Posted by NN88 10/25/2024
To "adhere" means to support or be loyal to. In this context, it refers to someone aligning themselves with the enemies of the U.S., either by joining them or providing help and resources, such as intelligence, weapons, or logistical support.
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Essentially he wants to give Putin everything he asks for.
"Russia’s Putin praises Elon Musk as an ‘outstanding person’ and ‘talented businessman’" - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/12/russias-vladimir-putin-prais...
"Billionaire FBI informant Peter Thiel dished about two Kremlin invites to private Putin meetings" - https://www.businessinsider.nl/billionaire-fbi-informant-pet...
"In October 2023, Musk shared a meme to his millions of followers" that according to leaked documents obtained by a number of European media outlets "was put together by none other than the Social Design Agency" -- a Moscow-based group accused by the U.S. of orchestrating a "persistent foreign malign influence campaign" on behalf of the Kremlin.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-shared-putin-propaga...
We're talking about accounts posing as US citizens, for example, spreading disinformation.
It was like a backdoor was opened for this sort of thing to flow unchecked.
It's almost like you're saying that Starlink is a risk to national and international security because any terrorist group can use it unchecked.
Except when Putin requested him not to deploy Starlink on Taiwan, and looks like Elon complied: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4938264
If it's Russia using them on the battlefield, "oh anyone can use it it's a retail product"... if it's Taiwan "well it's complicated"...
So maybe you're right, Starlink should become heavily regulated moving forward.
I'm all for the law taking action on these matters. If there's corruption at play, let it come to light.
There's a Pentagon working group responsible for dealing with the proliferation issue in Ukraine and the Pentagon claims SpaceX is proactive and fully cooperative.
Starlink isn't operative in the areas of Ukraine subject to sanctions and SpaceX has no agreement with any Russian entity to supply them with equipment. They don't accept Russian payments or deliver to Russia
Any terrorist group can use any similar product. You can go online and buy similar products. Did you somehow think Starlink was the first company with SATCOM or phased arrays? I've noted the Taliban leadership has a preference for iPhones and Kim Jung Un drives a BMW.
The Taliban also used SATCOM on drones before Starlink existed.
Taiwan doesn't want Starlink. When they are ready to deal they'll get it. Like many countries and territories have.
Read that article you linked and stop with jumping to conclusions on headlines. You'll get the insights you need. A hint is SpaceX doesn't do joint ventures.
Starlink is already heavily regulated by multiple regulators
You can stop reading here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason_laws_in_the_United_Sta...
Are you actually unaware he is getting contracts from DOD?
Slave rebellions
Puerto-Rican separatists
American citizens implicated in terrorism
The Congress has never even come close to declaring war in any of these circumstances.
One can also read it as: "moral treason", betrayal, etc. Not for talking with the guy, per se. But at the moment, if anyone is talking with Putin, it should be for one purpose only: to end the war -- and with that explicit framework in mind. Not business as usual of any kind.
And we shouldn't be expected to believe that they talked about “space as well as current and future technologies" in any case.
Though Elon is the kind of overachiever to possibly surmount a high bar, FARA might be a better bet.
No? No evidence that’s the Journal’s source. And we don’t know when what was reported.
> article claims it's all good
Where?
https://tass.com/politics/1850993
That was the answer when the German chancellor was thinking about talking to Putin.
So it seems Musk has common topics to talk about with Putin.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-s-secret...
Omitting the word "Secret" makes it seem like the conversations were innocuous. Keep in mind that Musk has a security clearance that allows him access to certain classified information. If he is having secret conversations with Putin while possessing classified information that's a problem.