Sunday, September 29, 2013

Are you feeling safer?


Now that we know that our nuclear arsenal is no longer under the command of an admiral implicated in a scheme to counterfeit casino chips. WTF!
A vice admiral who is second in command at the United States Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear war-fighting forces for the military, has been suspended amid an investigation into his possible involvement in illegal gambling, officials said on Saturday.

The officer, Vice Adm. Timothy M. Giardina, is a highly decorated sailor with more than three decades in the Navy. The suspension occurred on Sept. 3, but was not announced publicly, said Capt. Pamela Kunze, the command’s spokeswoman.

Captain Kunze would not comment further on the circumstances surrounding the suspension, citing a continuing investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

The Strategic Command was first alerted about the issue in mid-July. A month earlier, Admiral Giardina became the target of an inquiry being conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation into possible use of counterfeit gambling chips at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, said David Dales, the head of the Southwest division of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

Mr. Dales said the criminality in question involved poker at the casino, but said he could provide no further information. The agency’s investigation is still open and no state charges have been filed against Admiral Giardina, Mr. Dales said.
This follows hard on the removal of 17 launch control officers from duty. I don't know about you, but I want a higher degree of trustworthiness from the people who have their hands on the nukes.

// posted by montag @ 1:30 PM
Comments:
No.... I won't feel safe until an NSA agent comes to my house and sticks his tongue all the way up my rear end!!!!!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 9:06 PM
 

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