:32:03
Goddammit
:32:04
How the goddamn hell
could this happen?
:32:06
I will have Power's head on a platter
:32:08
Next to LeMay's
:32:10
Kenny, you hear me
give the order to got o DEFCON 2?
:32:14
'Cause I remember
giving the order to go to DEFCON 3
:32:16
but I must be suffering from amnesia
:32:19
I've just been informed
our nuclear forces are at DEFCON 2
:32:22
Mr. President
:32:23
the orders were limited...
:32:25
to our strategic forces
in the continental United States
:32:29
General LeMay is correct
:32:31
Technically
SAC has the statutory authority...
:32:33
I have the authority!
:32:35
I am the commander-in-chief
of the United States
:32:37
and I say when we go to war
:32:42
We're not at war, sir
Not until DEFCON 1
:32:49
General
:32:51
the Joint Chiefs have just signaled
our intent to escalate to the Soviets
:32:56
You've signaled an escalation
:32:57
which I had no wish to signal
and which I did not approve
:33:03
Get out of here, Max
:33:04
Yes, sir
:33:14
Rescind the order. Can all the Chiefs
:33:16
Put Nitze, Gilpatric
and the Undersecretaries in charge
:33:18
Yes, we can
:33:19
We can't fire the Chiefs, Bobby
:33:22
Our invasion talk
would look like a bluff
:33:24
Or even worse
if there's been an attempted coup
:33:31
Jesus
:33:40
Kenny
:33:41
give me a couple minutes
alone with Bobby
:33:54
Just try this on for size
:33:58
We get a hold of Walter Lippman