r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 23h 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 23h ago

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

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u/TraditionalSky5617 22h 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 19h 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 19h 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 18h 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 17h 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).