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Kristi Noem Claims Staff Installed Software to Spy on Her

Noem alleges employees installed spyware to record meetings and says Elon Musk’s team helped identify them before they were polygraphed and fired.

  • During an hour-long podcast released Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said some staffers installed spying software on her phone and laptop.
  • Elon Musk and his team, Noem said, helped identify employees inside her department, and she praised their assistance in exposing internal problems.
  • By chance, an employee found a locked Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility on a university campus containing files on controversial topics that attorneys now hold, Noem said.
  • DHS technology experts inspected laptops and phones, and employees were brought in for questioning, polygraph tests and subsequent firings followed, Noem said.
  • The Daily Beast flagged the clip and Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security for comment, while Noem framed the matter as a so-called `deep state` issue.
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TrendingPolitics broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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