“Setting aside the legality of DOGE’s moves, some of which appear unlawful and unconstitutional on their face, and the dangerous privacy risks to Americans from the breach of sensitive data, there is another cause for alarm: Musk’s activities present a national security nightmare,” they wrote. “Consider what the intelligence agencies of U.S. allies and adversaries see when the American president grants sweeping access to the basic systems that make the U.S. government run to a team of young people who have no government experience, who may not have been put through standard personnel vetting processes, and who work for an unelected figure with extensive personal financial interests in national security spending. American adversaries surely see an espionage and blackmail bonanza.”