Comment by cthalupa

Then why do we have different levels of security clearance?

Obviously we have an extensive framework for data security within the government that is built upon the idea that compartmentalization of data and limiting access is incredibly important.

Even in situations where it is unavoidable that someone have access to data as a function of their job requirements, we very frequently have strict logging and auditing of access to that data. You might not be able to reasonably prevent a DBA from having access to the information in a database and allow them to still perform their work, but plenty of places will log and audit every action they take and review them accessing that data.

We know there are people in DOGE that clearly would not pass security screenings for access to the data that they have - one of them was recently fired for leaking data from their previous employer!

Acting like the fact that they are nominally part of the government so it is OK for them to have basically unfettered access to all sots of sensitive information is bizarre to me.