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Elon Musk's Security Clearance Reportedly Under Review Due to Pot Use

posted by chromas on Friday March 08 2019, @05:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the didn't-inhale dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

[...] Musk has a top-secret level clearance because the company he founded and leads is certified to launch military spy satellites for the US government.

The review underscores the ramifications of Musk's appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in September, where he took a puff of a marijuana blunt during the livestream. Musk's appearance on the program didn't sit well with NASA's top officials, who earlier this month ordered a review of the workplace cultures of SpaceX and Boeing.

NASA's contracts with the aerospace companies -- worth a combined total of $6.8 billion -- require both companies "maintain a program for achieving a drug-and alcohol-free workforce."

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday March 08 2019, @09:30PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday March 08 2019, @09:30PM (#811763) Journal

    As we established in a prior article, Democrats receive more money from Pharma than Republicans do.

    Also, that is a lie.

    Pharmaceuticals / Health Products [opensecrets.org]

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