> The White House wouldn't comment directly on Coristine's employment, but an official who discussed the situation on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters said all DOGE staffers under Musk were working as employees of relevant agencies with security clearances.<p>It sounds like they might want to review how they are doing security clearance reviews (assuming they aren't just a blank check for this group) if they're letting folks like this through
Krebsonsecurity reporting suggests that the "cyber security firm" is actually part of a gang of cyber criminals. Story submitted (but flagged and dead) here:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979187">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42979187</a>
"He will be brought back.
To err is human, to forgive divine."<p><a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1887957783783391423" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1887957783783391423</a>
off topic (who even cares about the OP) but I heard a clip of Musk saying that "the bureaucracy subverts democracy. I want government by the people, not the bureau" and ... I don't even. Do people really fall for this? Is it not obvious that one bureau is just being sub'd out for another less accountable one? Are people really that stupid?
So, if a post contains the 4-letter acronym DOGE the Elon hall monitors jump into action and flag it.<p>This is getting tedious, as are the arguments made to justify flagging the posts. "This has already been discussed." Fine. Start flagging AI posts then. "This has nothing to with tech." But it has everything to do with tech, and one of the most influential players in tech, and how hubris blinds techies into thinking that they have tech answers to all problems (a bit of Dunning-Kruger).<p>Here are the misconceptions behind the entire idea of DOGE:<p>* Government waste is assumed as a given. No citations needed.<p>* Government agencies should be run like a business (or worse, a startup). But government agencies are not businesses. They don't have investors. Their mission is not to make a profit. It is to provide a service and a social good, <i>mandated by Congress</i>. Ideological disagreement with that service or good does not make this waste. The idea that entities like the US Post Office operates at a "loss" is arrant nonsense. The value provided is in the service, without the overhead load of investors.<p>* "Government bureaucrats" (said with contempt and disdain). Right wing propaganda notwithstanding, these folk are the domain experts in running a government (see point above). The trend of the last decade or so has been to replace many of the lower levels with call centers and/or websites, to the frustration of millions of citizens who require these services.<p>The tl;dr is that the DOGE ppl don't have a clue. They are operating on false assumptions, and likely are running roughshod over the law. Bulls in a china shop fits here.