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Musk Under Federal Investigation for Flouting Security Clearance Rules
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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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