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Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report

27 points by n1b0m 2y ago

x13 2y ago
SV is wrapped around Elon's finger, sadly.
- krunck 2y ago
  SV?
  - p_j_w 2y ago
    Silicon Valley.
billy99k 2y ago
Why does this matter? When Russia was cool, the Clintons hired an an attorney, with ties to the Russian government, to spy on Trump during the 2016 campaign. Nobody batted an eye or brings it up. I could go on about current politicians that have ties to evil dictators and regimes. It only matters now because he is on the wrong side of the political spectrum.
- aguaviva 2y ago
  The Clintons hired an attorney, with ties to the Russian government, to spy on Trump during the 2016 campaign. Names and details, please?
  - tstrimple 2y ago
    They are blatantly misrepresenting Christopher Steele who was formerly a British intelligence officer working the Russia desk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele
    - aguaviva 2y ago
      That's what I thought.
- MrHamburger 2y ago
  Because he very likely has a security clearance because SpaceX is a defense contractor to US government and regular people would lose this clearance on spot if they would try to communicate with anybody from Russian government? See https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-building-spy-satellite-network-us-intelligence-agency-sources-2024-03-16/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-bui... Sure it won't be a problem that details about such space intelligence network satellites could get to targeted entities....
jimnotgym 2y ago
This is very troubling. From the article: the fact that someone who has high security clearance and possesses protected technology, yet may have regular contact with an enemy of the state, is pretty outrageous to me
- belter 2y ago
  Guess who did not refuse the invite.. "Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings" - https://www.businessinsider.nl/billionaire-fbi-informant-peter-thiel-dished-about-two-kremlin-invites-to-private-putin-meetings/ https://www.businessinsider.nl/billionaire-fbi-informant-pet...

27 points by n1b0m 2y ago

x13 2y ago

SV is wrapped around Elon's finger, sadly.

krunck 2y ago
SV?
- p_j_w 2y ago
  Silicon Valley.

billy99k 2y ago

Why does this matter? When Russia was cool, the Clintons hired an an attorney, with ties to the Russian government, to spy on Trump during the 2016 campaign. Nobody batted an eye or brings it up. I could go on about current politicians that have ties to evil dictators and regimes. It only matters now because he is on the wrong side of the political spectrum.

aguaviva 2y ago
The Clintons hired an attorney, with ties to the Russian government, to spy on Trump during the 2016 campaign. Names and details, please?
- tstrimple 2y ago
  They are blatantly misrepresenting Christopher Steele who was formerly a British intelligence officer working the Russia desk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Steele
  - aguaviva 2y ago
    That's what I thought.
MrHamburger 2y ago
Because he very likely has a security clearance because SpaceX is a defense contractor to US government and regular people would lose this clearance on spot if they would try to communicate with anybody from Russian government? See https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-building-spy-satellite-network-us-intelligence-agency-sources-2024-03-16/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/musks-spacex-is-bui... Sure it won't be a problem that details about such space intelligence network satellites could get to targeted entities....

jimnotgym 2y ago

This is very troubling. From the article: the fact that someone who has high security clearance and possesses protected technology, yet may have regular contact with an enemy of the state, is pretty outrageous to me

belter 2y ago
Guess who did not refuse the invite.. "Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings" - https://www.businessinsider.nl/billionaire-fbi-informant-peter-thiel-dished-about-two-kremlin-invites-to-private-putin-meetings/ https://www.businessinsider.nl/billionaire-fbi-informant-pet...