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▲ goshx 10 months ago

Don’t they need security clearances to do this?

▲delecti 10 months ago | parent | next [-]

Legally, probably. But in the US, "legally" is enforced by the executive, and that's who's telling them to comply.

▲lesuorac 10 months ago | parent [-]

To be clear, Security Clearances is just an EO thing.

The actual laws just speak about things being critical to national security and don't use the words like "Top Secret" and etc.

The whole actually labeling things "Top Secret" and etc started off with Clinton [1] but then Bush [2] and Obama [3] modified the rules around classification.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12958

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13292

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526

▲cryptonector 10 months ago | parent [-]

"Top Secret" goes back a long ways, to before WWII I believe.

▲cryptonector 10 months ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Who says they don't have them? Elon Musk certainly does.

▲goshx 10 months ago | parent [-]

I highly doubt they do due to the time Trump has been in government and the speed they had access to the systems and data.

▲FranzFerdiNaN 10 months ago | parent | prev | next [-]

King Trump says they dont.

▲imperial_march 10 months ago | parent | prev [-]

They do. Elon already had top secret due to NASA/military work. The rest were authorised/given clearance for the work.

▲goshx 10 months ago | parent [-]

In a matter of days?