US Presidential Nuclear Codes 'Lost For Months' 322
Martin Hellman writes "Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Hugh Shelton, has dropped a nuclear bombshell, metaphorically speaking. Shelton's recently released memoir Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior, asserts that an aide to President Clinton lost a card containing key phrases needed for ordering a nuclear strike, and that the codes were missing for months. This confirms a similar allegation, made in 2004 by Lt. Col. Robert Patterson, a military aide who frequently carried the 'nuclear football' during the Clinton presidency. Unfortunately, human error within the nuclear weapons complex is a frequent and dangerous occurrence."
Time to take the men out of the loop ... (Score:5, Funny)
Turn the decision making over to a computer. I'm sure it can't find the launch codes.
well that just takes the (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Time to take the men out of the loop ... (Score:5, Funny)
Would you like to play a game of tic tac toe?
Re:Time to take the men out of the loop ... (Score:3, Funny)
A Strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
Re:This is Clinton we're talking about (Score:1, Funny)
Not lost (Score:3, Funny)
Too bad it was 2004... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is Clinton we're talking about (Score:4, Funny)
Well duh.
Democrats are unamerican, and strategerizing like that just hurts the thinkbone.
Overreaction (Score:3, Funny)