US Politics

As far as egregious presidential fuck ups go, Bill Clinton losing his nuclear codes and covering it up for months has to be right up there.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana­da-11591213

The way that article is written, it seems to suggest that losing the codes was the fault of an aide, and that Clinton didn't know about it? Or is that the cover-up?

According to Gen Shelton's book, Without Hesitation, an official had gone to check one month and been told by the aide that the codes were on the president's person but that he was in an important meeting and could not be disturbed.

A different official went to do the same check a month later and was told a similar story. When it came time to change the codes, an aide admitted they had been missing for months.

Gen Shelton said it was apparent that the president had not had the codes and that he had been unaware that an aide had lost them.