During an interview for Face the Nation, Sen. Tillis questioned the Department of Defense's involvement in Starlink's operation. He stated that because the tool is used in military and geopolitical space, there must be guardrails and accountability.
The receipt
- Where
- interview
- Original footage
- Face the Nation · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 52 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 131 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Are you telling me, and I agree with Kevin Kramer, he's a great senator also, are you telling me that we don't know something as important as a tool that's being used by our Western nations is subject to the whims of one CEO and that there are some other, the Star Defense, is that controlled controlled by HILM, controlled by somebody in DOD, we need answers to this question. And I'm not satisfied. I'm glad that the capability is back up. Shame on whoever is responsible for it ever having a lapse. People died in that intervening time. But what I want to know more importantly is to what extent is the Department of Defense and the U .S. government involved in this? I get it's a private company, but they're playing into military space, geopolitical space that there's got to be some guard rounds and guard rails and accountability in my opinion.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.