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> So if DOGE have security clearances (unclear if the have) then their audit is legal? They're also responsible liable for keeping the data safe, which has alr
by throw0101d 2y ago
> So if DOGE have security clearances (unclear if the have) then their audit is legal?
They're also responsible liable for keeping the data safe, which has already been broken at least once:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43052432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43052432
Possibly violating:
> Whoever knowingly and willfully communicates, furnishes, transmits, or otherwise makes available to an unauthorized person, or publishes, or uses in any manner prejudicial to the safety or interest of the United States or for the benefit of any foreign government to the detriment of the United States any classified information— […]
* https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798
- tored 2y agoAs long as they keep the data safe the audit is legal?
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- ttpphd 2y agoNo
- dmix 2y agoCIGIE has done similar stuff in the past, it was created under George W Bush > continually identifies, reviews, and discusses areas of weakness and vulnerability in Federal programs and operations with respect to fraud, waste, and abuse; > develops plans for coordinated, Government wide activities that address these problems and promote economy and efficiency in Federal programs and operations, including interagency and inter-entity audit, investigation, inspection, and evaluation programs and projects to deal efficiently and effectively with those problems concerning fraud and waste that exceed the capability or jurisdiction of an individual agency or entity; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_the_Inspectors_General_on_Integrity_and_Efficiency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_the_Inspectors_Gene...
- watwut 2y agoIt is possible to do legal audits of secret data. DOGE is not doing an audit.