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Here these are the idiots who have worried me...

Triva from the Wikipedia page on "Nuclear Football":

  • During their presidencies, Jimmy Carter always carried the launch codes in his jacket, while Ronald Reagan preferred to keep the launch codes in his wallet.
  • Jimmy Carter once left nuclear launch codes in his suit when it was sent in for dry cleaning.[1]
  • It has been suggested that the nickname Football was derived from an attack plan codenamed "Drop-Kick."[2]
  • Several presidents have had politically embarrassing episodes where the Football was left behind at an unsecure location. This happened to Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush [2] and, most recently, Bill Clinton on April 24, 1999[3]. In none of these cases was the integrity of the football breached.
  • The Football was separated from Ronald Reagan immediately after an assassination attempt.

 PS - Just for the record, when they say "left behind" they mean a guy was holding it and was left behind.  The point is that the president's secret service is also securing the football as well as the president so they should be together always.



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