I don't believe Schlesinger.https://twitter.com/senwhitehouse/status/920844618455019526 …
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I remain skeptical. It would be more persuasive if the story came from the author or a recipient of the order, rather than someone shown it.
I'm always skeptical. But it's the first "solid" thing I've seen on this, beyond rumors. I'm still pursuing it...
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If it is true, it implies that there are probably other people who saw said order, or that — potentially — one could get paper evidence.
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This needs to be verified beyond Jeffrey Smith's undocumented recollection, but I know smthg of him and he strikes me as a reliable source.
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I agree. We need a new sustained, serious historical/policy study of Presidential nuclear use capability. And this needs to be part of it.
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We need a symposium with all the relevant scholars, and recent former SecDefs. We need to all be working from the same set of facts.
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Agree 100%. Need to know what we really know, where areas of legitimate uncertainty are, etc.
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So, you are an academic. Find some funding and set it up. I'll happily moderate panels...
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Working on it, in fact... :-)
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