Retired General: Musk Is A “National Security Risk”

Retired Lt. General Russel L. Honoré writes:

According to news reports, Mr. Musk and his rocket company, SpaceX, face federal reviews from the Air Force, the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General and the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security for failing to provide details of Mr. Musk’s meetings with foreign leaders and other potential violations of national-security rules.

These alleged infractions are just the beginning of my worries. Mr. Musk’s business ventures are heavily reliant on China. He borrowed at least $1.4 billion from banks controlled by the Chinese government to help build Tesla’s Shanghai gigafactory, which was responsible for more than half of Tesla’s global deliveries in the third quarter of 2024.

China does not tend to give things away. The country’s laws stipulate that the Communist Party can demand intelligence from any company doing business in China, in exchange for participating in the country’s markets.

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Lt. Gen. Honoré: Elon Musk is a national security risk.

“If the federal [probes] demonstrate deep connections to China and Russia, the federal gov’t should consider revoking Musk’s security clearance. It should already be thinking about using alternatives to SpaceX.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o…

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— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) December 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM