elon said it is a matter of national security so historically that means there is a lot to hide

If the address isn’t the office building they’re supposed to be in, sell the office building and close the agency.

Cause the DHS account got exposed.

Fox News location is Germany lol.

How does someone register as a grey checkmark (government official)

We already know there country of origin. I think it's to prevent giving away any secret location visits that might effect peace talks.

All they are doing is giving a country of origin. It prevents anonymous accounts from pretending to be from somewhere they aren't to influence discussion with bots. Kinda hard to create a bot farm of verified government officials

So POTUS isn't doxed when operation, "clean slate" goes down! OK honestly I don't know the name of the opp, but you get the idea.

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