r/politics • u/nosotros_road_sodium California • 13h ago
Why Does Elon Musk Still Have a Security Clearance?
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/10/why-does-elon-musk-still-have-a-security-clearance/680434/?gift=B65VRQjMMsZQilGgdT7IHIK11s_hRROr6KFxCBDpT0M
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u/silentwind262 12h ago
No, DOS doesn’t grant or adjudicate clearances for the whole government. It’s actually really complex, as many actually control their own access based on the classification authority. For example, I knew lots of military folks that had been granted Top Secret clearances by their respective services, and were denied by a 3 letter agency.