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Unspecified Authorities

authoritative knowledgeable reassuring

Unspecified authorities assessed the XW-9 thermonuclear warhead buried 93 feet beneath the Eisenhower Executive Office Building putting green. They determined the radiation levels pose no risk to personnel, a claim Jeff Johnson relays to new assistant Donna Moss during her West Wing orientation four years earlier. This detail highlights early-career casual handling of classified nuclear secrets, contrasting official expertise with informal briefing risks amid post-Cold War security lapses.

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Nuclear Security Assessment

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S4E5 · Debate Camp

Small Talk, Big Risk: Warhead Rumor and a Favor

Not present; acts as background authority to mute alarm about the warhead claim.

Unspecified authorities are invoked as the source of the claim that radiation from the buried warhead 'is not enough to hurt you'; they are not present but provide an aura …

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