Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge/

by greenburger • 4 months ago

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JKCalhoun• 4 months ago

My conspiracy-theory assumption has been that DOGE seeded X.ai, and the newer govt contracts are going to continue that. X.ai won’t need to be as smart as GPT7 when the contract for killbots goes to RFP, it’ll already know everything about you including location and weaknesses.

Kidding with the killbot comment; more likely it’ll be used for insurance denial, employment screening, benefits and taxes etc

SideburnsOfDoom• 4 months ago

more likely it’ll be used for insurance denial, employment screening, benefits and taxes etc

Voting. Do not forget targeted voter suppression.

pulisse• 4 months ago

"He told another colleague ... that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."

stvltvs2• 4 months ago

We really need to put limits on the pardon power. It's clearly enabling corruption. Ford should never have pardoned Nixon. It's been a slide down the slippery slope ever since.

kermatt• 4 months ago

Maybe a single person should not be able to override the decision of a jury + judge. Acting in opposition to the law because you expect to be pardoned indicates that the process may be flawed

Both of the recent presidents have made some very questionable pardons.

jfengel• 4 months ago

There are limits on pardon power. If a politician gives pardons that the public doesn't like, they lose their job. It takes a few years, but finer-grained controls really won't help.

In this case we elected a President who categorically said he's pardon people who engaged in criminal behavior for him. The voters expressed a preference for corruption, and trying to fix that after the fact won't help. A democratic country that wants corruption will have it.

WarOnPrivacy• 4 months ago

"He told another colleague ... that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."

Yeah. It was an alarming supposition because it wasn't unreasonable or delusional.

It's a side effect of SCotUS gifting an unprecedented 90% win rate to this administration (40%-65% for prev admins). The court is effectively enabling this exec branch while protecting it from the consequences of it's actions.

    The [Social Security] agency has historically limited access to sensitive 
    data to prevent it from leaking. But the Supreme Court had granted DOGE 
    members "unfettered" access to Social Security data last summer

We've never before known SCotUS justices like this - ones who are openly, fiercely loyal to a PotUS.

ref:https://www.courtaccountability.org/shadow-docket-analysis

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

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