Annie Jacobsen
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you know, nuclear small warhead were to detonate 300 miles directly over the United States of America, it would be what is called electric Armageddon.
It would take out the entire power grid.
That is not a fantasy.
That is a fact.
And so the president wrote an EO to address exactly that kind of a threat.
And I think that is very interesting.
Yes, they were.
Yes, because the Space Force is in charge of looking at all of or conducting all ISR intelligence surveillance.
And then that leads to reconnaissance from space, from satellites, because the remarkable abilities from what a camera can see from hundreds of miles up down on the ground is astonishing.
That's why that is classified.
That's why I always put my money on NRO as the most important intelligence agency that no one ever talks about.
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Thank you so much for having me.
Thank you so much for having me.
Thank you so much for having me.
Mm-hmm. Okay, multiple questions. I mean, first of all, it's so great to be here with two of you who are, as you said, have done tabletop exercises like this. You guys are what I would call the real inside baseball players.
Mm-hmm. Okay, multiple questions. I mean, first of all, it's so great to be here with two of you who are, as you said, have done tabletop exercises like this. You guys are what I would call the real inside baseball players.
Mm-hmm. Okay, multiple questions. I mean, first of all, it's so great to be here with two of you who are, as you said, have done tabletop exercises like this. You guys are what I would call the real inside baseball players.
And what's remarkable about that, and it's so exciting that we get to talk about this, but I'm going to preface it by saying that, you know, as a journalist and an author, and of course, this is not my first rodeo. This is my seventh book. I always write about, you know.
And what's remarkable about that, and it's so exciting that we get to talk about this, but I'm going to preface it by saying that, you know, as a journalist and an author, and of course, this is not my first rodeo. This is my seventh book. I always write about, you know.