All those years of the Cold War we worried about a nuclear missile attack by the Soviet Union while never really considering the danger of having nuclear weapons in our midst.
Eric Schlosser has written a non-fiction book that is in many ways as terrifying as a Stephen King novel.
Schlosser reveals that a nuclear device was accidentally dropped over the United States just days after President Kennedy was inaugurated. We were very close to a nuclear blast. We've had other incidents when we've come perilously close to a nuclear detonation.
Now we find out that the Air Force has suspended security clearances of 34 missile launch officers for cheating on exams to measure their qualifications and for illegal drug use. How do you feel about a missile launch officer being high while on duty?
The book is called Command and Control. Check out this article at Mother Jones at http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/09/interview-eric-schlosser-command-control-nuclear-weapons-accidents.
