the great shutdown of 2011

In Shutdown, CrackBerrying White House Staffers Are a Few Clicks From the Clink

About 435 of 1,781 White House employees would be allowed to work during the potential shutdown. But those other 1,346 are NOT to use their work-issued BlackBerrys. Really, guys. Really. If you do, you could get up to two years in jail. “People are VERY clear on not using BlackBerries [if they’re nonexempted] after a shutdown,” an anonymous source whispered to National Journal. God help anyone addicted to Klondike. [National Journal]

In Shutdown, CrackBerrying White House Staffers Are a Few Clicks From the Clink