Leland Dudek*

Lambert here: I think Dudek was more a hostage than a “Sherpa” (as Wikipedia characterizes him).

Employed at
Social Security Administration
Wrecker at (Associate/Visitor/Advisor/Detailed to)
Social Security Administration
Ally of
DOGE
Synonyms (People)
"Les"

This table lists all the reports that contain this term: Leland Dudek*.

Published (in media) Report Post Venue All terms Timeline
Elon Musk’s DOGE stole your Social Security data The Hill Charles Borges, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, Michelle King, Nancy Altman, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Social Security Works, The Hill DOGE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et al., v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, et al. The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Venue) access, Court Document, Data Exfiltration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, Personally Identifiable Information, Social Security Administration, Steve Davis, systems of record, The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Venue), United States DOGE Service Temporary Organization, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Enterprise Data Warehouse, Numerical Identification System DOGE
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda New York Times Alliance for Retired Americans, Alliance for Retired Americans v. Bessent, American Association of People With Disabilities, American Association of People With Disabilities v. Dudek, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association of Physics Teachers v. National Science Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies v. McDonald, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. U.S. Department of Labor, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration, American Federation of Teachers v. Bessent, American Oversight, American Oversight v. DOGE, Andrea Danziger, Andrea Gribbon, AVIEL v. GOR, Brehm v. Marocco, California v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior, Center for Taxpayer Rights, Center for Taxpayer Rights v. Internal Revenue Service, Charles Ezell, Child Trends, Child Trends v. U.S. Department of Education, Citizens Against Donald Trump, Citizens Against Donald Trump v. Trump, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. DOGE, Danziger v. United States, Denise Carter, Denise Nemeth-Greenleaf, Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Doe 4 v. Musk, Doe v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, DOGE, Donald Trump, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Electronic Privacy Information Center v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Elon Musk, Gribbon v. Musk, Internal Revenue Service, Japanese American Citizens League, Japanese American Citizens League v. Musk, Jerald Lentini, Lawbreaking, Leland Dudek*, Lentini v. DOGE, Michael McDonald, National Job Corps Association, National Job Corps Association v. Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, Nemeth-Greenleaf v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management, New Mexico v. Musk, New York Times, New York v. Trump, Office of Personnel Management, Peter Marocco*, Pippenger v. DOGE, Project on Government Oversight, Project on Government Oversight v. Trump, Sara Aviel, Sasha Pippenger, Scott Bessent, Social Security Administration, State of California, State of New Mexico, State of New York, Tracker, University of California Student Association, University of California Student Association v. Carter, Ward Brehm, American Federation of Government Employees, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, Alex Lemonides, Camille Baker, Isabelle Taft, Lazaro Gamio, Mattathias Schwartz, Minho Kim, Sarah Goodman, Seamus Hughes, Steven Moity DOGE
The government’s embrace of Palantir is years in the making FedScoop Akash Bobba, Allan Mangaser, Anthony Jancso, blanket purchase agreement, Clark Minor, COVID-19, David Sacks, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Treasury, DOGE, FedRAMP, FedScoop, Frank Bisignano, General Services Administration, Gregory Barbaccia, Internal Revenue Service, Leland Dudek*, Michael Kratsios, Miscreants, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Criminal Investigations, Office of Information Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Peter Thiel, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Sam Corcos, Social Security Administration, Foundry, Palantir, Madison Alder, Miranda Nazzaro, Rebecca Heilweil DOGE
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security ProPublica Akash Bobba, Davis Ingle, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, Environmental Protection Agency, Gautier Killian*, Katie Miller, Leland Dudek*, Michelle King, Michelle Kowalski, National Academy of Social Insurance, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Transformation, ProPublica, Rebecca Vallas, Scott Coulter, Social Security Administration, True Confessions, waste, fraud, and abuse, Signal, Eli Hager DOGE
Network of the Department of Government Efficiency Wikipedia Adam Blake, Adam Hoffman, Adam Ramada, Akash Bobba, Alexander Simonpour, Alexandra Beynon, Alison Childs, Allan Mangaser, Amanda Scales, Amy Gleason, Andrew Kloster, Andrew Vilcsak, Ankur Bansal, Anthony Armstrong, Anthony Jancso, Antonio Gracias, Aram Moghaddassi, Ashley Boizelle, Austin Raynor, Baris Akis, Bee Elvy, Brad Smith, Brady Glantz, Branden Spikes, Brian Bjelde, Brian Stube, Bridget Youngs, Brooks Morgan, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Bryton Shang, Carl Coe, Cary Volpert, Christina Hanna, Christina Villamil, Christopher Roussos, Christopher Stanley, Christopher Sweet, Christopher Young*, Clark Minor, Clayton Cromer, Conor Fennessy, Daniel Abrahamson, David Malcher, Derek Geissler, DOGE, Donald Park, Edward Coristine*, Eliezer Mishory, Elon Musk, Emily Bryant, Erica Jehling, Ethan Shaotran, Frank Bisignano, Frank Schuler, Gary Shapley, Gautier Killian*, Gavin Kliger*, George Cooper, Gregory John Hogan, Jack Stein, Jacob Altik*, James Burnham, James Fishback, Jamie Sullivan, Jared Birchall, Jared Isaacman, Jennifer Balajadia*, Jeremy Lewin, Jeremy Lichtman, Jim Hickey, Joanna Wischer*, John Solly, Jon Koval, Jonathan Mendelson, Jordan Wick*, Josh Gruenbaum, Joshua Hanley*, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Justin Fulcher, Justin Monroe*, Kathryn Loving*, Katie Miller, Katrine Trampe, Keenan Kmiec, Kendall Lindemann, Kenneth Jackson, Kyle Schutt, Leland Dudek*, Linda Whitridge, Luke Farritor, Marc Andreessen, Marko Elez, Marshall Wood, Matt Luby, Matthew Parkhurst-Session, Mattieu Gamache-Asselin, McLaurine Pinover*, Michael Cole, Michael Grimes, Michael Kratsios, Michael Mirski*, Michael Russo, Mike Gonzalez, Mike Slagh, Miles Collins, Miscreants, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicholas Gallagher, Nicole Hollander, Nikhil Rajpal*, Noah Peters*, Owen West, Patrick George, Payton Rehling, Rachel Riley, Rajasekar Jegannathan, Riccardo Biasini, Riley Sennott, Roland Shen, Round-Up, Russell Vought*, Ryan Riedel, Ryan Shea, Ryan Wunderly, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Beyda, Sam Corcos, Sam Smeal, Scott Coulter, Scott Kupor, Scott Langmack, Shaun Maguire, Stephanie Holmes, Stephen Duarte*, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Tarak Makecha, Ted Malaska, Thomas Kiernan, Thomas Krause*, Thomas Shedd, Todd Newnam, Tyler Hassen, Vinay Hiremath, Vivek Ramaswamy, Wikipedia, Yat Choi, Yinon Weiss, Zachary Terrell, Executive Branch, Musk Alums and Associates, Thiel Alums and Associates DOGE
The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security New York Times Akash Bobba, Antonio Gracias, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Elon Musk, Ethan Shaotran, Katie Miller, Leland Dudek*, Michael Russo, New York Times, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Scott Coulter, Social Security Administration, Social Security number, Tara Siegel Bernard, Alexandra Berzon, Palantir, Nicholas Nehamas DOGE
The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE New York Times Adam Ramada, Akash Bobba, Alexander Simonpour, Alexandra Beynon, Amanda Scales, Amy Gleason, Anthony Armstrong, Antonio Gracias, Aram Moghaddassi, Austin Raynor, Baris Akis, Brad Smith, Brian Bjelde, Brooks Morgan, Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski, Cary Volpert, Chris Young, Christina Hanna, Christopher Roussos, Christopher Stanley, Clayton Cromer, Conor Fennessy, DOGE, Donald Park, Edward Coristine*, Elon Musk, Ethan Shaotran, Extra-Constitutional, Frank Bisignano, Frank Schuler, Gautier Killian*, Gavin Kliger*, Greg Hogan, Jacob Altik*, James Burnham, Jennifer Balajadia*, Jeremy Lewin, Joanna Wischer*, Jon Koval, Jordan Wick*, Joseph Gebbia*, Joshua Hanley*, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fulcher, Justin Monroe*, Katie Miller, Katrine Trampe, Keenan Kmiec, Kendall Lindemann, Kyle Schutt, Leland Dudek*, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Michael Cole, Michael Grimes, Michael Mirski*, Michael Russo, Nate Cavanaugh, New York Times, Nicole Hollander, Nikhil Rajpal*, Noah Peters*, Payton Rehling, Rachel Riley, Riccardo Biasini, Round-Up, Russell Vought*, Ryan Riedel, Ryan Wunderly, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Corcos, Scott Coulter, Scott Kupor, Scott Langmack, Stephanie Holmes, Stephen Duarte*, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Tarak Makecha, Theodore Schleife, Thomas Krause*, Thomas Shedd, Todd Newnam, Tyler Hassen, Adam Liptak, Alan Rappeport, Executive Branch, Independent Agencies, Andrew Duehren, Brad Plumer, Chris Flavelle, Coral Davenport, Eli Murray, Eric Toler, Jon Huang, Kate Conger, Lazaro Gamio, Lisa Friedman, Madeleine Ngo, Nicholas Nehamas, Ryan Mac, Sarah Cahalan, Seamus Hughes, Zach Montague DOGE
DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk Washington Post Albert Cahn, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Panopticon, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, Washington Post, Executive Branch, Hannah Natanson, Joseph Menn, Lisa Rein, Rachel Siegel DOGE
John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job Wired API, Aram Moghaddassi, Chuck Borges, Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Edward Coristine*, John Solly, Leland Dudek*, Michael Russo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Special Counsel, Personally Identifiable Information, Seth Waxman, Social Security Administration, Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, Todd Blecher, Vittoria Elliott, Wired, Consent Based Social Security Number Verification, Enterprise Data Exchange Network, Master Death File, NUMIDENT, Leidos, Makena Kelly DOGE
What is DOGE doing to Social Security? Economic Policy Institute (Venue) Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Economic Policy Institute (Venue), Federal office space, Frank Bisignano, Leland Dudek*, Martin O’Malley, mass firings, militarization, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Office of Personnel Management, Social Security Administration, Monique Morrissey DOGE
Democratic senator grills Trump nominee over DOGE access to Social Security systems The Hill Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Frank Bisignano, Leland Dudek*, Michael Russo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Ron Wyden, Social Security Administration, The Hill, Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, Alexander Bolton DOGE
Social Security cuts phone services in bid to address fraud Axios Axios, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Executive Branch, Emily Peck DOGE
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump ProPublica DOGE, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), ProPublica, Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Eli Hager DOGE
Doge takeover of social security seemed ‘based on myth’, says ex-senior official Guardian Akash Bobba, Democracy Forward, DOGE, Guardian, Leland Dudek*, Mendacious, Michael Russo, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Tiffany Flick, waste, fraud, and abuse, Martin Pengelly DOGE
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans Associated Press Associated Press, Data Exfiltration, Democracy Forward, DOGE, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Social Security number, Tiffany Flick, unions, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Fatima Hussein, Lindsay Whitehurst DOGE
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately Washington Post DOGE, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Sabotage, Social Security Administration, Washington Post, Hannah Natanson, Jeff Stein, Lisa Rein DOGE
First IRS, Now DOGE Busts Its Way Into the Social Security Administration Talking Points Memo Data Exfiltration, DOGE, Internal Revenue Service, Leland Dudek*, News and Analysis (Mainstream), Social Security Administration, Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall DOGE