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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by goshx on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:15AM (#43115682)
Don’t they need security clearances to do this?
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by delecti on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:42AM (#43116045)
Legally, probably. But in the US, "legally" is enforced by the executive, and that's who's telling them to comply.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by lesuorac on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:48AM (#43116971)
To be clear, Security Clearances is just an EO thing.

The actual laws just speak about things being critical to national security and don't use the words like "Top Secret" and etc.

The whole actually labeling things "Top Secret" and etc started off with Clinton [1] but then Bush [2] and Obama [3] modified the rules around classification.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12958

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13292

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526

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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by cryptonector on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:04PM (#43123897)
"Top Secret" goes back a long ways, to before WWII I believe.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by FranzFerdiNaN on Thursday February 20, 2025 @10:19AM (#43115724)
King Trump says they dont.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by imperial_march on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:18PM (#43121040)
They do. Elon already had top secret due to NASA/military work. The rest were authorised/given clearance for the work.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by goshx on Monday February 24, 2025 @12:58PM (#43162664)
In a matter of days?
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by cryptonector on Thursday February 20, 2025 @11:03PM (#43123895)
Who says they don't have them? Elon Musk certainly does.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by goshx on Monday February 24, 2025 @12:57PM (#43162652)
I highly doubt they do due to the time Trump has been in government and the speed they had access to the systems and data.
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