Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/News/March 2018/Book reviews

Treason as literature[edit]

To editor Hawkeye7: "I would be very surprised to learn that any President since Roosevelt had appropriate clearance." I'm not sure what you mean by this. Do you believe that the so-called deep state has been hiding information from POTUS in regards to US nuclear capabilities? Chris Troutman (talk) 13:52, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hardly. Just a consequence of the need to know principle. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:31, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

So your assertion is that the POTUS doesn't have a need to know and is therefore refused access, or that the average POTUS doesn't care and so never finds out? Is this your assertion or does the book say that? Chris Troutman (talk) 21:34, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The book details instances of both from the administrations that Ellsberg served in. Later administrations are conjecture his part and mine. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]