We look at how Elon Musk's executive branch agency, the Department of Government Efficiency, known as "DOGE," is wreaking havoc, with young male software engineers slashing government services and funding in what legal experts are saying could amount to a "constitutional crisis."
Most of the DOGE staffers are pulled from Musk-linked tech companies and have limited work and educational experience.
"Even if these young men are very technically gifted … some of them seem to have questionable backgrounds," says _Wired_ reporter Vittoria Elliott, who has revealed key details about the staffers in a series of articles. One DOGE staffer, Marko Elez, resigned and was later reinstated after he was traced to racist social media posts.
DOGE's lack of oversight, training and transparency poses "an incredible risk," adds Elliott, as its unvetted and underqualified staffers take control of the sensitive data of Americans.