Big Balls Has Unfettered Access to Our Social Security Data
Aug 29, 2025•7 min
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Episode description
In June, Republicans on the Supreme Court lifted a stay, giving DOGE access to all Americans' Social Security records. Then, DOGE gave Ed "Big Balls" Coristine -- a guy with ties to criminal hackers -- access to that. Read more: https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/26/amid-hunt-for-crime-in-dc-whistleblower-implicates-ed-big-balls-coristine-and-john-roberts/ Support emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/about/support/
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