04/24/2008

LOLOLOL!

[gcallaghan]

04:02 PM on 04/24/2008

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

[TheSecularist]

03:11 PM on 04/24/2008

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]

03:11 PM on 04/24/2008

What's a little espionage between firends? EGADS!