Rep. Stansbury, Sen. Warren Demand Answers After DOGE Website Issues Raise National Security Concerns
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February 27, 2025
Press Release
DOGE employees may be sharing classified government information using insecure communications channels
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Ranking Member of the DOGE Oversight Subcommittee, co-led a letter with U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) demanding answers after two incidents in security failures of the DOGE.gov website, and reports that DOGE employees shared sensitive government information over insecure communications channels.
Rep. Stansbury and Sen. Warren were joined by Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, Del. Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC), Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42), Rep. Greg Casar (TX-35), and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30).
“These incidents – whether due to maliciousness or incompetence – are inexcusable and raise additional questions about DOGE employees’ access to highly sensitive personal and national security information, and what they are doing with it,” wrote the lawmakers.
DOGE has seized access to highly confidential government and personal information, including tax, Medicare, Social Security, and national security data, which has already led to multiple lawsuits. In just a matter of three weeks, DOGE employees have fed sensitive data into artificial intelligence software, ordered an unauthorized email server to be connected to the government network, and have accidentally been given “write” access to the U.S. Treasury payment system.
“DOGE employees do not appear to fully understand much of the information to which they have been given unfettered access, and given the cavalier and incompetent ways that they have handled this data, these individuals represent a clear threat to national security and the nation’s economy,” continued the lawmakers.
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