We have many
people saying what she said was common knowledge. Snopes claims she didn’t, because it is common
knowledge as well. Snopes points
to an article that is taken from an incident that happened when Carter was
President. The claim was that at
the time a President had about 4 minutes to decide what to do. Snopes then says there is other
articles available on the Internet that give a time frame of 4 to 12 minutes to
make a Decision.
Yet Clinton didn’t say a President has 4 minutes to
decide. She stated that once an
order is given, the launch happens at about 4 minutes later. These are two completely different things
here. What Clinton gave away was
that once the order is given is that in 4 minutes the entire process of
actually launching the missiles takes place.
Snopes also points
out a report by UnitedNations Institute for Disarmament Research from 2012 that supposedly is also
proof that she did not give out classified information. This report gives the estimated time
from the order to launch. However
the report gives a time of “within five minutes”.
So Hillary
has shaved off an entire minute that our potential adversaries possibly did not know about. Of course I am
sure at least the Russians and Chinese have a good idea, but still Hillary gave
them a certainty.
