U.S. Department of Defense officials are evaluating Elon Musk's federal security clearance status after the billionaire's viral pot-smoking moment on comedian Joe Rogan's podcast six months ago.
Tesla CEO Musk was filmed sharing whisky and a joint with Rogan during an interview with the comedian on his popular show The Joe Rogan Experience on September 6, 2018.
A Pentagon official told reporters on Thursday that the Air Force referred Musk case to the DOD, which is examining Musk's behavior.
A Pentagon official told Fox Business the DoD would be focused on whether the CEO’s behavior 'comports with the type of person who has access to classified information.'
Secret-level security status requires federal employees and contractors seeking clearance to acknowledge any illegal drug use over the past seven years.
Musk was previously granted secret-level security clearance because of his role as founder and CEO of Space Exploration Technologies, aka SpaceX.
Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the aerospace company manufactures and launches advanced spacecrafts and rockets and is currently certified to launch military spy satellites.
It was founded by Musk in 2002 with the aspiration of enabling people to live on other planets.
Bloomberg News reports marijuana use is prohibited for federal employees or contractors with security clearances despite being legal for recreational or medicinal use in many states.
Texla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk smoked a joint with comedian Joe Rogan during a September 18, 2018 interview on his podcast show
'The Department of Defense is following its normal process when information which may affect an individual’s clearance eligibility is brought to our attention,” the service said in statement emailed to Bloomberg News.
Tesla stock price plummeted six percent in the immediate after of Musk's viral interview in September, according to the Guardian.
Musk has refiled his SF-86 security form in response to an investigation.
It's possible his security clearance could be suspended or revoked, which would require another SpaceX executive to apply for the clearance for the company to continue it's work with the U.S. government.
A SpaceX official said the matter hasn't affected the company's day-to-day operations.
This isn't the first time Musk has faced conflict with federal officials.
A month prior to the weed-smoking debacle, the Securities and Exchange Commission went after him for tweeting that he had secured a deal to take Tesla private, when it turned out that claim was false.
He and Tesla were fined $20 million a piece in response and Musk resigned as chairman of the company, but maintained his role as CEO, CNBC reported.
Since then Musk has reportedly tweeted without using a tweet monitor, which violated the terms of his settlement with the SEC.
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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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