Mar-a-Lago paying member identifies US official carrying nuclear football...

[HipChick]

Link to tweet

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Richard DeAgazio added 2 new photos — at Donald Trump Palm Beach Home
Yesterday at 04:56 · Palm Beach, FL ·
This is Rick...He carries the "football" The nuclear football (also known as the atomic football, the President's emergency satchel, the Presidential Emergency Satchel, the button, the black box, or just the football) is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room. It functions as a mobile hub in the strategic defense system of the United States. It is held by an aide-de-camp.
and Rick is the Man

https://archive.is/HVZYc

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Impeach now, that is how simple this is. If Hillary allowed this

she could not find a safe place to hide on the planet from rightwing sycophants.

[Initech]

11. Fuckin' a! Seriously!

[NewJeffCT]

22. the media outcry would have been so Huge

that even all the Democrats would have immediately voted to impeach.

[Loge23]

27. At the very least...

...4 more years of congressional hearings.

[pandr32]

31. Absolutely bang on!

The fiasco of a makeshift situation room on the terrace with all kinds of people without security clearance snapping pictures, Donald's unsecured phone, his gung-ho executive orders he doesn't read or understand, his failure to be briefed as to customs and current situations of foreign leaders, his treatment of the press and national security intel personnel, his failed raid and death of many including a navy seal, his firing of the acting AG because he didn't agree with her, his enormous waste of taxdollars spent securing three "White House" locations (D.C. Tower, Mar-A-Lago), his billionaire administration--save a couple of millionaires, his cronyism, his pay-for-play and blatant promotions of his businesses, the fact that he is kompromat, and on and on.
I can't even imagine Hillary Clinton being capable of any of these things. She is too educated, experienced, diplomatic, prepared, proper, compassionate, dignified, and savvy.
Goog Gawd! The deplorables couldn't even stand her voice and look what we got instead

[Eliot Rosewater]

34. Capable or not, if Hillary or any democrat did one of these things

there would not be safe place on the planet for the SS to hide her from the deplorables.

If she did the Yemen thing? Forget it, they would hound her until she was dead and gone.

These people dont care about America, they care about themselves.

[Kimchijeon]

35. LOL no doubt

can you imagine all the outrage if that were the case? Their heads would explode!

[JudyM]

39. The key is how did he know this? tRump or someone on his team breached confidentiality.

Of course it's ridiculous that he posted it, but the info itself was classified and SHARED.

[tparrett62]

2. Is this just a game to them???

This is insane! Rich guy selfies with the guy carrying the football?? Diners who can overhear Trump and Abe strategizing about North Korea??

The GOP better sack up and start impeachment soon. This is beyond crazy.

[Initech]

12. Ya gotta wonder, I really think they do think it's a game.

[world wide wally]

28. Not to mention that our Intelligence Agencies won't share information with the WH because they know

it will be leaked to the Russians.
Are you fucking serious, Republicans?

[onecaliberal]

3. For fucks sake

[NCTraveler]

4. What about the emails!!!!

HA Goodman told me it was all about the emails!!!!

[NewJeffCT]

23. Goodman says there will be an indictment over her emails any day now

I think he's been saying that for almost a year now.

Oh, and didn't somebody else say a few weeks before the election that there was an imminent indictment coming regarding the Clinton Foundation? Still waiting for that one, too.

[NCTraveler]

24. He seemed so obvious to me.

I simply don't get how people fall for him or his friend the "Sane Progressive". Jill Stein has a better track record yet people still hang on to their words.

[grantcart]

5. Get in the CC and you also have access to Bannon

[LonePirate]

6. Another day and yet another mind-blowing act of gross incompetence.

Thankfully I will not hold breath while waiting for Congress to fire up an investigation into this latest security breakdown.

[yodermon]

7. John Schindler (@20committee) is aghast:

Link to tweet

(he wrote the piece about the spy revolt in the IC which has been making the rounds,
http://observer.com/2017/02/donald-trump-administration-mike-flynn-russian-embassy/ )

[anarch]

8. I will be honestly surprised to make it through this mis-administration's tenure alive

and as a corollary, I won't be the slightest bit shocked for the world as we know it to end entirely.

It's like letting an obviously drunk person drive a school bus on icy mountain roads, with dangerous curves and many precipices...we're all on that bus right now.

[kacekwl]

9. Poor Rick is going to get another assignment now.

Probably was a great gig for him too. Sad.

[40RatRod]

29. That was my first thought when I saw this thread.

[Docreed2003]

10. Geez....these folks are clueless...

First off...that young man can forget about his career, that's been flushed down the toilet. Second, how is it cute to take selfies with the guy responsible for the greatest national security item we have??? It's insanity with these people!!

[tavernier]

13. Why is the hair on my head standing straight up?

[HipChick]

14. This is crazy..

[Cracklin Charlie]

15. Rick just lost his job.

Dumbass Trump supporter drew a target on his back.

Delete This Administration! Now!

[Lucinda]

16. ...

[Brother Buzz]

17. I'm not over the edge with this one

I saw a TV expose on the 'football' a few years ago and they interviewed one of the many officers that were assigned to the 24/7 task of watching it. The Amy Major was identified (most all the officers are O-4, from any branch of the military); their anonymity is not critical. The Football is the prize, not the men caring it, and I also understand the Secret Service, who never actually touch it, keep as keen an eye it on as they do the President. Now, if Rick was alone, hauling the 'football' down to the cabana to have an umbrella drink, THAT would be a different matter.

[lpbk2713]

18. Trump is the "On The Job Training" president.

And honestly, I don't think very much of it is soaking in because he is not
very receptive to begin with. I worry about many things under this clown.
Toward the top on my list is our country's sceurity.

[tenorly]

19. This DeAgazio is uggatz.

And probably a made man besides.

[SticksnStones]

41. An actor we've never heard of who just dropped $200k to become a member...

It is rather suspect~

[okwmember]

20. Or as Cameron Esposito put it

Link to tweet

David Farenthold has an interview in the W Post with the man who posted the pic, also says his Facebook acct has been deleted.

[gratuitous]

21. Fun fact

President Trump instituted stricter security protocols for his round of golf with the Japanese prime minister than he did for his discussion of the North Korea incident.

Everyone feel safer now?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. The guy who posted the pics of Trump and Abe at Mar a Lago ...

The guy who posted the pics of Trump and Abe at Mar a Lago is a Masshole and this is his Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/richarddeagazio

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

26. There was also a satchel key photographed:

Earlier in the week, Trump had been criticized for leaving intelligence documents vulnerable to people without security clearance. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) noticed that the president kept the key in a secured bag while hosting people in the Oval Office, which is a bit like leaving your house keys in your front door while you’re having a party in your backyard. There’s no indication that anyone saw anything confidential in this incident, but this, Heinrich suggested, was “Classified 101.”

Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101

[IronLionZion]

30. They'll fire Rick

and remind us about Hillary's emails

[Blue_true]

37. I think Rick is military. The military likely will repost him.

I may be wrong, but he isn't supposed to pose for pictures (he may unintentionally get photographed because he or she should always be near the President, but never get photographed).

[HipChick]

38. That may be next..

[IronLionZion]

40. They'll put him on latrine duty in Antarctica

or some undesirable posting.

[nolabear]

32. Jesus. I'm surprised they didn't just charge for photos.

[njhoneybadger]

33. This is getting nucking futs

[Blue_true]

36. The military will likely replace the suitcase carrier.

I don't think the military wants that person posing for pictures.

[WillowTree]

42. Why? They're identities aren't a secret.

[pinboy3niner]

44. I think that's called 'deployment'

On the other hand, how do we know Rick has the real 'football'? If it's a decoy, that could explain Rick's casual attitude. Having a decoy, anyone attempting to destroy it would show his hand and be neutralized immediately, without risk to the real football--which may not even look anything like Rick's very noticeable satchel.

[jmg257]

43. Some follow-up info from LA Times...

U.S. military officials said it’s not illegal for the officer to take the photo, nor against protocol, though they acknowledged it is strange.

"There is an understanding that we, as military officials and those who serve our elected officials, typically seek to maintain a low profile,” said a senior U.S. defense official, who wasn’t authorized to speak on the matter. “It's never about us. It's about the mission and the people we serve."
...
A military aide constantly shadows the commander in chief, carrying the briefcase commonly referred to as the “nuclear football.” The case does not actually contain nuclear codes, rather nuclear attack options on foreign targets and other information critical in an emergency.
...
Because the case must be near the president at all times, several aides from all military branches are authorized to carry it. They are photographed nearly every day trailing the president, perhaps most famously in Red Square in Moscow in May 1988 alongside President Reagan in a momentous visit to the Soviet Union.

Conservative pundits criticized Vice President Joe Biden in August when he publicly identified a military aide with the nuclear football during a campaign rally for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-nuclear-football-1487013348-htmlstory.html

[TrollBuster9090]

45. Somebody needs to tell these billionaire dilitantes that they're not in front of Buckingham Palace

...taking pictures with the guards. WTF?

[Tatiana]

46. Dear Lord!

I just can't...

How do these people get so wealthy when they are so dumb?

[JDC]

47. Just another everyday incompetence session for this President

I don't know what is more insane: Trump himself or that all of this is going on unchecked by anyone. To call it a a consistent series of blunders would be far too kind to this bozo, his lackeys or this government. Just mind boggling.