Annie Jacobsen
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If you were someone watching C-SPAN like I do, nerding out on what STRATCOM was actually saying about all this, you noticed that STRATCOM commanders were speaking out publicly about to Congress more so than I had ever seen before. And this issue came up. Would you defy presidential order?
If you were someone watching C-SPAN like I do, nerding out on what STRATCOM was actually saying about all this, you noticed that STRATCOM commanders were speaking out publicly about to Congress more so than I had ever seen before. And this issue came up. Would you defy presidential order?
So the caveat, I would say, to McDuff's answer of easier to win the Powerball, right, is that if the commander of STRATCOM interpreted the president's behavior to be unreliable to be non-presidential, then dot, dot, dot. But now you're into some really radical territory.
So the caveat, I would say, to McDuff's answer of easier to win the Powerball, right, is that if the commander of STRATCOM interpreted the president's behavior to be unreliable to be non-presidential, then dot, dot, dot. But now you're into some really radical territory.
So the caveat, I would say, to McDuff's answer of easier to win the Powerball, right, is that if the commander of STRATCOM interpreted the president's behavior to be unreliable to be non-presidential, then dot, dot, dot. But now you're into some really radical territory.
Well, but now you've raised a great, important, you know, presentation, essentially, because what you're saying is people be aware, right? Be aware of, like, why you're voting or why certain individuals are being escalated to even being able to run for president or... What does that mean? Why are people in America not more involved as citizens? Do we have a responsibility for that?
Well, but now you've raised a great, important, you know, presentation, essentially, because what you're saying is people be aware, right? Be aware of, like, why you're voting or why certain individuals are being escalated to even being able to run for president or... What does that mean? Why are people in America not more involved as citizens? Do we have a responsibility for that?
Well, but now you've raised a great, important, you know, presentation, essentially, because what you're saying is people be aware, right? Be aware of, like, why you're voting or why certain individuals are being escalated to even being able to run for president or... What does that mean? Why are people in America not more involved as citizens? Do we have a responsibility for that?
Because you've opened up the door for people to understand, okay, the ultimate thing is the nuclear launch decision. So if a person can't be trusted with that, you know, everything unravels from there.
Because you've opened up the door for people to understand, okay, the ultimate thing is the nuclear launch decision. So if a person can't be trusted with that, you know, everything unravels from there.
Because you've opened up the door for people to understand, okay, the ultimate thing is the nuclear launch decision. So if a person can't be trusted with that, you know, everything unravels from there.
I first learned about nuclear weapons from a guy called Al O'Donnell, who appears in my earlier books, because I interviewed him for over a period of four and a half years because he was... an engineer who actually wired nuclear bombs in the 1950s.
I first learned about nuclear weapons from a guy called Al O'Donnell, who appears in my earlier books, because I interviewed him for over a period of four and a half years because he was... an engineer who actually wired nuclear bombs in the 1950s.
I first learned about nuclear weapons from a guy called Al O'Donnell, who appears in my earlier books, because I interviewed him for over a period of four and a half years because he was... an engineer who actually wired nuclear bombs in the 1950s.
He was a member of the Manhattan Project in 1946, worked on Operation Crossroads, the first explosions of nuclear bombs after the war ended, after World War II ended, and went on to arm, wire, and fire 186 out of the 200 some odd atmospheric nuclear tests that the United States did before this was banned. And so I learned from him the power of these weapons, right?
He was a member of the Manhattan Project in 1946, worked on Operation Crossroads, the first explosions of nuclear bombs after the war ended, after World War II ended, and went on to arm, wire, and fire 186 out of the 200 some odd atmospheric nuclear tests that the United States did before this was banned. And so I learned from him the power of these weapons, right?
He was a member of the Manhattan Project in 1946, worked on Operation Crossroads, the first explosions of nuclear bombs after the war ended, after World War II ended, and went on to arm, wire, and fire 186 out of the 200 some odd atmospheric nuclear tests that the United States did before this was banned. And so I learned from him the power of these weapons, right?
And I learned from him this very almost nationalistic idea about how important it was to have nuclear weapons. And while I learned a lot about his human side, I also saw the side of him that was very Cold War warrior, right? And then, so he was kind of the first, and then, I don't know, there've been a hundred people that have been directly involved in nuclear weapons.
And I learned from him this very almost nationalistic idea about how important it was to have nuclear weapons. And while I learned a lot about his human side, I also saw the side of him that was very Cold War warrior, right? And then, so he was kind of the first, and then, I don't know, there've been a hundred people that have been directly involved in nuclear weapons.
And I learned from him this very almost nationalistic idea about how important it was to have nuclear weapons. And while I learned a lot about his human side, I also saw the side of him that was very Cold War warrior, right? And then, so he was kind of the first, and then, I don't know, there've been a hundred people that have been directly involved in nuclear weapons.