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applegrove

(133,101 posts)
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 09:55 PM Dec 2024

Musk Under Federal Investigation for Flouting Security Clearance Rules

Musk Under Federal Investigation for Flouting Security Clearance Rules

VLADIMIR WHO?

Janna Brancolini
Published Dec. 18 2024 12:33PM EST

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-under-federal-investigation-for-flouting-security-clearance-rules-report/

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The U.S. military is investigating whether Elon Musk complied with federal security-clearance rules following reports the SpaceX founder and chief executive used illegal drugs and maintained regular contact with Russia.

Like many government employees, defense contractors generally hold confidential, secret, or top-secret security clearance giving them access to certain classified information.

Musk holds top-secret clearance and is supposed to report certain information—including drug use and foreign travel—as part of the so-called “continuous vetting” process the government uses to evaluate whether to keep giving someone access to national security secrets.

But following reports that Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his aides since 2022, the Department of Defense, the Pentagon and the Air Force have all opened reviews into whether the world’s richest man has followed the reporting requirements, The New York Times reported.

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Musk Under Federal Investigation for Flouting Security Clearance Rules (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2024 OP
What a joke. He knows it's a joke and that they "own" the government. live love laugh Dec 2024 #1
He owns the gov't who gives the clearances, should be no problem to get whatever he wants. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #4
Oh shit gab13by13 Dec 2024 #2
Hilarious. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #5
Drug addict and close pals with Putin. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #3

gab13by13

(32,767 posts)
2. Oh shit
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 10:32 PM
Dec 2024

I was about to apologize to Merrick Garland for finally investigating Musk.

Never mind.

Irish_Dem

(82,336 posts)
3. Drug addict and close pals with Putin.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 11:14 PM
Dec 2024

Cannot pass a security check and is acting POTUS.

If this was a movie script no one would believe it.

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