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Musk could not get US Security Clearance He cannot enter certain facilities or meetings at SpaceX because of that. Yet now he is bypassing that requirement.

by ck2 2y ago

Musk could not get US Security Clearance He cannot enter certain facilities or meetings at SpaceX because of that. Yet now he is bypassing that requirement. None of these people are elected or confirmed by the Senate and they are doing extremely sensitive things to the government That's not how any of this is supposed to work by law.

rbanffy 2y ago
National secrets shouldn’t have been kept in a bathroom in Mar-a-Lago and, yet, here we are.
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  Nor in a garage, nor in unsecured university offices
- logifail 2y ago
  Q: Why are there (still) classified documents at USAID? https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/15/when-is-foreign-aid-meddling/secret-programs-hurt-foreign-aid-efforts https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/15/when-is-for...: "U.S.A.I.D. was created in 1961 to help the United States win the “hearts and minds” of citizens in poor countries through civic action, economic aid and humanitarian assistance. As a cold war policy tool, the agency was, at times, used as a front for C.I.A. operations and operatives. Among the most infamous examples was the Office of Public Safety, a U.S.A.I.D. police training program in the Southern Cone that also trained torturers."
  - neuronexmachina 2y ago
    An actual answer (linking to archive.org since usaid.gov has been taken down): https://web.archive.org/web/20250117221701/https://www.usaid.gov/about-us/organization/office-security https://web.archive.org/web/20250117221701/https://www.usaid... > The information about USAID’s development and humanitarian assistance programs is intentionally open and public; to perform the agency’s mission, USAID employees work directly with non-government organizations, contractors, United Nations organizations and host country governments. However, in order for USAID employees to effectively and efficiently carry out the agency’s programs, they often must have access to sensitive and sometimes classified information provided by other federal departments and agencies. Such information may pertain to U.S. foreign policy and relations as well as security conditions and threat data.
albroland 2y ago
musk holds TS clearance but not SCI
- TrackerFF 2y ago
  Musk holding any level security clearance is farcical. It's the type of DEI that they're fighting so hard.

by ck2 2y ago

rbanffy 2y ago

National secrets shouldn’t have been kept in a bathroom in Mar-a-Lago and, yet, here we are.

readthenotes1 2y ago
Nor in a garage, nor in unsecured university offices
logifail 2y ago
Q: Why are there (still) classified documents at USAID? https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/15/when-is-foreign-aid-meddling/secret-programs-hurt-foreign-aid-efforts https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/15/when-is-for...: "U.S.A.I.D. was created in 1961 to help the United States win the “hearts and minds” of citizens in poor countries through civic action, economic aid and humanitarian assistance. As a cold war policy tool, the agency was, at times, used as a front for C.I.A. operations and operatives. Among the most infamous examples was the Office of Public Safety, a U.S.A.I.D. police training program in the Southern Cone that also trained torturers."
- neuronexmachina 2y ago
  An actual answer (linking to archive.org since usaid.gov has been taken down): https://web.archive.org/web/20250117221701/https://www.usaid.gov/about-us/organization/office-security https://web.archive.org/web/20250117221701/https://www.usaid... > The information about USAID’s development and humanitarian assistance programs is intentionally open and public; to perform the agency’s mission, USAID employees work directly with non-government organizations, contractors, United Nations organizations and host country governments. However, in order for USAID employees to effectively and efficiently carry out the agency’s programs, they often must have access to sensitive and sometimes classified information provided by other federal departments and agencies. Such information may pertain to U.S. foreign policy and relations as well as security conditions and threat data.

albroland 2y ago

musk holds TS clearance but not SCI

TrackerFF 2y ago
Musk holding any level security clearance is farcical. It's the type of DEI that they're fighting so hard.