Book: Bill Clinton Lost Nuclear Codes While in Office
- Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:27am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The fate of a United States nuclear missile launch lies with something called “the biscuit.” But for a period of time during the Clinton administration, the biscuit was nowhere to be found.
The fate of a United States nuclear missile launch lies with something called “the biscuit.” But for a period of time during the Clinton administration, the biscuit was nowhere to be found.The biscuit is the card bearing the codes the president must have in order to launch a nuclear attack. A PIN number of sorts that must be presented to the nuclear ATM. No codes, no launch.
A new book by General Hugh Shelton, who served under Clinton as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells the story of Clinton’s missing biscuit. “At one point during the Clinton administration,” Shelton writes, “the codes were actually missing for months. [...] That’s a big deal — a gargantuan deal.” The account is included in his just-published memoir, Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior.
Shelton’s story seems to be confirmed in another earlier Clinton book by Ret. Air Force Lt. Col Robert Patterson, ABC News reports. In that book Patterson, who carried the nuclear launch device called the “football,” asked Clinton for the biscuit so Patterson could update the codes. When Clinton went to give it to Patterson, it was gone.
“He thought he just placed them upstairs,” Patterson recalled to ABC. “We called upstairs, we started a search around the White House for the codes, and he finally confessed that he in fact misplaced them. He couldn’t recall when he had last seen them.”
Patterson’s story occurs in 1998 — the morning after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke — while Shelton’s takes place in 2000. It could be the dates are fuzzy. Or, Clinton could have done it twice.
Losing the biscuit may not be just a Clinton affair (pun intended). In a story that has never been confirmed nor denied, Jimmy Carter sent his biscuit to the dry cleaners after leaving it in a dirty suit.
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Comments (76)
tess q
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 11:07ammaybe that’s what sandy (sock’s) berger was stealing from the archives, the missing biscuit. bill clintons legacy Lucky! that will save some tress in the history books!
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 10:42amand he says he didnt inhale? sigh I am sure it can happen that it gets set down and misplaced for say 10 mins or so because we ALL know things fall off the dresser or what ever but MONTHS????
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 10:39amThey were in the same box Hillary had his balls in.
wash1776
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:55amWell, that is no surprise. He has lost his marbles now!!
Report Post »Will NV
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:45amTo bad they did not stay lost, look who has them now.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:44amMaybe he “deposited” it in Monica’s dress along with his DNA.
Report Post »JSDAMAN
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:32amWhat a surprise! Two of the most anti-military presidents in history “misplace” the nuclear codes. I bet the codes are “missing” now also.
Report Post »The Bishop
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:16amNotice that only after Hugh Shelton writes about it does Col. Patterson’s account suddenly get noticed. The Mainstream Media at it’s worst. I guess the statute of limitations has passed on this having any significance to our national security. Disgusting!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:01amClinton lost much more for America than the ‘biscuit’. But nothing as dangerous. Once they decided that it was lost they changed the codes, anyway. Monica probably had it… a souvenir, like the “Blue dress”.
Report Post »DanStlMo
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:50amObama has used the “biscuit” as collateral for more loans, from China.
Report Post »lainpa
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:41amThis is not new folks. It was also reported in the following book – Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House!
Report Post »WishWeWereFree
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:40amAll I can say is thank God we didn’t need them while they were missing!
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:39amHe lost his soul long before he lost the codes……..
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:39amHillary probably stole it in a fit of pique.
Report Post »Big Toe
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:37amI can’t stand these Clintons either anymore. I can’t wait until Hilary LOSES her pres. bid in ‘12. Maybe then her and her adulterest husband can go die in piece(s). Just another way these leftist politicians think of America. what, do you forget where you keep your cigars? I think not. God knows they were locked in a BOX!! But the codes for nuclear detonators we’ll just leave them out of the pants. Kinda like his little buddy. LOSER! That is how I look at th clintons and all lefties!
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:37amDoes Monica still have that DNA-soaked blue dress in her safe-deposit box?
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:27amIt’s in the Smithsonian
Report Post »PoxZombie
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 12:52amplease tell me your joking about it being in the smithsonian
Report Post »The Grinch
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:21amThat’s not all Bill lost in the White House! Let your wild and crazy minds figure it out. Oh the humanity!
Report Post »Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:08amI love biscuits when they are warm with honey on them. Yummy!
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:19amThanks, now I’m hungry, LOL.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:03amHey Monica….this biscuit tast like tuna.
Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:49amHe found Monica’s biscuit though.
Report Post »aeronut44
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:56amI am surprised you could find any biscuits with Monica around…
Report Post »I seem to remember hearing about the codes being lost while he was in office…did anyone else ever hear about it then?
Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:04amHe hid a cigar in her biscuit, maybe the codes too?
BoilitDown
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:47amDid he look in China? He and Gore were just crazy about giving stuff to China.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:53amThat’s not all Bill Clinton lost…
Wolverine
Report Post »faktchekr
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:19amClinton and Albright must have left it in North Korea…along with lots of helpful nuclear technology…
Report Post »aesaac
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:46amdemocratic ethos
Report Post »NYShiv
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:44amLmao, this is Clinton, the guy who thinks America is a bunch of Psychos, way to go Bill losing the Nuclear Codes.
Report Post »mizflame98
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:18amMaybe he should have checked that blue dress for the codes.
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:41amYea, Bill lost the biscuit. But did you hear about Palin signing a flag!!!
Report Post »adifftake
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:22amOne signs a flag. She made a mistake. To lose the launch codes? To tactical nuclear weapons? You compare the two? Oh I get it your telling a joke, right?
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:42am@Addiftake
Agree, Palin is accused of crimes for signing the flag – most likely on accident.
Clinton loses the launch codes and gets away with it.
Reasons…she is Republican and He is Democratic – Lunatitic – Clueless…
Bet Hillary had them all along though.
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Report Post »AngryTexanFromAmarillo
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 4:15pmlol I bet the got stuck on the blue dress…and at least Palin just signed the flag she didn’t use it to wipe her @$$ like the liberals do every day
Report Post »SouthTXVoter
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 1:05amAre you on crack? Flag vs Nuclear Codes! You’re a Pinhead!
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 22, 2010 at 6:48amAdifftake, snowleopard, angry, you get it. My comment was sarcasim, Southtxvoter, the previous posts to yours didn’t give you a clue?
Report Post »sdemascio
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 7:39amFigures look to these two loosers to keep us safe……………
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:23amNotice that things almost always seem to happen in a pattern…
Monica-gate comes about into the headlines…then he loses the launch codes that anyone could have gotten their hands upon…
Yes I realize that anyone else could not just use the card to launch an all out nuclear response, their are sufficient safe guards for that not to happen – yet why was this coverd up for another democratic president if it also happened with carter?
Imagine if President George Bush was even ‘suspected’ of having misplaced it for a second, true or not, he would have been even further crucifed in the press and probably called for impechment against him by the Progressives!!!
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Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 8:26amMonica had them with the dress…..
Report Post »mexicanhasmyjob
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 9:10amI heard he traded them for a box of cigars…….
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 10:17amit took 11 years to have this reported?
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 11:14amWell he must have inhaled while in office!
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FreedomOfSpeech
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 1:08pmHe left them in a ****** somewhere.
Major Infidel
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 1:17pmHe must of left the codes at Monicas place.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on October 21, 2010 at 2:59pmWe may be crazy as Republicans Mr. President but you are irresponsible!!
Can you believe the nerve of this errogant S.O.B. calling us crazy? If I were President you can be sure I would know where those codes are every millisecond of the day.
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