The visit marks the first publicly known case where Musk visited a U.S. intelligence agency in his role under DOGE. The NSA is the government’s largely clandestine intelligence office focused on signals intelligence, cybersecurity and conducting surveillance and intelligence-gathering on foreign adversaries. Cyber Command is a combatant command tied to the Pentagon. Both are overseen in a dual-hatted role by Gen. Timothy Haugh.
“Yesterday, Gen Timothy Haugh, Commander, USCYBERCOM, Director, NSA/Chief, [Central Security Service], hosted Elon Musk during his first visit to NSA/CSS Washington in his capacity as Special Advisor to the President of the United States,” an NSA spokesperson said. “NSA and CYBERCOM are focused on the President, SECDEF and [the Director of National Intelligence]’s priorities; meetings with key advisors ensure we are aligned.”
A spokesperson for DOGE did not respond to a request for comment. The Wall Street Journal first reported the visit. Musk said in an X post last week that the NSA “needs an overhaul.”
Musk and his DOGE lackeys have been leading an effort to shrink the size of the federal government and reduce purported government spending waste. The NSA and several other intelligence community elements have become a part of this, with their workforce qualifying for a deferred resignation offer that would allow staff to remain on payroll with full benefits until the end of September.
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