Politics aside, that article tells foreign leaders and military strategists that the US president probably doesn’t have any meaningful control of the nuclear deterrent. That seems.... dangerous.
Rather difficult to see what the author hopes to gain from having it published?
Same. Reassure conservatives? Wind them up for the mid-terms? Provide an excuse for the FBI to raid the NYT offices? Whatever the motive it's hard to take at face value.
Politics aside, that article tells foreign leaders and military strategists that the US president probably doesn’t have any meaningful control of the nuclear deterrent. That seems.... dangerous.