Now it's time for the last word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Lawrence.

Good evening, Alex. We're going to take up those confirmation questions with Senator Ed Markey in just a moment here.

And later in the show, we're going to be joined by Declan Walsh, who at the New York Times actually has the largest geographic jurisdiction of any reporter there.

He's the chief Africa correspondent. And

if I could possibly get the New York Times to devote 100% of my subscription fees to Declan Walsh,

that would please me greatly. He really for me. Yeah, earmarks. Yeah, that's right. Let's

earmark it. You can do it. He's my... You long some time in the Senate. If anybody can get their subscription for his, he's earmarked, it's you.

All right, I've got to work on it. See what happens.

And good luck. Thanks, Alex. Have a great show. we can call it that, of Elon Musk, to a government department that does not exist,

which they are both now calling the Department of Government Efficiency,

does not require Senate confirmation. If it did, Elon Musk would be asked questions

about his publicly proclaimed drug use, which is one of the reasons the New York Times

breaking news tonight is that Elon Musk has violated the security

reporting rules for his and his company's top secret security clearance. If Elon Musk had to

submit to a Senate confirmation hearing, he would be asked about an email reported by the New York

Times tonight, written by Cody Miller, an army veteran who worked on security clearances at Elon Musk's

company SpaceX. Just over a month ago, Cody Miller wrote an internal email at that company,

saying, according to the New York Times,

SpaceX has a let's push it till we are caught mentality, Mr. Miller wrote,

adding that top executives followed the rules only when convenient for senior leaders.

That same day, SpaceX's Human Resources Department called Mr. Miller and pushed him to leave.

Three people with knowledge of the company said, Mr. Miller agreed to resign.

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