Elon Musk’s puff of a cannabis blunt throughout a podcast might endanger his security clearance.
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Elon Musk’s federal security clearance is being examined by the Pentagon after his usage of cannabis on a comic’s podcast in 2015, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
The SpaceX CEO has actually refiled a survey for nationwide security positions that needs candidates to divulge any usage of controlled substances throughout the previous 7 years, a US authorities informed Bloomberg. Musk has a top-secret level clearance since the business he established and leads is accredited to introduce military spy satellites for the United States federal government.
The evaluation highlights the implications of Musk’s look on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in September, where he took a puff of a cannabis blunt throughout the livestream. Musk’s look on the program didn’t agree with NASA’s leading authorities, who previously this month bought an evaluation of the work environment cultures of SpaceX and Boeing.
NASA’s agreements with the aerospace business — worth a combined overall of $6.8 billion — need both business “maintain a program for achieving a drug-and alcohol-free workforce.”
California, where the podcast was taped, legislated the sale of cannabis for leisure usage in January 2018, however the federal government still forbids its usage, particularly amongst federal workers or specialists with security clearances.
SpaceX agents didn’t instantly react to an ask for remark.
