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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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