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Nuclear launch card was missing 'for months,' new book says
CNN ^ | October 22, 2010 | Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd

Posted on 10/22/2010 5:35:22 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh

A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says in a new book that while Bill Clinton was in the White House, a key component of the president's nuclear launch protocol went missing.

"The codes were actually missing for months. This is a big deal," says Gen. Hugh Shelton. "We dodged a silver bullet."

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: billclinton; clinton; clintonadmin; hughshelton; launchcodes; lost; missing; nuclearfootball; nuclearweapons; nukes; oops; wmd
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To: Malone LaVeigh
I wouldn't be surprised to see some end time type attack on us before the brain frozen knucklehead Obama leaves office. I seriously don't think he would know how to respond to an all out attack against us.

So, during the month that Beelzebubba lost the launch codes, does that mean we would not have responded to a Russian attack? Aren't any of these things automatic? Nuclear missile coming at us, our troops have the go ahead to return fire?

21 posted on 10/22/2010 7:24:59 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Hey, Barack "Hubris" Obama, what are you hiding? Release your Birth Certificate!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Doesn’t matter much - the aliens have already disabled all our nukes.


22 posted on 10/22/2010 8:46:58 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Malone LaVeigh

“Hey, Boris? I didn’t leave a little credit-card looking thing at your house the last time I was there, did I?”


23 posted on 10/22/2010 8:56:49 AM PDT by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: FreeAtlanta
No. But for more on possible launch scenarios - see this
24 posted on 10/22/2010 9:17:06 AM PDT by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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