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submitted 2 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The Secret Service has launched a probe into an X post by Elon Musk in which he tweeted that “no one is even trying” to kill Kamala Harris or Joe Biden.

The tech billionaire deleted the post on his X platform and passed it off as a “joke.” However, the White House did not find it funny and instead called it “irresponsible.”

“Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about,” the White House said in a statement. Now the Secret Service is involved.

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[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

I sort of feel like the CIA should already have a file on him filed to the brim with juicy nuggets they haven't really been able to act on until now.

[-] orcrist@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

No doubt various TLAs have compiled dossiers on various very important people. It would be irresponsible of them not to. People who have so much power and access are intrinsic security threats, and that's no secret to the spy agencies.

Of course they might frame it differently. They might say that they compile information so that they can make sure that the powerful person doesn't get blackmailed, for example. It's easy to try to phrase things in a way that suggests you're protecting them, when the actual theoretical goal is protecting us from what they could do if things went sideways.

[-] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

You're talking about the NSA. The CIA totally doesn't do that.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Sure, cia, sure

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Why not both? CIA's files probably focus more on his foreign dealings, the NSA's more on his national dealings.

[-] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

You mean "their" files.

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