Laura Barron-Lopez:
So, to date, Musk and his team have accessed at least 11 agencies, Amna.
And the count is growing every day. So that includes USAID, Treasury, Education Department, FAA, FBI. And what does that mean? That means that, with access to these agencies, he has access to the government’s biggest payment systems, to personnel information, to the personal information of many Americans, H.R. systems, and much more.
The New York Times also recently reported that DOGE has access to the Center — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which has contracts totaling in $1 trillion.
And, now, we asked the White House about all this access. And the White House claims that Musk and DOGE have — quote — “the appropriate security clearances” and that DOGE employees are employees of relevant agencies. But it’s not just about gaining access, Amna.
Elon Musk has also gleefully tweeted on X about dismantling entire agencies beyond USAID, including the Education Department.
