Bill Clinton Loses Nuclear Codes While President

[Enigma869]

Whoops!

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/president-bill ... d=11930878

[scarab]

I once lost my dogs biscuit, and he sure was p*ssed.


what a joke, anything to sell a book.

and this guy was an officer?

[verslibre]

If a young intern was slidin' her wet lips down my shaft, I'd end up dropping the codes in the wastebasket, too.

[ebake02]

I'd probably drop the keys to air force one too.

[mikemarrs]

those were some good times.bill clinton and the nineties.

[Everett]

those were some good times.bill clinton and the nineties.

Amen!

[Saint John]

I once lost my dogs biscuit, and he sure was p*ssed.


what a joke, anything to sell a book.

and this guy was an officer?

I highly doubt he's lying.

[ebake02]

those were some good times.bill clinton and the nineties.

I remember getting in trouble in high school for trying to look up dirty Bill Clinton jokes back when Monica and her cigar was front page news.

[Rhiannon]

those were some good times.bill clinton and the nineties.

I remember getting in trouble in high school for trying to look up dirty Bill Clinton jokes back when Monica and her cigar was front page news.

The guy who was QB of my HS's team my freshman year came to school dressed as Monica with the blue dress, stain, and all that on cross-dress day before the powder puff game homecoming week. His girlfriend dressed as Bill.

I loved the 90s. And I can totally see Bill losing the codes, too. Socks probably made off with them.

[squirt1]

Evidently ,Jimmy Carter left it in his clothes and it went to the drycleaners.

[ebake02]

those were some good times.bill clinton and the nineties.

I remember getting in trouble in high school for trying to look up dirty Bill Clinton jokes back when Monica and her cigar was front page news.

The guy who was QB of my HS's team my freshman year came to school dressed as Monica with the blue dress, stain, and all that on cross-dress day before the powder puff game homecoming week. His girlfriend dressed as Bill.

I loved the 90s. And I can totally see Bill losing the codes, too. Socks probably made off with them.

And who can forget "I smoked but I didn't inhale" and the Bill Clinton skits on SNL back then were priceless too! The 90s were definitely good times !!!!

[Melissa]

Saw this on the news yesterday too, not only lost, but lost for "months" good grief

[Rockindeano]

Folks, Bill himself didn't lose the cards. The president doesn't personally hold them. There is a dedicated dude who carries them as well as the "football," a special briefcase chained to his ankle 24/7. He is always within sight of the president everywhere he goes. I can see Bill getting blown on a Summer day and the card falling out of his pants pocket. Not quite.

[Michigan Girl]

He must've lost his dedicated dude?!?!

[Rockindeano]

He must've lost his dedicated dude?!?!

LOL. The cards are different than the football. The football carries so much more than just a few essential codes. Here:

The Football
It follows the President where ever he goes and is never more that a few steps from his side. It is carried by a military officer who must undergo the nation's most rigorous security background check - the "Yankee White". It contains a secure SATCOM radio and handset, the nuclear launch codes known as the "Gold Codes" and the President's Decision Book - the nuclear playbook that the President would rely on if he would ever have to decide to use nuclear weapons. Its real name is unknown but it is popularly known as "the football".

The concept of the football came about in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Kennedy was concerned that some Soviet commander in Cuba might launch their missiles without authorization from Moscow. After the crisis, Kennedy ordered a review of the U.S. Nuclear Command and Control system. The result was the highly classified National Security Action Memorandum that created "the football".

The White House Communications Agency which oversees the military unit in charge of "the football", was created with personnel from sections of the Defense Communcations Agency, composed of units from the Defense Communications Operations Unit (responsible for communications and emergency power engineering) and the Defense Communications Support Unit. To work in these units, a candidate must pass a special security investigation, called "Yankee White." The criteria include U.S. citizenship, unquestionable loyalty, and an absolute absense of any foreign influence over the individual, his family, or "persons to whom the individual is closely linked." The aide who carries "the football" comes from the five military branches and is at the rank of O4. (Major for U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Marine Corps), or Lt. Commander for Navy and Coast Guard. They must be knowledgeable about all aspects of the overall SIOP, as well as the various options available to the President for implementing the war plan

[Saint John]

Bill Clinton lost a card carrying the top-secret codes to launch US nuclear missiles for several months when he was in the White House, a general has charged in his new memoir. "That's a big deal—a gargantuan deal," writes General Hugh Shelton, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Clinton. The former president apparently misplaced what's known as the "biscuit"—the card with the codes—in 2000, he writes.

Another military commander has made the same charge, but says the biscuit was actually lost in 1998, on the morning after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. In retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Robert Patterson's telling, the president "confessed" to him that he "misplaced" the codes, reports ABC News. "He couldn't recall when he had last seen them," Patterson has revealed in his own book. Patterson was one of the men charged with carrying the nation's nuclear "football," a mobile computerized command hub in a locked briefcase that the president can use to launch a nuclear attack no matter where he is. That's why he needs the biscuit with him at all times.

[Rockindeano]

Bill Clinton lost a card carrying the top-secret codes to launch US nuclear missiles for several months when he was in the White House, a general has charged in his new memoir. "That's a big deal—a gargantuan deal," writes General Hugh Shelton, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Clinton. The former president apparently misplaced what's known as the "biscuit"—the card with the codes—in 2000, he writes.

Another military commander has made the same charge, but says the biscuit was actually lost in 1998, on the morning after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. In retired Air Force Lt. Colonel Robert Patterson's telling, the president "confessed" to him that he "misplaced" the codes, reports ABC News. "He couldn't recall when he had last seen them," Patterson has revealed in his own book. Patterson was one of the men charged with carrying the nation's nuclear "football," a mobile computerized command hub in a locked briefcase that the president can use to launch a nuclear attack no matter where he is. That's why he needs the biscuit with him at all times.

Good points, however, I am guessing Bill could get another biscuit asap but dude was too embarrassed being caught getting hosed by a small livestock sized animal.

[Don]

Hanging a pearl necklace on miniature livestock, that's epic.

[Rip Rokken]

He must've lost his dedicated dude?!?!

LOL. The cards are different than the football. The football carries so much more than just a few essential codes.

I had some football and baseball cards when I was a kid, but I lost them years ago.

[Enigma869]

Good points, however, I am guessing Bill could get another biscuit asap but dude was too embarrassed being caught getting hosed by a small livestock sized animal.