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Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Wilshire@lemm.ee to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Original source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[-] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 92 points 1 year ago

Isn't it illegal to screw with the military actions of the U.S. ... and its allies?!!?

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think what he did was illegal per se, but he is definitely positioning himself against US geopolitical interests, which is a really bad idea if you are a US citizen, living in the United States. If he were to give away any military secrets that pass through star link, which I'm sure Russia will inevitably ask him to do, he will get arrested for espionage. He should tread very carefully.

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 15 points 1 year ago

Poor people get arrested. Rich people get to walk free and then get a slap on the wrist.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

Trump got arrested so will Musk if he fucks around

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 1 year ago

Trump was arrested by the legal definition, he never had spend time in jail denied bail or waiting for a chance to post bail.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago

And he fucked around hard.

[-] cloud@lazysoci.al 11 points 1 year ago

Yes so what? What are you going to do about it?

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

You got down voted but you're absolutely right. We, as a collective society, have allowed billionaires and those with obscene amounts of money to operate above the law. We're seeing it play out over and over through different actions of the rich, and those that get charged usually get lighter sentences or are not convicted. It's honestly a large scale problem that is not being addressed.