Israel is concerned that Elon Musk may have shared sensitive information with others
Israel is among a number of US allies that have expressed concern that Elon Musk may share sensitive governme information with others, US defense officials say.
According to Isna, people familiar with the company and iernal documes say that American billionaire Elon Musk and one of the people close to Preside-elect Donald Trump and his company, SpaceX, repeatedly violated federal reporting protocols with the aim of protecting secrets. governme, including by not providing some details of their meetings with foreign leaders.
Eight people familiar with the effort said concerns about reporting practices, particularly about SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk, have prompted at least three federal investigations io whether the company and its owner followed self-disclosure protocols mea to protect governme secrets. Whether they do or not, they have opened it.
According to the New York Times, the Office of the Inspector General of the US Departme of Defense began investigating this issue this year, and the Air Force and the Peagon’s Office of the Vice Preside for Ielligence and Security also launched separate investigations last moh.
The Air Force also recely denied him access to high-level security information, citing poteial security risks associated with Musk. Several of Washington’s allies, including Israel, have also expressed concern that he might share sensitive data with others, defense officials said.
“SpaceX Starbase” space base, production and developme of Starship rockets in Texas
Elon Musk and SpaceX under federal investigation
SpaceX has an in-house team that is expected to ensure compliance with the governme’s national security laws. Some of those employees have filed complais with the Defense Departme’s inspector general’s office and other agencies about poor reporting going back to at least 2021, four people familiar with the company said.
SpaceX won at least $10 billion through federal coracts with the Peagon and NASA from 2019 to 2023, making it a major coractor.
Elon Musk faces a lot of scrutiny because of his growing power around the world through his myriad businesses, most notably SpaceX, as well as the social network X (formerly Twitter) and carmaker Tesla. The 53-year-old has long rejected norms and conveions that don’t suit him or his companies, and when it comes to matters of national security, the stakes are likely higher.
For years, SpaceX employees responsible for complying with self-disclosure rules reluctaly allowed Elon Musk to ignore many reporting procedures because they didn’t wa to lose their jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. But with the increasing influence of the mask, the issue has reached a climax. A staunch supporter of the preside-elect and a close ally of the preside-elect, he has joined Trump’s calls with foreign leaders since his election victory.
Elon Musk and Netanyahu at a meeting in California in 2023
The Zionist regime’s concern about the “wild card”
Meanwhile, defense officials told The New York Times that Israel is among a number of U.S. allies that have expressed concern that Elon Musk would share sensitive information with others.
Two people familiar with the matter told this newspaper that the Israeli War Ministry called Musk a “wild card” after meetings in early 2023 between Israeli military ielligence officials and US defense officials over Starlink.
Israeli officials were reportedly concerned that Musk could pass on sensitive information about Tel Aviv to other parties, though they eveually allowed Starlink to begin operating this year.
The U.S. Air Force recely denied high-level access to Musk because of poteial security risks, the report said, with the billionaire and SpaceX facing at least three federal reviews of whether they complied with federal reporting rules. The goal of protecting national security has been met or not.
A 2018 incide in which Musk smoked marijuana during a live webcast with Joe Rogan also prompted a security clearance review by the Peagon. The New York Times says new investigations have been launched by the Air Force, the Defense Departme inspector general and the undersecretary of defense for ielligence and security.
Trump and Elon Musk meeting in Florida
Movemes of American senators
Last moh, two Democratic US senators, Jane Shaheen and Jack Reid, wrote in a letter that reports of Musk’s numerous coacts with Russian officials, including Russian Preside Vladimir Putin, should be suppressed by the Peagon and law enforceme agencies for reasons National security should be reviewed.
US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recely responded to Senator Shaheen and said that he has similar concerns, but cannot comme on an individual’s security clearance status.
According to new federal filings, Musk spe at least $270 million to help Donald Trump win the US presideial election, making him Trump’s biggest political donor. Trump has tapped the South African-born tycoon alongside Vivek Ramaswamy to head his incoming administration’s Departme of Efficiency, through which the two have pledged to cut billions of dollars in federal spending.
Musk did not respond to a request for comme, and there was no comme from the Israeli Ministry of War.
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