FOIA

The DOGE has penetrated the IRS, Social Security and Medicare.

 

The DOGE now has access to all of my financial info and personal identifiers. I did not consent-to nor authorize Elon Musk’s access to this privileged and confidential information.

 

The DOGE has not disclosed what they are going to do with this information; or how they will protect me from identity theft or fraud.

 

Nobody has been able to explain how Elon Musk’s possession of this information makes me safer, more prosperous, improves my lot in life or makes my government more efficient. To what purpose is it they have my bank account and routing numbers, brokerage accounts, charities, medical records and more?

 

Come to think of it, if my former employer allowed a data breach on this order of magnitude they would be out of business.

 

 

So, last Friday I figured what the heck; I'll make an inquiry under the Freedom Of Information Act.  Maybe I can ascertain what DOGE has on me.  I figure there are three possible responses:

 

1. We have nothing.

2. We have something and here it is

3. Get lost.

 

An attorney pal tells me that all of the FOIA officers at federal agencies have been terminated; but to let him know if I get a response that is other than claimed exemption from disclosure.  A retired acquaintance informs me that FOIAs are the language of government procurement; that they have been for many many years.  Furthermore, they often go unanswered.  And a non-reply is standard and customary.

  

Stay-tuned.

 

And if anybody can answer paragraph four I'm all ears.  Even the most brilliant of my MAGA friends cannot.