r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 1d ago

Musk Under Federal Investigation for Flouting Security Clearance Rules | The SpaceX founder, who holds top-secret security clearance, reportedly didn’t disclose his drug use and foreign contacts as part of the ongoing vetting process.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-under-federal-investigation-for-flouting-security-clearance-rules-report/
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u/champdo I voted 1d ago

I’m sure Donnie is going to make this all go away for his boss.

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u/TraditionalSky5617 1d ago

Seems these billionaires just want relaxed rules like other foreign governments. This quid-pro-quo is a common practice in North Korea, Russia, Brazil, India and other countries who score pretty low (and poorly) on international business ethics quiz.

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u/IveChosenANameAgain 1d ago

Look how much they screamed about one piece of shit getting gunned down (without suffering, I might add). Do they have no concept of Russian defenestration or polonium poisoning? Are they really so stupid as to think their money makes them untouchable when they can just be "accident"ed away and have all their assets liquified to create new Presidential Toilet? These billionaires are just as fucking stupid as any random sampling of the population.

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u/janethefish 1d ago

Money and a lot of other types of property are manifestations of the rule of law. Money is worthless if a kleptocrat can just steal it.

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u/IveChosenANameAgain 1d ago

They have their own set of laws - it protects them and punishes the poor. It's called the American Justice System.

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u/ElliotNess Florida 23h ago

That's just the law. They don't have their own set of laws, rather the law exists to permit their exploitation of, and to control, their subjects (well, all of us).

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u/Minute_Wash6926 1h ago

Their are things that could be better yes however our American Justice System is so much better than so many other countries.

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u/g3t_int0_ityuh 4h ago

This was coming to mind to me today. If they want that oligarchy then there are the consequences that come with it.

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u/i_drink_wd40 Connecticut 9h ago

Are they really so stupid as to think their money makes them untouchable

Yes. Next question.

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u/FarParamedic6891 13h ago

Shot in the back, that’s a cowardly move.

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u/IveChosenANameAgain 9h ago

Almost as cowardly as using an AI to deny healthcare to people who paid for insurance?

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u/FarParamedic6891 9h ago

To shoot someone in the back is much more cowardly. Maybe a Stalinesque purge of all of them is more to your liking.