According to Shelton, that explanation was enough to satisfy this officer, whose responsibility was to confirm the security of the codes necessary to control weapons that could literally destroy all life on Earth and that hopefully deter an attack on the US with similar weapons, and no one checked again that month.
Looks like Earth is under a full-blown attack this time around, and Thor will have to do battle in multiple realms to stop the villains this time around.
Not since Galileo redefined our understanding of the Earth's place in the universe has there been such a vigorous attack on what passes for conventional wisdom.
Friends of the Earth countered that Northern Ireland shouldn't be regarded as a place apart, citing examples, like the stabbing attack on Labour MP Stephen Timms, when politicians in Great Britain have been under direct threat.