by f38zf5vdt on 2/14/25, 8:00 PM with 33 comments
by Terr_ on 2/14/25, 8:03 PM
by adamredwoods on 2/14/25, 9:22 PM
But the part Musk was not suppose to unveil:
>> Musk can’t claim he wasn’t aware that the National Reconnaissance Office is one of the nation’s intelligence agencies. His company, SpaceX, has a $1.8 billion contract with NRO to build hundreds of spy satellites.
by jfengel on 2/14/25, 8:35 PM
I imagine it's a crime if you have a security clearance. But as far as I'm aware these guys never promised not to give away classified information.
Of course they can be pardoned, and they don't even need a pardon if the Justice Department decides not to prosecute. But just as a matter of idle curiosity, has any law actually be violated?
by throw0101d on 2/15/25, 1:48 AM
> The website states in tiny print at the bottom that its database excludes information from U.S. intelligence agencies.
> But an easy search shows that DOGE’s database provides details on the National Reconnaissance Office, the federal agency that designs, builds and maintains U.S. intelligence satellites. Not only are NRO’s budgets and head counts classified, but the prospect of Musk’s tech team meddling in sensitive personnel information is setting off alarms for some in the intelligence community.
The NRO runs the US's spy satellites:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office
by beretguy on 2/14/25, 9:14 PM
by hypothesis on 2/14/25, 8:56 PM
by randomcatuser on 2/14/25, 10:20 PM
Does anyone know if there's non-classified data, like something similar that already exists?
Would be interesting to see (e.g. where all the contract money is, etc)
by belter on 2/14/25, 10:08 PM
by sidewndr46 on 2/14/25, 8:25 PM
by empirebuilder on 2/14/25, 8:43 PM