Mercedes Schneider calls your attention to the young people deployed by Elon Musk to peer into the computer files of key U.S. government agencies. She relies on a story that first appears in Wired, which identified the guys and posted their photographs.

On BlueSky, people have added details about Elon’s team. They seem to be computer whizzes. At least one is known for his hacking skills. They range in age from 19 to 24. A couple, apparently, are recent high school graduates.

Musk may have more than one such team, because his gang has taken control of the databases of several important government agencies. They have moved into the closely-guarded payment system of the U.S. Treasury, where they have downloaded the personal data of millions of Americans, as well as the details of government contracts.

Musk teams also took control of the computers at the General Services Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the USAID. The last agency has done 13,000 in staff and administers humanitarian aid to countries around the world USAID feeds the hungry, sends help with disasters, and distributes medicines when there is a need). Musk hates USAID, for some reason, and kept the agency closed on Monday so his boys could explore its files and computer system without interference from those who work there. Musk convinced Trump that the USAID should be closed and reopened as a part of the Dtate Department. Musk said that USAID was full of “radical lunatics,” and Trump echoed that claim.

At the moment, they are in the Department of Education, copying files.

On the PBS Newshour last night, Richard Painter, who was the ethics officer in the George W. Bush administration, said that Musk had massive conflicts of interest. Musk owns several businesses that receive federal funding. Painter said that Musk should either divest himself of the companies that hold federal contracts or quit his current job.