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EXCLUSIVE: Former military aide who carried ‘nuclear football’ for George HW Bush reveals a gaping hole in the security chain that could enable a ‘marauder to obtain the access card and pose as the president’ via Daily Mail

Posted on 2021/07/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Pentagon last week announced there would be a review of procedures for the nuclear football after Capitol rioters got within 100ft of Mike Pence on January 6  Retired military officer John Stufflebeem says the president’s ‘nuclear football’ is far more … Continue reading →

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Trump’s COVID infection shows why it’s time to retire the nuclear football via Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2020/10/08 by nfield

by Tom Z. Collina, October 6, 2020 President John Kennedy took powerful pain medications. President Richard Nixon was a heavy drinker. President Ronald Reagan had dementia. And now President Donald Trump has the coronavirus. These conditions can significantly impair one’s … Continue reading →

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