Elon Musk Denied Access to SpaceX’s Biggest Government Secrets Over Drugs and Foreign Contacts

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-denied-access-to-spacexs-biggest-government-secrets-over-drugs-and-foreign-contacts/

42 comments

  1. ~~Finally, something’s fucking working as it should.~~

    EDIT: Turns out he wasn’t denied the clearance, just told not to apply for it by non-insane people at SpaceX.

  2. He will be given full access to any / all levels of classified documents some time next year.

  3. In case you needed further confirmation that Elmo doesn’t know shit about fuck.

  4. For another five or six weeks anyway… The orange buffoon will certainly fix that shit.

  5. He’ll just have the Orange Dipshit make ketamine a fruit. 🍌

  7. This isn’t that rare. BAE Systems plc has a Special Security Agreement that says only BAE Systems Inc, the US subsidiary, can manage the US government contract things. the UK arm has no control over what the US does or does not do. They just collect checks.

    [https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/our-company/about-us/bae-systems–inc-/special-security-agreement](https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/our-company/about-us/bae-systems–inc-/special-security-agreement)

  8. Musk is just nothing more than a hired government contractor. He does NOT need clearance for highly classified info. Biggest mistake the fed could do is grant this psycho clearance.

    Welcome to an oligarch USA.

  9. I guess he’ll just have to get them from the Mar-a-Lago bathroom like everyone else.

  11. Trump will just push it through like he did for his kids and son in law.

  12. Oh he knows. He definitely berated it out of some spacex employee.

  13. In a month from now he’ll be able to see whatever he wants. But don’t worry I’m sure he won’t be backchannelling to Russia or anything like that.

  15. This is going to become one of the most corrupt people in the world.

  16. That’s why he hasn’t seen any evidence of UFOs. He’s not been read in because he’s a huge liability. Tracks.

  20. So, am I to believe that he’s requesting to know details regarding the protected government ops that are carried out that use his rockets to get into “space” or LEO? Does he have a need to know??? Definitely not.

  21. But it’s been reported he’s been spending an inordinate amount of time in the shitter at Merde-a-Lardo.

  22. I can’t read because of a paywall. Can someone please tell me whether the title means Elon was denied or whether he denied someone else?

  24. Honestly all he does is play Diablo II while taking credit for others works so this doesnt change much in practice

  25. fortunately once you get past a basic top secret clearance, information becomes compartmentalized. you need to be granted access to a special access program.

    granted, who knows wtf will happen now. but as a matter of course, just getting a top clearance should not result in broad access. and frankly anyone with his background and lifestyle should be barred from anything that he doesnt need to know to facilitate his government contracts.

  30. What’s the point of these articles? Is this like the media’s way of trying to prove he shouldn’t have anything to do with regulating the government?

    We all know that anyways, lol. I’m also seeing a lot of weird articles about how Elon Musk fixed 52 major problems a year because he will work directly with the coder all night, etc. It seems like he’s absolutely trying to get this wild propaganda out there right now. I mean, give me a break. That guy can’t step away from tweeting for two seconds and he’s never in the office. I just have a hard time he’s the type to do anything other than badger you if you aren’t meeting deadlines or meet a challenge. And he also is just a giant venture capitalist … I’m not sure he actually has coding skills or anything like that.

  31. His lack of clearance is not really out of standard… MANY large military contractors have CEOs who cannot be cleared, either due to weirdness like Musk, Foreign contacts, *BEING* a foreign national, or a litany of other reasons.

    It isn’t considered to be a big deal.

    CEO and his staff of Uncleared cronies who actually lead/manage the company sit in the top level ***UNCLEARED*** parent Company… Call it “Musk Inc”

    There will then be a Cleared child company (companies have clearances, and then hold employee’s personal clearances under them) just below them called “Musk Holding Company”. That company is made up of (usually) a 7-9 person Board of Directors, all of whom have clearances, who’s sole job is to filter and decide the unclassified versions of data that gets passed on up to the Uncleared Parent company and CEO.

    Under them are the various cleared companies working different aspects of the contracts the US Gov entrusts to them.

    So… Musk would get told that the rockets the company builds can fly at XXXXX mph, lifting XXXXX pounds of stuff and can then return to earth withing a circle XX feet across.

    Musk does NOT get told that the rockets have been equipped with a close threat laser defense system since they company picked up additional contracts to put “certain” US assets into specific orbits.

    (Source: Worked in the cleared civilian realm for almost two decades, including for a Global company with a Foreign CEO)

  32. Elon Musk should not be granted a security clearance. Musk cannot and will not put the United States before his companies and personal financial interests. Tesla does extensive manufacturing in China and Musk cannot serve two masters, specifically communist China and the United States.

    Moreover, Tesla’s Elon Musk was played by China’s President Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader will continue to pressure Musk in an attempt to win concessions from Trump on issues such as tariffs and Taiwan (just two examples). Musk will fail to influence Trump on these matters as it was central to Trump’s platform that, if elected, he would be “tough on China” in regard to tariffs and imperialistic aggression. Recall in Trump’s first administration he did impose tariffs on China and funded defense to counter the perceived CCP military buildup.

    When Musk fails to win the concessions, Beijing expects Musk to win from the incoming administration, Musk will be out of favor with both the Chinese communists and the incoming Trump administration. In relation to China, Musk will be revealed as having acted with a conflict of interest and to have placed his business interests above the interests of the U.S.

    Is one to believe that Beijing is going to carry water for Musk in an environment where the U.S. is engaged in policy Beijing perceives as hostile? Musk bet on extensive manufacturing in China and that makes Tesla economically vulnerable. Musk’s China business interests make him subject to Chinese influence and perhaps blackmail. Musk is a pawn for Xi Jinping the leader of the second largest economy. Musk cannot be trusted with the nation’s secrets.

  33. Trump will overrule that decision once he’s president just like he did for people last time. But it’s not like the people he did it for privately profited in the billions for this access

  34. I like to think the “inaccurate” part of the drug reporting on musk is that he does “hard” cocaine, not cocaine

  35. Pleaseeee apply President Elon!

    I would absolutely love to hear what a full spectrum Polygraph reveals about this fuckwad!

  36. Trump can overrule that in about a month. This is a non story.

  38. Well, looks like he’ll have to make a trip to the bathroom at Mar-a-Lago to really get the the scoop on what’s happening

  39. The guardrails – they’re not rated for this level of force!

  40. It is hilarious that anyone thinks that any custom or tradition or rule that has been set in place to prevent exactly what’s happening will be followed. This will be another 4 years of unprecedented breaks with tradition and law. Even if he doesn’t successfully install himself as a dictator, we will have passed the event horizon by the end of his term. Somebody will manage that position.

  41. He’s also got triple citizenship (that we know of…Russia’s probably the fourth) and, yes, a drug habit.

    He should not be anywhere near classified information. Good for whoever is blocking this. Hope the block takes.

  42. I heard on a podcast that he was taking Ambien during day and chugging red bulls. It does kind of explain a lot.

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