“He alleges Walz was one of the few with access to the building where the top-secret manual was stored and was ‘often the only one there.'” //

A former National Guard colleague of Tim Walz’s told Alpha News that a nuclear manual went missing after the latter returned from China: //

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The 1-168th Field Artillery, Walz’s National Guard unit, started using the M109A5 self-propelled howitzer in 1995.

The weapon could fire nuclear artillery shells.

The former colleague also said Walz’s behavior changed when the manual went missing:

According to Walz’s former National Guard colleague, around the time the nuclear SOP manual went missing, Walz was pulled over by a Nebraska state trooper for driving 96 mph in a 55-mph zone. The officer noted a strong odor of alcohol, and Walz failed both field sobriety and breath tests. He was booked into the county jail and his lawyer later stated Walz believed someone was chasing him. //

Alpha News pointed out that people had to exchange information in person or through the mail in 1995.