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Wicked Blue

(7,692 posts)
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 03:48 PM Feb 14

Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website

Source: HuffPost

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk’s team at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has posted classified information about the size and staff of a U.S. intelligence agency on its new website, raising bigger concerns about where Musk’s programmers got this information and what they are doing with it.

DOGE, which President Donald Trump created to purportedly root out waste in the federal government, launched its website on Wednesday night with a feature allowing users to “trace your tax dollars through the bureaucracy.” People can navigate through all federal agencies and offices for details about their head counts, budgets and average ages of employees.

The website states in tiny print at the bottom that its database excludes information from U.S. intelligence agencies.

But an easy search shows that DOGE’s database provides details on the National Reconnaissance Office, the federal agency that designs, builds and maintains U.S. intelligence satellites. Not only are NRO’s budgets and head counts classified, but the prospect of Musk’s tech team meddling in sensitive personnel information is setting off alarms for some in the intelligence community.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112?utm_source=buzzfeed&utm_medium=iframely

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Elon Musk's DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website (Original Post) Wicked Blue Feb 14 OP
More on this story: Wicked Blue Feb 14 #1
Incompetent NAZI's OKIsItJustMe Feb 14 #7
They don't have to think or know anything DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #25
Putin has little to gain from a screw-up like this. OKIsItJustMe Feb 14 #29
yes, DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #32
Its NOFORN, not NOFURN pimpbot Feb 14 #10
The CIA calls it NOFURN Wicked Blue Feb 14 #12
Musk should be arrested for espionage Martin Eden Feb 14 #34
The question is, who would make the arrest? Wicked Blue Feb 14 #37
Florence ADX or Terre Haute death row. valleyrogue Feb 14 #42
They want all spies killed by Putin. Justice matters. Feb 15 #56
Where is Susan Collin's expressing her concern on this? JohnSJ Feb 14 #2
Clutching her pearls pfitz59 Feb 14 #3
no doubt. JohnSJ Feb 14 #6
I thought she married a rich guy and didn't need payments from putine. erronis Feb 14 #18
When I was in the Air Force, the mere existence of the NRO was highly classified. SeattleVet Feb 14 #4
This release of classified material is horrifying Wicked Blue Feb 14 #5
Or in front of a firing squad for High Treason. Wild blueberry Feb 14 #8
Worse... jmowreader Feb 15 #54
Musk's Adolescent hackers doing what they do surfered Feb 14 #9
When do the executions start liberalgunwilltravel Feb 14 #11
This is a disaster for the USIC and a bonanza for Russia and China. Unchecked, DOGE will release more. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #13
This Wicked Blue Feb 14 #16
Priceless. Thanks Wicked Blue, I will spread this on other platforms. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #23
#PutinsPuppetTrump is trending on X red dog 1 Feb 14 #36
You can be sure DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #27
Get these scumbags behind bars! Bluethroughu Feb 14 #14
And Bernie. rubbersole Feb 14 #21
Bernie has been fighting the powers that be, since he was mayor. Bluethroughu Feb 14 #41
... C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #15
Uh-oh Figarosmom Feb 14 #17
Who can stop them? TNNurse Feb 14 #19
Good question 3auld6phart Feb 14 #20
Pam. Pam Bondi. AG of the US. rubbersole Feb 14 #26
I fear DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #30
The 1980 election was stolen. red dog 1 Feb 14 #39
That's the emeth. The last "clean" GOP win was Ike's re-election in 1956. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #40
And "IKE" DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #48
Hi DENVERPOPS: But Ike sat on his thumbs over civil rights and initiated Operation Wetback in 1954. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #49
A lot of presidents DENVERPOPS Feb 15 #50
You're right about imperfect Presidents. My dad voted for Ike. There was only one perfect President. C0RI0LANUS Feb 15 #52
Corio DENVERPOPS Feb 15 #53
Yup DENVERPOPS Feb 14 #47
The Republicans in Congress. See any of them raising so much as their fucking voices? Bengus81 Feb 15 #57
Where Elon got the data about the NRO... Remember the first place was U.S. Treasury and the payroll LiberalArkie Feb 14 #22
Yup. This how the FSB, GRU, and MSS will locate and ID who is who overseas. C0RI0LANUS Feb 14 #38
FIND THE PIMPLE-FACED LITTLE FUCKS... GiqueCee Feb 14 #24
Has it got my name, SSN, phone number, address, and bank account too? milestogo Feb 14 #28
YIKES! Mike Nelson Feb 14 #31
Trump will say he declassified it Diraven Feb 14 #33
"Lock Musk Up!" Daleuhlmann Feb 14 #35
Little Dogebags Deep State Witch Feb 14 #43
Oh, but lock Hillary up, huh? Montauk6 Feb 14 #44
another link orleans Feb 14 #45
I'm sure our new Director of National Intelligence, Cruella Gabbard, will get right on this. LudwigPastorius Feb 14 #46
If the intelligence community wants to rid themselves of DOGE I'm pretty NoMoreRepugs Feb 15 #51
Oops! Sorry! Aussie105 Feb 15 #55

Wicked Blue

(7,692 posts)
1. More on this story:
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 03:50 PM
Feb 14

“DOGE just posted secret NOFURN info on their website about [intelligence community] headcount, so currently people are scrambling to check if their info has been accessed,” said one Defense Intelligence Agency employee, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation from senior leaders.

NOFURN stands for “Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals,” meaning information in this category can’t be shared with any foreign governments, international organizations or foreign nationals without specific authorization.

Same source & link as above.


This is Vladimir Putin's Valentine's Day present.

OKIsItJustMe

(21,196 posts)
7. Incompetent NAZI's
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 04:38 PM
Feb 14

It’s bad enough they’ve been given access to highly-sensitive data; they don’t know how to handle it.

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
25. They don't have to think or know anything
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:55 PM
Feb 14

Trump and Musk are just explicitly following Putin's orders. It's way beyond question at this point......

I can only imagine that Trump and RepubliCONs are somehow trying to effectively neuter our entire nuclear capability, freeing Putin to use tactical nukes in any country he wishes, at will, with no fear of reprisal...........

OKIsItJustMe

(21,196 posts)
29. Putin has little to gain from a screw-up like this.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:02 PM
Feb 14

Intelligence operations work best when the target doesn’t know you have access to their secrets.

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
32. yes,
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:07 PM
Feb 14

but it helps them immensely to know precisely WHAT information you ALREADY possess about them, and exactly HOW you obtained it......The methods you used, the people you used, and the countries that gave it to you...............

Wicked Blue

(7,692 posts)
37. The question is, who would make the arrest?
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:46 PM
Feb 14

The FBI? U.S. Marshals?

Someone may need to look up the statutes and make a citizen's arrest.

SeattleVet

(5,653 posts)
4. When I was in the Air Force, the mere existence of the NRO was highly classified.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 04:20 PM
Feb 14

Their HQ office was deep inside the HQ building of another huge intelligence agency, down a hall that I could not walk down without setting off major alarms. If I even mentioned NRO outside of the building I could have been sitting in the greybar hotel for quite a while.

And these assholes are posting all of this info about it on an open, unsecured system.

jmowreader

(51,979 posts)
54. Worse...
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 01:04 AM
Feb 15

Until 1992 the material they produced was so classified, even the classification was classified. I first learned about it when I went to a crypto manager's course to be in charge of a communication security vault - this was the place where all the scramblers and their keying material were stored. My boss told me I would need an all new clearance for it and wrote down the two letters on a piece of paper. He points to the two letters and said, "what these two letters stand for is classified."

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
13. This is a disaster for the USIC and a bonanza for Russia and China. Unchecked, DOGE will release more.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:13 PM
Feb 14

The GRU, FSB, and MSS will begin putting more pieces together about USIC assets abroad. Our allies must be horrified and will stop sharing intelligence with us.







DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
27. You can be sure
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:59 PM
Feb 14

every last one of our Allies quit sharing any and all of their intel with us after Trump's first occupation of the White House.
And probably during Biden's term, for fear of the unrest in America.........

Bluethroughu

(7,003 posts)
14. Get these scumbags behind bars!
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:15 PM
Feb 14

They, including Musk, are flaunting their billionaire status and lawlessness!

I hate these f-$%ing people!

That's it I hate most billionaires because I know only one standing up for the people of this country and it's JB PRITZKER.

3auld6phart

(1,449 posts)
20. Good question
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:40 PM
Feb 14

Definitely the cowardly pukes are quite happy just to leave it alone.probably a few of them are on pPutin’s payroll..

rubbersole

(9,484 posts)
26. Pam. Pam Bondi. AG of the US.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:55 PM
Feb 14

She'll be right on it.....as soon as she gets done firing all the attorneys in the "Publc Integrity" Office. 'Cause she doesn't know what that means.

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
30. I fear
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:03 PM
Feb 14

it went beyond the point of no return after the 2016 election.......maybe even after the 1980 election, or 2000 election, or even the 2004 election.............

The best title for a book on the last 45+ years:

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

red dog 1

(30,346 posts)
39. The 1980 election was stolen.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 07:24 PM
Feb 14

Last edited Fri Feb 14, 2025, 08:06 PM - Edit history (2)

Thanks to William Casey, White House CIA Agent Donald Gregg, and others who sabotaged the re-election of Jimmy Carter.

- October Surprise
Members of the Reagan-Bush campaign, led by Casey, met secretly with top Iranian officials to delay the release of the American hostages until after the presidential election.
The Iranians were ready to free the hostages as early as September, 1980.
(Several sources for this allegation include Gary Sick, who served as Carter's Iranian expert on the National Security Council)

- Debate-Gate
Remember how easily Jimmy Carter won his 1st debate with Reagan?
Reagan Campaign Manager William Casey arranged for White House CIA Agent Donald Gregg to steal & make copies of Carter's top-secret briefing papers (for the 2nd debate) while Carter was out of town.
Then, armed with President Carter's debate briefing papers, George Will "rehearsed" Reagan for the 2nd debate; so Reagan knew beforehand what Carter was going to say in that 2nd debate, which Reagan "won." ["Well, there you go again"]

So, thanks to Wiliam Casey et.al. the American hostages in Iran were kept 3 months longer than they would have been kept if Casey, Gregg & others hadn't committed treason by:
A) Secretly meeting with the Iranians to ask them not to release the hostages
B) Stealing & copying Jimmy Carter's briefing papers

Reagan stole the 1980 election!
William Casey, Donald Gregg and the rest committed Treason!

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
48. And "IKE"
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 11:50 PM
Feb 14

was the last decent Republican. He issued several warnings about what he feared, and what we should be fearing also.......
All aimed at the Military Industrial Complex, and the Republican Party as he saw their future direction...

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
50. A lot of presidents
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 12:11 AM
Feb 15

have been less than perfect in some areas. He was worn out from fighting WWII. He still was the best Republican President for the most part.

I can give a whole list of things that Obama made mistakes on handling/not handling.

I will also comment that Hillary was BY FAR, the most qualified presidential candidate, in my opinion, in the last hundred years.

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
52. You're right about imperfect Presidents. My dad voted for Ike. There was only one perfect President.
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 12:24 AM
Feb 15


Only because he didn't live long enough to make any mistakes.

DENVERPOPS

(11,236 posts)
47. Yup
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 11:46 PM
Feb 14

AND, in the background directing everything was HW......Reagan was just a frontman, or a pawn.
Identical thing during the W occupation of the White House.

They had to get HW elected, so that he could immediately pardon over one hundred of Reagan's administration that had been charged with serious crimes.......

The HW Cabal was present during Reagan, HW, and also really came out of the wood work during the W period....

Bengus81

(8,274 posts)
57. The Republicans in Congress. See any of them raising so much as their fucking voices?
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 08:24 AM
Feb 15

They could work with Democrats and stop this SHIT SHOW in a NY second,but they choose to remain silent and watch their Country and ours slip into a Authoritarian state.

They are just as guilty in all of this as Eloon...........

LiberalArkie

(17,548 posts)
22. Where Elon got the data about the NRO... Remember the first place was U.S. Treasury and the payroll
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:53 PM
Feb 14

No matter what your job is in the governemt. You will get paid. And every paycheck has to be linked to a department that the money is coming from.

C0RI0LANUS

(3,015 posts)
38. Yup. This how the FSB, GRU, and MSS will locate and ID who is who overseas.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:55 PM
Feb 14

Teflon Musk is a traitor to his adopted country, like silver spoon in the ass Trumpf. These two are handing over our wealth to the oligarchs while handing over our national security secrets to the enemy.



I am glad that I am retired. I pity the people whose lives and careers are being destroyed by Godzilla and Mecha-Godzilla.








GiqueCee

(1,896 posts)
24. FIND THE PIMPLE-FACED LITTLE FUCKS...
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:55 PM
Feb 14

... AND ARREST THEM!

Don't release them under any circumstances. Cut the legs out from under Musk, and make it clear that he's next. This is what the Super-Maxes were built for: Traitors.

milestogo

(19,784 posts)
28. Has it got my name, SSN, phone number, address, and bank account too?
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 05:59 PM
Feb 14

I'm a believer in full transparency.

Oh, and nude pictures too.

Mike Nelson

(10,497 posts)
31. YIKES!
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:05 PM
Feb 14

... remember how long they investigated Hillary when they found a (c) attached doc was added as an attachment to one of her emails before it was declassified! This looks much more serious, so all those Hillary critics will be calling for indictments!

Deep State Witch

(11,636 posts)
43. Little Dogebags
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 09:23 PM
Feb 14

Those fucking little Dogebags haven't a clue how to handle classified material! They think that this is all a big fucking game!

NoMoreRepugs

(11,050 posts)
51. If the intelligence community wants to rid themselves of DOGE I'm pretty
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 12:15 AM
Feb 15

sure they have an easy solution available to them.

Aussie105

(6,856 posts)
55. Oops! Sorry!
Sat Feb 15, 2025, 01:16 AM
Feb 15

Musk and the DOGE tech kiddies aren't clued up enough to know what is classified information that should be left alone.

'Information wants to be free!' and all that.

Untold damage is possible. That innocent and incompetent step into the abyss.

When the bovine excrement hits the air movement device and things go really bad, they will simply plead ignorance.
Trump will pardon them anyway.

I'm thinking this is going way beyond the solution being 'We Are Concerned!' and 'The Legal system needs to take Notice!'
Something more direct, more immediate is called for.

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