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Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by bdamm on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @07:18PM (#14757509)
Not so. The nodes in the command chain have little if any ability to question the order they've been given. Officers are even selected based on their ability to carry out orders unthinkingly. In the US military, an order from POTUS is the ultimate command. The only part of the chain that matters is at the very top, specifically, the armed individuals who surround the President. They can choose to stage a coup or declare the President medically unfit.
Re:Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Inte... by umanwizard on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @08:31PM (#14757877)
They have little authority to stop the order, which is not the same thing as saying they have no ability. In practice they are human beings and a Stanislav Petrov situation is totally possible.