Furthermore, “The intelligence team recommended the DOGE members be monitored as an insider threat. Critically, they called for “suspending” any access to payment systems and “conducting a comprehensive review of all actions they may have taken on these systems,” it continued.
“Mr. Musk has gained sweeping and unprecedented access to sensitive data, information, systems, and technological and financial infrastructure across the federal government. This access is seemingly limitless and dependent upon Mr. Musk’s discretion.”
For now, there is nothing to stop Musk beyond a flurry of disconnected lawsuits by organizations and individuals. For its part, DOGE continues to hide in plain sight, exploiting the loophole that by avoiding being a formal department, it sits strangely beyond the usual rules.
