Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk's DOGE granted 'full access' to sensitive Treasury systems
Summary
Sen. Ron Wyden warned that Elon Musk’s team, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), was granted “full access” to a U.S. Treasury payments system handling $6 trillion annually.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approved the access, sparking concerns over national security risks and conflicts of interest due to Musk’s business ties with China.
Wyden highlighted potential threats to Social Security, Medicare, and contractor payments.
The move follows Musk’s broader efforts to overhaul government operations under President Trump’s directive for federal spending cuts.
The Treasury declined to comment.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/01/senator-warns-of-national-security-risks-after-elon-musks-doge-granted-full-access-to-sensitive-treasury-systems/Open linkView original on lemmy.world488
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Breaking news next week: Musk's net worth had tripled out of nowhere, while the stock market crashes
In other news, the national deficit has tripled. Trump says because of Democrat mismanagement he must unfortunately take desperate measures and increase taxes immediately.
Increase taxes, but only on the poor.
"We call it a flat tax so its more fair to everyone".
I believe Mayer Rothschild's famous quote applies:
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes its laws"
There's no evidence he said that, and antisemites like to use it to underline their conspiracy theories. People have been getting into hot water for using it for a while - just from the top of my head:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68853672
Just logged into my bank, and this banner no longer inspires confidence.
What the fuck is up with his Mr Burns finger thing
I think he thinks it makes him look sophisticated, frankly speaking he looks like the subject of Bowsers devolution machine from the original Super Mario movie.
From what I remember musk doesn't even have security clearance for spacex top security and was under investigation by the pentagon for contact with foreign governments.
Sounds like he'll fit right in with this administration
I'm convinced this is why he tied his wagon to trump, and is trying to use this as an excuse to get access to and sabotage the dirt on him.
He’s still mad about the PayPal thing.
Ah, so the super villan made it into the treasurery and James Bond is dead on the floor? Fantastic.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D)
So your country is being set on fire by a fat orange Nazi and his South African henchman and all you care about is the stripe of the guy ringing the alarm bell?
Real classy...
Well it would look even better if a Republican were ringing the alarm bell, but it's good that someone is. However I don't know why we weren't getting resistance and lawsuits before this happened. I guess I had too much faith in government.
A non-elected billionaire broligarch with conflicts of interests coming out of his ears, cracking Nazi salutes at political rallies, taking over one of the most fundamental mechanisms of this country should be a bipartisan issue. Republican and democrat senators should be equally alarmed by this takeover.
The point is: If the team ringing the alarm bell isn’t in charge, and the team who’s setting the fire is a cult of arsonists, then no one is putting out any fire.
It helps to know what you’re talking about before you insult people.
Normally, in sane governments of the world, having the opposition raise the alarm is normal for things to be debated and discussed and potentially halted.
Great, but we’re talking about modern US politics here. For this to be news of any significance, that letter needs to be an ‘R’. That little letter changes the entire dynamic of the story— but downvote what you don’t understand. It’s cool.
If all actions and opinions by anyone other than the literal maniacs in power are completely insignificant, how do you ever learn opposing viewpoints about anything?
I don’t need to learn anything here because I pay attention to the news and what the fascists say out loud. It seems odd to me you keep focusing on the aspect of “ringing alarm bells” when they have been almost broken from being hit so hard and so long for 8 years. The entire fucking point here, is it’s ONLY the democrats ringing them. It has nothing to do with me “caring” about Wyden’s political affiliation or some shit’s misplaced belief it was some sort of jab. It the sad fucking reality of our situation and needs to be stated out loud.
You people are fucking tiresome and dense. That is all.
A moron would say this.
I don’t think you are the brilliant debater you assume yourself to be.
Lol. Okay
Thanks. I was wondering if there was internal strife or if it was just the dems spitting in the wind. The former would have more hope of action being taken.