[Izkata]

> Is it reasonable to hold the opinion that DOGE should not have been given access to these systems

"We audited ourselves" typically doesn't fly, so no, I'd say not a reasonable position. Someone external has to do it, and DOGE is the one tasked by the president to do so.

[acdha]

Audit are already conducted by outsiders, but the objection to DOGE is less the concept of auditing but how they’re doing it by bypassing all kinds of policies. Normally auditors would be qualified, have passed background checks, and agree to follow the same security and privacy policies.

The outrage is because they’re taking a lot of risk and clearly treating it as a political exercise when it shouldn’t be.