we’ve all just kind of accepted that the
highest levels of government keep
secrets for the sake of national
security but what is it exactly we don’t
know about welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top five secrets only the president
knows before we begin
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latest videos for this list we’re diving
into the world of top secret information
that only the highest level of
government officials have access to and
taking a look at exactly what that means
number five nukes during the Cold War
both the east and the west produced a
huge number of nuclear weapons with the
advent of ICBMs nuclear attacks can be
carried out with only minutes of warning
given such an attack could come at
literally any time it was decided that
the ability to retaliate immediately was
paramount as such the President of the
United States was given his own personal
nuclear codes
you may notice wherever the president
goes he’s followed by an official
looking guy with a briefcase this is the
football which contains said codes this
gives the president alone the ability to
authorize and launch a nuclear missile
strike from anywhere in the world
number four locations of spy satellites
it used to be that when the United
States wanted to know what their enemies
were up to they had to fly a plane over
them to capture photos nowadays the u.s.
uses high-altitude satellites to obtain
relevant information not only as the
information obtained through these
satellite systems extremely secretive so
is the location of the satellites
themselves needless to say there’s
really no point in having spy satellites
if everyone knows where they are
as such the secret of their locations is
known only to the highest ranking of
government officials including the
commander in chief number three secret
agents there’s confidential secret top
secret and even beyond top secret it’s
not just something for the movies either
it’s actually a loose term referring to
the US government special access
programs these programs include
surveillance and hacking operations such
as those carried out by the NSA and the
Israeli government in an effort to
disrupt Iran’s nuclear programs
this secretive security level also
includes old-school intelligence
operations namely secret agents and
spies on top of those breaking for the
intelligence agencies organizations like
the CIA keep informants on their payroll
sort of like freelance spies upon his
request information on all of these
individuals can be granted to the
president
number two secret law it’s been famously
noted that in 2014 President Obama
unveiled presidential policy directive
or PPD number 28 which was later
followed by PPD number 30 in 2015 so
what happened to PPD number 29 turns out
the president has the ability to
authorize directives that are not made
public and deal with national security
this policy goes back four decades and
every administration has called them
something different but as far as we’re
concerned secret law is as good a name
as any on top of being aware of the
secret of measures passed by previous
administrations only the current
president and administration are aware
of the new secret laws he puts into
place number one kill list in recent
years it’s become common practice to
authorize drone strikes against targets
deemed to be enemies of the United
States you may be wondering how exactly
the list of targets is compiled or by
who that’s classified but rest assured
that the president has access to the
list and also the ability to sign off on
attacks in addition to authorizing drone
strikes the president has the ability to
watch them happen in real time it should
be noted that political assassinations
are against United States law by way of
an executive order which puts drone
strikes into someone ambiguous gray area
still it’s a gray area the president has
full autonomy over do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
highest levels of government keep
secrets for the sake of national
security but what is it exactly we don’t
know about welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top five secrets only the president
knows before we begin
we publish new content every day so be
sure to subscribe to our Channel and
ring the bell to get notified about our
latest videos for this list we’re diving
into the world of top secret information
that only the highest level of
government officials have access to and
taking a look at exactly what that means
number five nukes during the Cold War
both the east and the west produced a
huge number of nuclear weapons with the
advent of ICBMs nuclear attacks can be
carried out with only minutes of warning
given such an attack could come at
literally any time it was decided that
the ability to retaliate immediately was
paramount as such the President of the
United States was given his own personal
nuclear codes
you may notice wherever the president
goes he’s followed by an official
looking guy with a briefcase this is the
football which contains said codes this
gives the president alone the ability to
authorize and launch a nuclear missile
strike from anywhere in the world
number four locations of spy satellites
it used to be that when the United
States wanted to know what their enemies
were up to they had to fly a plane over
them to capture photos nowadays the u.s.
uses high-altitude satellites to obtain
relevant information not only as the
information obtained through these
satellite systems extremely secretive so
is the location of the satellites
themselves needless to say there’s
really no point in having spy satellites
if everyone knows where they are
as such the secret of their locations is
known only to the highest ranking of
government officials including the
commander in chief number three secret
agents there’s confidential secret top
secret and even beyond top secret it’s
not just something for the movies either
it’s actually a loose term referring to
the US government special access
programs these programs include
surveillance and hacking operations such
as those carried out by the NSA and the
Israeli government in an effort to
disrupt Iran’s nuclear programs
this secretive security level also
includes old-school intelligence
operations namely secret agents and
spies on top of those breaking for the
intelligence agencies organizations like
the CIA keep informants on their payroll
sort of like freelance spies upon his
request information on all of these
individuals can be granted to the
president
number two secret law it’s been famously
noted that in 2014 President Obama
unveiled presidential policy directive
or PPD number 28 which was later
followed by PPD number 30 in 2015 so
what happened to PPD number 29 turns out
the president has the ability to
authorize directives that are not made
public and deal with national security
this policy goes back four decades and
every administration has called them
something different but as far as we’re
concerned secret law is as good a name
as any on top of being aware of the
secret of measures passed by previous
administrations only the current
president and administration are aware
of the new secret laws he puts into
place number one kill list in recent
years it’s become common practice to
authorize drone strikes against targets
deemed to be enemies of the United
States you may be wondering how exactly
the list of targets is compiled or by
who that’s classified but rest assured
that the president has access to the
list and also the ability to sign off on
attacks in addition to authorizing drone
strikes the president has the ability to
watch them happen in real time it should
be noted that political assassinations
are against United States law by way of
an executive order which puts drone
strikes into someone ambiguous gray area
still it’s a gray area the president has
full autonomy over do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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