Ward: Step- by-step walkthrough of the software, hardware, and personnel that led to false alarm “Quite frankly, the information we have been given in mea culpa simplicity terms of human error lacks credibility. Until I see the room the decision was made in and the step-by-step decision tree, I find it incredible that one person without any safe guards has the full faith and confidence of the Governor and Generals, without the approval from PACOM to tell 1.4 million people that a nuclear weapon is on its way to Hawaiʻi,” Ward said.
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/20936/Ward-Step-by-step-walkthrough-of-the-software-hardware-and-personnel-that-led-to-false-alarm.aspx[AND... they can't get their story straight... "one person pressed the wrong button"... except someone now claims there were four officers in the room, including a supervisor... this is getting good!]
Button-pusher-not-holding-up-well-under-multiple-death-threatsOn Saturday morning four people were on duty, including a supervisor who also was coming on during a shift change, Clairmont said.
“It’s not as easy saying it was one person doing this,” Clairmont said. “It would be very unjust to put our finger on one person. … There were at least four people in the room at the time, including a supervisor and three warning officers. That’s what leads us to believe it’s not as simple as people think. Maybe something was said in the room that was misinterpreted. Maybe there were too many people in the room.”
A supervisor “has to approve the action,” Clairmont said. “You see? It’s complicated. We need to get into exactly what happened.”
But it was one warning officer, in particular, “who clicked the button,” Clairmont said. “There was one individual, a very well-trained and seasoned employee. He’s not someone we hired off the street. This was someone we could depend on. There had to be more to it.” ….
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/01/16/hawaii-news/button-pusher-not-holding-up-well-under-multiple-death-threats/?HSA=1b4b8004f8fe36dfbcbb34e2459e4be452be4162[Then there's the former governor...]
Abercrombie Ridicules Claim that Ige Needed FEMA Permission to Retract Warninghttp://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37270953/former-gov-neil-abercrombie-blasts-ige-administration-over-missile-alert-miscueHNN: …"In this instance, the leader was AWOL. In this instance, the leader completely dropped the ball. In this instance, the leader was apparently frozen in place,” said Abercrombie.
It took the administration 38 minutes to correct the emergency alert, which stated that a “ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii,” traumatizing thousands of isle residents and tourists.
State emergency officials said additional time was needed to send the all clear because they needed to coordinate that response with federal officials on the mainland.
"It amazed me when I heard this. Oh well we couldn't do that because we had to check with somebody on the mainland on Saturday afternoon if it was okay to tell them that people that they're probably not going to die,” said Abercrombie….