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Why Does Elon Musk Still Have a Security Clearance?

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Donald Trump's people are worried about whether they’ll pass a background check.

The first Trump administration was rife with people (including his son-in-law, Jared Kushner ) who were walking national-security risks.

But for many other federal workers, security clearances are a necessary component of government service.

Elon Musk has held a clearance for years , despite ringing the insider-threat bells.

Wall Street Journal : Elon Musk has reportedly been in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin .

Peter Bergen says the government seems to think Musk is too big to fail and too important to fire.

Bergen: It’s bad enough that Musk could be careless with classified data or expose himself to blackmail.

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