Great Moments in Knox County Government

Submitted by R. Neal on Sun, 2007/01/28 - 2:41pm.

Portion of a transcript from the Harber Report (warning: porn involved)...

1 CONVERSATION WITH: Mike Armes
2 CONVERSATION INCLUDES: Captain Darrell Johnson, Sgt.
3 Tom Cox, Carleton Bryant, Eddie
4 Wassman
5 CONVERSATION DATE: April 14, 2005
6 CONVERSATION TIME: 3:45 p.m.
7 CONVERSATION PLACE: Mike Armes Office
8

Read it after the jump...

9 DJ: About 3:45 on the 14th
10 TC: 3:45, April 14th
11 DJ: I wouldn't want that to happen inside would we?
12 TC: Well, I had it tucked into my pants
13 DJ: Yeah, I know
14 TC: (inaudible) shirt, that was probably a mistake I thought it would make
15 it more secure by not doing that
16 DJ: that's the way those buttons are
17 (knock on door)
18 CB: Hello, Mike
19 TC: How you doing?
20 MA: just bringing it all
21 CB: got your computer
22 MA: (inaudible) just what I need
23 ??: (inaudible)
24 MA: Just put it down right there, I'm gonna...1'1l get Gus in here to set
25 it up for me....I've got a loaner over there
26 DJ: He told us he was gonna give you another one
27 MA: Huh?
28 DJ: He told us he was gonna give you another one
29 MA: he does ...well, it's not a brand new one, I got one out of the
30 garage downstairs at work I've been using
31 CB: You got a few minutes?
32 MA: Yeah.
33 DJ: In the garage or the basement?
34 MA: Well
35 DJ: I couldn't resist
36 (laughing)
37 DJ: you said downstairs in the garage
38 MA: (inaudible) they don't let me go in that part of the building
39 DJ: that's what you call an icebreaker right there, I'm Darrell Johnson
40 MA: Darrell, good to see you.
41 DJ: This is Eddie Wassman
42 MA: Hey, how's it going?
43 DJ: Eddie and I are here because we're the ones doing all the computer
44 stuff
45 MA: Yeah.
46 DJ: we wanted to kind of. ..in case we had any questions or anything
47 MA: Did you all find any porno sites on my
48 DJ: No, but we weren't looking for'm either so you know I mean
49 71: well, we've got our own eye on
50 MA: (inaudible) I've been..• I've been getting about a pop up a day
51 CB: On this one? On your new one?
52 MA: On, yeah, on on on...well just on...on••.1 got one just a while ago,
53 Jo...uh, Joan...uh, what's her name, Jo...uh, whose the lady that
54 was going to marry uh, I got one yesterday with uh, Brittany
55 Spears, photo..nude...nude photo of Brittany Spears and 1 got one
56 today of uh, J-Lo's girlfriend, what's her name?
57 CB: Uh... that
58 MA: 1 just delete'm
59 CB: If it's popping up it means there's something on it...the e-mail
60 DJ: Well, it could be spy ware or uh,
61 MA: I'll show you, I mean I. ...1 got one just a second ago...1 mean I've
62 never opened it (inaudible)
63 CB: So (inaudible) gave you that?
64 MA: (inaudible) right here
65 CB: an e-mail
66 MA: yeah, a e-mail right here
67 CB: (inaudible)
68 MA: that was (inaudible) uh, (inaudible) J-Lo caught in motel room
69 with younger guy (inaudible) I don't know how we can really
70 drop'm
71 DJ: Uh, you may ....you may have to set
72 MA: All 1 do all 1 do is open that thing up and pop those off, I've never
73 opened'm, but
74 DJ: Yeah, it may access Knox County org e-mail address any web base
75 (inaudible)
76 EW: you can access off the internet, it's the same
77 DJ: Yeah, see 1 only use web based e-mail and he's still got outlook
78 express, 1 don't...1 don't
79 CB: we spend about two grand a year on (inaudible) the ...
80 71: county?
81 ??: Sheriffs Office does,
82 CB: oh, in addition to what (inaudible)
83 MA: I've worked...J worked over ten years in NCIC and there world
84 experts at firewalls and everything else and I still get, I mean
85 people fig...
86 EW: (inaudible) is this?
87 MA: you know, people figure out to get that stuff to you
88 CB: Uhhuh



I don' know nuthin' 'bout working computers, Miss Scarlett--

What an odd claim for someone whose online resume' starts out thusly:

Mike Arms began his professional career as the Senior Industrial Engineer at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), working his way through the ranks to be named Assistant to the General Manager in 1989. Arms spent 15 years with TVA. In 1992 he joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as Director of Systems Engineer Division and later became Vice President of Business Development. SAIC is a Fortune 500 Science and Technology company. In 2002, Arms was asked by newly elected Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale to serve as Chief of Staff.

Well, in Arms' defense

Well, in Arms' defense (which is a phrase that gives me hives), I spent 1978-1996 in IT at ORAU and TVA (ending up an applications development dept manager with 35 people working for me), and I couldn't get an entry level job now because my skills are too old.

However, I do understand the basics of email, firewalls, etc. I'm sure Arms does too.

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