US Defence Secretary Robert Gates doesn't do email (BBC)

In an article about how the Pentagon detected a cyber attack on its email system US Defence Secretary Robert Gates isquoted as saying that a variety of precautionary measures has been taken. The email system had been temporarily taken off line in order to secure the system.

As a final question in the interview Robert Gates was asked whether his email had been affected. In what must have been a throw away comment he replied:

"I don't do e-mail. I'm a low-tech person."

Secretary Gates probably has people to take care of mundane things like email. It is a good job the defence industry is very low tech these days, the US bow and arrow divisions have a commander well informed about the technology.

Secretary Gates like other people before him has been caught out with an off the cuff remark being recorded and thanks to the internet posted round the world for other people to be amused.
It would be interesting to find out what he actually thinks about email, the internet and what he means by calling himself a low-tech person. I guess he is probably a bit busy to tell me about that sort of thing though.