Joe Lonsdale

I have mentors in the Reagan administration who came in looking for these things, and those people were not technical. And so when they went to the bureaucracy and they asked questions, there's so many ways of obscuring and blocking and deterring. And so what Elon did is he got root access and he went to the tech systems themselves. No one has done this ever.

I have mentors in the Reagan administration who came in looking for these things, and those people were not technical. And so when they went to the bureaucracy and they asked questions, there's so many ways of obscuring and blocking and deterring. And so what Elon did is he got root access and he went to the tech systems themselves. No one has done this ever.

I have mentors in the Reagan administration who came in looking for these things, and those people were not technical. And so when they went to the bureaucracy and they asked questions, there's so many ways of obscuring and blocking and deterring. And so what Elon did is he got root access and he went to the tech systems themselves. No one has done this ever.

No president ever has had tech people around him. And they went to the systems and they started finding things like, oh my goodness. And these people who work for the agencies try to confront them and say, no, you can't look at the systems. You're getting around all of our ability to block all this stuff. We thought you'd never actually get to see any of this.

No president ever has had tech people around him. And they went to the systems and they started finding things like, oh my goodness. And these people who work for the agencies try to confront them and say, no, you can't look at the systems. You're getting around all of our ability to block all this stuff. We thought you'd never actually get to see any of this.

No president ever has had tech people around him. And they went to the systems and they started finding things like, oh my goodness. And these people who work for the agencies try to confront them and say, no, you can't look at the systems. You're getting around all of our ability to block all this stuff. We thought you'd never actually get to see any of this.

And they're freaking out because they're looking. And so it's very transparent. They went to the systems. They actually saw the payments and the payments were going out to crazy.

And they're freaking out because they're looking. And so it's very transparent. They went to the systems. They actually saw the payments and the payments were going out to crazy.

And they're freaking out because they're looking. And so it's very transparent. They went to the systems. They actually saw the payments and the payments were going out to crazy.

We're going to be at the Army-Navy game, and so I'm bummed that I don't... I'm going to find out tomorrow probably from all these guys, because I'm sure they know. I'm sure they know, but I haven't texted them and asked, you know... If it's not ours, then it's really incompetent, right? If this is not ours, then it's also kind of weird. Why are we doing this and freaking people out?

We're going to be at the Army-Navy game, and so I'm bummed that I don't... I'm going to find out tomorrow probably from all these guys, because I'm sure they know. I'm sure they know, but I haven't texted them and asked, you know... If it's not ours, then it's really incompetent, right? If this is not ours, then it's also kind of weird. Why are we doing this and freaking people out?

We're going to be at the Army-Navy game, and so I'm bummed that I don't... I'm going to find out tomorrow probably from all these guys, because I'm sure they know. I'm sure they know, but I haven't texted them and asked, you know... If it's not ours, then it's really incompetent, right? If this is not ours, then it's also kind of weird. Why are we doing this and freaking people out?

But if it's not ours, what the heck, man?

But if it's not ours, what the heck, man?

But if it's not ours, what the heck, man?

I got a good answer on that, though. I'm sure it's public by now, but I think because of the fact that we let it stay up, we were able to hack into it, trace back where the data was going, and find out a lot about the Chinese. And so it turned out, in that case, it made sense.

I got a good answer on that, though. I'm sure it's public by now, but I think because of the fact that we let it stay up, we were able to hack into it, trace back where the data was going, and find out a lot about the Chinese. And so it turned out, in that case, it made sense.

I got a good answer on that, though. I'm sure it's public by now, but I think because of the fact that we let it stay up, we were able to hack into it, trace back where the data was going, and find out a lot about the Chinese. And so it turned out, in that case, it made sense.

And it turned out that Xi Jinping didn't even know his underlings had put this bioballoon up and were doing it, and it was actually bad for China because we used it to hack in. So I think in that case, there's a competent answer, which makes you feel good that there's not totally incompetent people. They met with Biden, they said what they're going to do, he agreed to let them do it.

And it turned out that Xi Jinping didn't even know his underlings had put this bioballoon up and were doing it, and it was actually bad for China because we used it to hack in. So I think in that case, there's a competent answer, which makes you feel good that there's not totally incompetent people. They met with Biden, they said what they're going to do, he agreed to let them do it.