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President Obama’s email address is the new status symbol in Washington DC – and the circle of who knows his email address is very, very selective indeed. There’s a great article in the NYT about Obama’s email<\/a>, which includes this gem:<\/p>\n

Mr. Obama presumably knows not to send his bank account information to
\nthose ubiquitous Nigerian businessmen who clog e-mail inboxes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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