Is there any chance Chucklenuts would hand over the Nuclear Football to Obama a couple months early?

[NNN0LHI]

I sure would sleep better if he would do that.

Don


http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/systems/nuclear-football.htm

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.

[TheDebbieDee]

1. I think * should be bound, gagged and locked in a closet

somewhere until January 20th. That way he can't start anymore wars or get any more people killed!

[Omnibus]

2. He's never really had control of the football.

They left it locked away; they gave him an autographed Roger Staubach football instead, and he never knew the difference.

[NNN0LHI]

3. Gold Codes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Codes

The Gold Codes are the nuclear launch codes that are provided to the President of the United States of America. Prepared daily by the National Security Agency, the code sequence is printed on a plastic card, nicknamed "the biscuit", which is similar to a credit card, that the President carries on his person. The concept behind the codes is that they permit the President to positively identify himself as the commander-in-chief and thereby authenticate a launch order. Should a launch situation arise, the gold codes would be transmitted to the military via the Nuclear Football.

[Nye Bevan]

4. And for even higher security

there is a 3-digit CVC number on the signature strip on the back of the card.

Expiration date is 01/09.