[cba123]

OK not making too much of this.

But I noticed this yesterday. Thought it was worth paying attention to, anyway.

[cba123]

https://www.axios.com/scoop-skirmish-in-beijing-over-the-nuclear-football-1518992774-1e7a513d-4190-459d-ad4f-2c8746fecc6f.htmlhttps://www.axios.com/scoop-skirmish-in-beijing-over-the-nuclear-football-1518992774-1e7a513d-4190-459d-ad4f-2c8746fecc6f.html

[bagster]

Then a U.S. Secret Service agent grabbed the Chinese security official and tackled him to the ground.

So much for Chinese style gung fu.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Related...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3633233/posts

[zeestephen]

Within the last hour I read that the Secret Service denies this happened.

I will look for the link.

[Frank_2001]

Well, we are not exactly shabby when it comes to martial arts, it seems!;)

[zeestephen]

Re: Secret Service Denies Reports of Scuffle Over ‘Nuclear Football’ With Chinese Security

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/secret-service-denies-reports-of-scuffle-over-nuclear-football-with-chinese-security/ar-BBJlrD9?li=BBnb7Kz

[House Atreides]

Like many things with the Chinese, they were looking/testing for weak spots & vulnerabilities.

[T. P. Pole]

Remember this?

Scuffle as Bush arrives for APEC dinner.

[dragnet2]

The Communist Chinese clearly didn’t get the message when they were told in advance about those who move with the president. Or maybe they failed to interpret. Sounds like the Secret Service did some good here.

[t4texas]

I still like the references from previous about how the
Chinese refer to Trump via a via Hillary . . .

[fightin kentuckian]

The chineese, under obama, were used to being handed the football so that they could check it in the coat room. They were expecting the same this time.

[varyouga]

If the football is physically taken from the President, does that actually give the enemy an opportunity to delay launch?

Seems like a yuge vulnerability to me

[daniel1212]

Another little issue that was not known for a “while:”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-clintons-losing-the-nuclear-biscuit-was-really-really-bad/65009/

Former President Clinton’s office declined to comment today on reports that he managed to lose the personal identification code needed to confirm nuclear launches and never told anyone about it...

A former military officer with knowledge of NCA procedures helps fill in some of the details.

Let’s say that the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detects an inbound air warning; the NMCC immediately calls the Sit Room or the military aide, which plugs in the President, who then provides an alpha-numeric code to verify his identity. Once verified, the President can (to invoke ICBM language) execute or terminate sorties. The military aide—known as the Milaide—goes everywhere with the President. Even when the President travels in a hotel elevator, the Milaide (and the president’s doctor) accompany him. (Yes, every POTUS elevator trip is monitored.)

So what happens if the President doesn’t have his identifier?

The commander in chief of NORAD resorts to the next person the NCA list, the Vice President....

Fill in the the blanks here_____