I'm more concerned about lesser-known DOGE staffers taking huge paydays for sharing some "there's no way this is really classified" classified information and getting away with it.<p>Shenanigans like that usually land you in jail for 20+ years, but this is a presidential committee, so it's totally different.
It'd be interesting to do as much investigative journaling as has been done into Coristine with others in this department. I've seen very few people survive the majority of the media apparatus going through their lives with a fine-tooth comb.<p>And I'm not justifying anyone here. From my limited perspective, the guy doesn't belong anywhere near this place, but then again, I might have the same perspective for multiple people already operating there.
Nextgov, About: "Nextgov/FCW is owned by GovExec" [1]<p>GovExec, About: "In March of 2020, we committed our entire organization to creating the leading sales and marketing intelligence company <i>serving the public sector</i>" (added emphasis)<p>I.e, it may just be that the that the story is written by an organization that is losing it's funding.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.nextgov.com/about/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nextgov.com/about/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://about.govexec.com/company/about/" rel="nofollow">https://about.govexec.com/company/about/</a>
Takes one to know one.<p>These days a criminal record is no bar for any computer-related thing...or at least it shouldn't be. However, it'd be prudent to monitor what they're keeping. Anyone who's any good will be keeping little nuggets of stuff for the future.