Ace:
CNN’s Barbara Starr reported Thursday that the U.S. military is unhappy with Hillary Clinton discussing nuclear weapon launch times during Wednesday night’s presidential debate, calling such information “extremely classified.”…
When the president gives the order to launch a nuclear weapon, that’s it. The officer has to launch. It can take as little as four minutes.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 20, 2016
Starr reported that the Pentagon would not officially comment on Clinton’s remarks since they occurred during a political campaign. However, many officials who spoke to Starr off-camera said they were not happy with Clinton’s comments due to the secure nature of what she was discussing.
“We went to the military this morning and asked them. A military spokesman told us that they do not discuss operational timelines for launching nuclear weapons,” Starr said. “This is some of the most classified information. I asked Defense Secretary Ash Carter at a press conference earlier today. He declined to answer the question because it involved politics.”
http://impeachobamatoday.blogspot.com/2016/10/hillary-clinton-is-gift-that-keeps.html
Hillary is supposedly the leading candidate.
Doubt it.
No, that is not what Barbara Starr of CNN actually said. What she said was that military sources were not happy discussing the time frame with reporters.
Clinton didn’t reveal anything. The four minutes is a rhetorical figure, not the revelation of an actual classified number. Similar statements have appeared in numerous public documents, such as this paragraph from a United Nations publication:
Hypothetical time frames appear in this discussion of the Launch Under Attack protocol.
If you try to get military sources to comment on these numbers, they will most definitely be unhappy about being asked. I wouldn’t be happy with the idea of Donald Trump being in a position to make a launch decision, no matter how long he had to think it over.
@Greg:
Only 4 minutes to launch a nuclear weapon but where in the hell was she for 13 hours during the attack at Benghazi.
@July 4th American, #3:
Seven Congressional Benghazi investigations, none of which substantiated a single one of the right’s bullshit accusations… That’s apparently why they’ve been reduced attacking Hillary Clinton based on her husband’s misconduct, and misrepresenting the content of stolen documents provided by a former KGB agent working with an Australian sex offender.
@Greg:
Well, well, well. Your defense is an establishment controlled investigation that was a sham. We know differently and thanks to some citizen journalism, everyone who wants to know can see the utter disgrace of this woman. Benghazi was what is was from the start and the cover up has been exposed.
It goes without saying that you have been unable to refute any of the wiki-leaks. That woman, mrs clinton , is one despicable individual.
@Greg:
But now it isn’t hypothetical anymore, is it? Now the former Secretary of State (who doesn’t seem to recognize the “secret” in Secretary, unless they are HER secrets) has told the world what it IS. Hillary continually talks about Trump’s irrationality; Hillary appears to the the loose cannot, revealing this, details of how we tracked bin Laden and other terrorists, leaving thousands of classified documents on display for anyone to see.
Oh… but Trump said a dirty word. Oh, my.
Where have YOU been? We know about the ignored requests for security, the warnings about a terror attack, the concerted effort to lie about the cause, knowing it was a lie all along. Even though the hearings didn’t reveal anything we didn’t already know, they confirmed PLENTY.
Benghazi alone is enough to disqualify this trash from the Presidency. As Secretary of State, the one and only accomplishment she achieved was demonstrating to the citizens how utterly incompetent and unable she is to perform the duties. It also showed that she would continue her Clinton Foundation corruption no matter what her official duties were.
Add to that the server, the emails, perjury, lying to the FBI, inciting violence against citizens, voter fraud, more lies, more corruption. Good Lord, who even CONSIDERS such garbage as an actual candidate? Oh, that’s right…. sorry. Nothing personal… GREG.
@Greg: Any comments on nuclear response procedures are classified no matter the accuracy when someone who should have knowledge about the procedures.