Study Confirms the National Security Risk Posed by US Officials with Dementia

Mental limitations of government officials primarily caused by aging can be hazardous to the protection of U.S. secrets, according to a Pentagon-commissioned RAND Corp. study.
Dementia’s effects on government leaders weren’t talked about much in the past.
General physical fitness was an issue with Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy’s people were careful to hide his serious health problems.
Some were concerned about Presid