Being investigated by the defense department and Air Force for illegal contact with Russian and Chinese leaders Elon Musk Is Meeting Secretly With China and Russia. It's Time for Congress to Rein Him In | Opinion - Newsweek The United States Air Force, Department of Defense, and other agencies are investigating Elon Musk and SpaceX for allegedly failing to disclose meetings with adversarial foreign leaders as required by federal law. This is absolutely inexcusable. Musk's SpaceX has handled nearly 80 percent of U.S. government sponsored rocket launches this year, including critical national security missions. Yet Musk has reportedly met with China and Russia's top leaders numerous times; the Wall Street Journal reported that Vladimir Putin explicitly asked Musk to help Xi Jinping, the chairman of China's Central Military Commission, with a political matter. These communications may present a concern for the U.S. because China and Russia are America's top space rivals, and they are working together to challenge America's space dominance.
Unfortunately this has very short legs and not much will come of it in the 12 days before trump is inaugurated and lets co-president Elon have whatever he wants - imo.
Trump obviously cares nothing about the law, national security, or America. Nothing will come from this because friends of Trump are immune from investigation and allowed to break the law.
Then why isn’t this any different than the head of a multinational company meeting with heads of state? I’d assume the heads of Apple, Microsoft, McDonalds etc have had similar meetings over the years.
I’m positive the head of McDonald’s does not have a security clearance. Don’t know about the current heads of Apple or Microsoft. Bit the issue here is disclosure of the meetings
Unfortunately, once you start letting your wealthy unelected citizens start calling their own shots politically, it's hard to rein them back in.
he would seem to have to with his involvement in spacex musk is going to use use US taxpayer funded tech to open operations in China and trade info for access. that is a legit concern as his ego will not allow him to believe he is being taken advantage of by Xi
Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules - The New York Times Concerns about the reporting practices — and particularly about Mr. Musk, who is SpaceX’s chief executive — have triggered at least three federal reviews, eight people with knowledge of the efforts said. The Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General opened a review into the matter this year, and the Air Force and the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security separately initiated reviews last month, the people said. The Air Force also recently denied Mr. Musk a high-level security access, citing potential security risks associated with the billionaire. Several allied nations, including Israel, have also expressed concerns that he could share sensitive data with others, according to defense officials. Internally, SpaceX has a team that is expected to ensure compliance with the government’s national security rules. Some of those employees have complained to the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General and other agencies about the lax reporting, which goes back to at least 2021, four people with knowledge of the company said. SpaceX was awarded at least $10 billion in federal contracts with the Pentagon and NASA from 2019 to 2023, making it a major contractor. .............................................................. Under security clearance rules, Mr. Musk must report information about his private life and foreign travel, among other details, to the Defense Department as part of a process known as “continuous vetting.” That allows the government to evaluate whether someone with a high-level security clearance should continue handling sensitive information.
you mean when Milley had to remind the Chinese that there were still adults in the room to help ward off any offensive attacks?
