March 15, 2025
Musk's team installs Starlink on White House roof without security clearance
Musk company installs internet at White House despite conflicts and security questions
🛡️National Security📜Constitutional Law
On 2025-03-15, SpaceX installed Starlink satellite internet infrastructure at the White House (Source: SpaceX Starlink Official Website, FCC Starlink Authorization)
Elon Musk owns SpaceX and its Starlink subsidiary and served as an advisor to the Trump administration while SpaceX provided critical communications infrastructure to the federal government, raising conflicts-of-interest concerns (Source: SpaceX Company Information; Forbes – Elon Musk Profile)
Federal Acquisition Regulation §6.101 requires competitive bidding for major technology contracts, mandating open competition, transparent evaluation criteria, and documentation for government procurements (Source: General Services Administration – Federal Acquisition Regulation; GAO – Competition in Contracting)
🛡️National Security📜Constitutional Law
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Elon Musk (Owner, SpaceX and Starlink)
as both corporate owner and former presidential advisor, provided satellite internet service to the White House