Alex WellersteinVerified account

Sen. Cotton just asserted Gen. Hyten could not have committed the sexual assaults of which he has been accused because his job and role in the nuclear chain of command requires him to be immediately available 24/7 to conference with the president in the event of a nuclear attack.

all that means in practice is that there has to be a guy with a bag who knows where he is

Right. Gen. Hyten subsequently said, in response to questions from Sen. Hawley (R-MO), that his security detail always knows where he is (which is not the same as always being with him) and that when he travels, a team handling his secure communications stays in an adjacent room.

You can see little dude by the doorway in the back, there. Burly dude was out of frame, eyeballing everyone in the room on a regular circuit, Secret Service style. He also had two or three military people in uniform who looked like they were in charge of driving him around.

There is an organization that shields National Command Authority links. And it's not the PFPA. Please tell me you know this?

Should be kinda obvious from the photo, but I was at said academic workshop. His security guys were pretty obvious.