Summary
Elon Musk is unlikely to receive the highest-level government security clearance due to concerns over drug use, foreign contacts, and potential risks of disclosing classified information, according to Wall Street Journal reports.
Musk, who holds “top-secret” clearance, has faced scrutiny for past drug use, including marijuana and alleged ketamine use, and reported contacts with Vladimir Putin since 2022.
SpaceX lawyers advised against seeking higher clearance, fearing denial and revocation of existing clearances.
While Musk may bypass traditional clearance under Trump’s incoming administration, he currently lacks access to SpaceX’s most classified projects.
That escalated quickly.
Remember kids, Putin: not even once.
I would bet his ketamine use predated the time he famously smoked weed on Rogan’s show.
And he does not strike me as a regular consumer of cannabis.
Marijuanas is a gateway drug. I smoked 3 marijuanas and 5 weeks later came out of my k hole and I was in the middle of multi-billion dollar business deal with Kim Jong Un. Never smoking marijuanas again.
One of those is not like the others
That’s the logical progression from smoking a marijuana, it’s not worth doing it.
That’s correct, been smoking for a few years now and didn’t meed Putin until last month.
Remember the classical progression: Marijuana, then ketamine, then Putin.
I quickly went from thinking “yeah i can’t blame him those sound like the usual reasons why no one wants to work for the feds” to “oh”