The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by mbesto on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:01PM (#42937009)

> I just wanted to mention it as something people have been grouping into this and complaining about.

For sure. Fair point.

> they could very well have gone through the regular process

My understanding is that the "regular process" is pretty rigorous (background checks, calls to family members, etc). So, I would take a "former comms dir"'s tweet with a grain of salt.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by jjtheblunt on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @06:44PM (#42941007)

I’ve been through the regular process for NSA and it is indeed rigorous.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by derangedHorse on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:42AM (#42949108)

I know many friends with top secret clearance and I would say it’s reasonably rigorous but nothing crazy in my opinion.

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