And that's worrying. We need to raise our expectations for our leaders, especially those with high security clearance.
Seems like there should be some kind of "digital maintenance and security" primer before receiving access to national secrets.
They don't even get to a), as a rule.
If he had been using or carrying the phone and it was a failure on the recent update that alerted him then it represents two problems: an operational security one and a scandal.
I hope that his integrity holds up on this one.
As you say, though, that makes him more culpable if it turns out he has actually been using the phone. But my money says he hasn't been.
I'm not confused by that, I just plain disagree.
The article certainly doesn't say that.