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BumRushDaShow

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Sat Mar 29, 2025, 04:59 AM Mar 29

Elon Musk Set to Visit Central Intelligence Agency Next Week

Source: Bloomberg

March 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM EDT


Elon Musk is set to visit the Central Intelligence Agency on Monday, the latest stop on a tour through the US government’s spy apparatus that’s provoked alarm from some Democrats and intelligence experts. Musk is visiting at the invitation of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and the two will discuss government efficiency, an agency spokesperson said. No other detail was provided.

The visit will be the latest for the world’s richest man at federal agencies that do some of the most sensitive US spy work. Earlier this month, Musk made an unannounced visit to the National Security Agency after saying the office responsible for foreign-intelligence collection needed to be revamped.

And last week, he stopped at the Pentagon for a meeting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has so far sought to portray himself as an eager partner with Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

The Pentagon visit sparked controversy before it began after the New York Times reported that Musk was to get a top-secret briefing about the US military’s planning for any potential war with China. Officials later denied there were any such plans and President Donald Trump said it would be a bad idea.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/elon-musk-set-to-visit-central-intelligence-agency-next-week?srnd=phx-politics



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Elon Musk Set to Visit Central Intelligence Agency Next Week (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 29 OP
Get rid of this freak already! CountAllVotes Mar 29 #1
Musk cannot wait to get his hands on all those secrets. Irish_Dem Mar 29 #2
He can be granted access to the computers though kimbutgar Mar 29 #12
Exactly, Musk is the new CIA. Irish_Dem Mar 29 #18
Good liberalgunwilltravel Mar 29 #3
Come on, CIA, mess with this boy. travelingthrulife Mar 29 #4
A friend of mine that passed away a few months ago was convinced the CIA would never let doc03 Mar 29 #5
Is he going to try and blue-wave Mar 29 #6
why is he running rampant azureblue Mar 29 #7
remake of Get Smart? Marthe48 Mar 29 #8
They're trying to add a Cone of Silence to the Signal app JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 29 #16
Guess the SKIFs don't work Marthe48 Mar 29 #19
Cone of Silence might raise the intelligence level of their discourse. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 29 #21
So Many Questions... MayReasonRule Mar 29 #9
I hope he doesn't come out. Gimpyknee Mar 29 #10
And what if the CIA says NO to mu$k's visit? Will daddy slap their hand? nt mitch96 Mar 29 #11
Musk China Debt topcelts Mar 29 #13
God in heaven orangecrush Mar 29 #14
They denied; blah, blah, blah. twodogsbarking Mar 29 #15
Too bad it is not a prison for an extended stay republianmushroom Mar 29 #17
Ratcliffe is an idiot Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 29 #20
Time for the "old" CIA to re-emerge -- Musk walks into a restroom in the HQ building, and is never seen to leave ... eppur_se_muova Mar 30 #22

kimbutgar

(24,746 posts)
12. He can be granted access to the computers though
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 11:47 AM
Mar 29

And lock out the agents with his doge boys

doc03

(37,667 posts)
5. A friend of mine that passed away a few months ago was convinced the CIA would never let
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:46 AM
Mar 29

Trump take office. Now the CIA is being opened up to Musk and Trump's friend Putin.

azureblue

(2,382 posts)
7. why is he running rampant
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 09:30 AM
Mar 29

through our government? He should be deported at least.. Jailed, at best.

Marthe48

(20,407 posts)
19. Guess the SKIFs don't work
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 03:42 PM
Mar 29

but nothing works if they don't want to use it :/

Who knows, maybe they'd think Cone of Silence is cool.

topcelts

(15 posts)
13. Musk China Debt
Sat Mar 29, 2025, 11:57 AM
Mar 29

Musk's Auto industry is collapsing daily. He is in so much debt to China for his New Tesla Manufacturing Plant and it's accompanying Obsolete Technology Tesla Battery Plant that the only way he can pay it off is with U.S. Pentagon and CIA Top Secret information. That my Friends is worth a lot more than Dollars or Yuan. Best bargaining chips for China and Putin I might add.

eppur_se_muova

(38,770 posts)
22. Time for the "old" CIA to re-emerge -- Musk walks into a restroom in the HQ building, and is never seen to leave ...
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 07:40 AM
Mar 30

"Sorry, can't investigate here, this building is off-limits to all but the highest security clearances."

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