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struggle4progress

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1. Senators call for probe into Musk's contact with Russia

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Mon Feb 17, 2025, 08:37 PM

Feb 2025

16 November 2024

Sam Cabral
BBC News, Washington

... The multi-billionaire claims to hold a top-secret level clearance and his SpaceX company - one of the main contractors to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) - is deeply embedded in the federal government's defence and intelligence infrastructure.

"Russia’s ambitions in the space domain pose a direct threat to US national security," the senators wrote.

Reed and Shaheen noted that, unlike others with high-level security clearance, Musk does not appear to report his contacts with foreign government officials ...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0l3wl76gzo

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