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Despite NSA concerns, Jimmy Carter fires off first text message

By  Sun-Times staff
   
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It took Jimmy Carter quite some time to get into the texting game, but he’s finally done it. And he’s apparently not that concerned about the National Security Agency reading it.

On Wednesday, the 39th President texted his grandson, Jason, a Democratic candidate for governor in Georgia, who then tweeted a screenshot of Carter’s inaugural text.

This comes after Carter’s interview on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, where he said he feels his emails have been monitored by the NSA.

h/t Politico

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