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It appears Musk's employees don't have clearance - which is apparently why they were denied access by the USAID _security_ officials. Its sorta their jobs. Give
by mech422 2y ago
It appears Musk's employees don't have clearance - which is apparently why they were denied access by the USAID _security_ officials. Its sorta their jobs. Given a lot of us work in Tech, I doubt most of our security officers would accept "tons of line employess" have access as an excuse :-P Not to mention plugging in hard drives (how are federal system even allowing usb devices to be accessed?? My stupid work laptop locks that down ??)
Also, there may not be 'check and balances' but there is certainly procedure - which seems to be why lawsuits were filed. Specifically it appears around: "whether DOGE is a presidential advisory commission obeying federal transparency rules about certain practices, such as disclosure and hiring" and "alleged violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires that "the advisory committee have a fair balance in viewpoints represented, that they do not meet in secret, and that their records and work product be made available for public inspection."
Anyway - guess we'll see how it plays out - but I wish there were some more clear cut explanations about
- rayiner 2y agoThe advisory commission lawsuit likely will fail. It’s based on the structure of DOGE disclosed prior to the inauguration, where it was to be an advisory committee outside the government. Apparently some smart lawyer looked at things again, and instead decided to create DOGE within the shell of USDS, in the executive office of the president.
- derangedHorse 2y agoI’m not sure where this whole “usb stick” story came about but I couldn’t find any news stories that said he was just plugging in usb sticks. I imagine this was a narrative developed to make DOGE’s access seem less official.
- mech422 2y agoI believe it was actually 'connecting hard drives'... but letting random's (apparently without clearances at the time, though I think they've been granted now...) open up your machines and physically install NVME/Spinners would be even worse then USB, IMHO