Elon Musk's DOGE team, launched in collaboration with the Trump administration, has sparked controversy after gaining access to classified information at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The incident, which saw two top USAID security officials placed on leave, raises serious concerns about the team's security protocols and motives.
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) on leave after they refused to hand over classified materials in restricted areas to Elon Musk 's government-inspection teams, a current and a former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Members of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), eventually did gain access Saturday to the aid agency's classified information, which includes intelligence reports, the former official said. Musk's DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials - John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill - believed themselves legally obligated to deny access. The current and former U.S. officials had knowledge of the incident and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share the information. Musk on Sunday responded to an X post about the news by saying, 'USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.' He followed with multiple additional posts on X about the aid agency. Kate Miller, who serves on an advisory board for DOGE, said in a separate post that no classified material was accessed 'without proper security clearances.' It comes a day after DOGE carried out a similar operation at the Treasury Department, gaining access to sensitive information including the Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems. The Washington Post reported that a senior Treasury official had resigned over Musk's team accessing sensitive information. Musk formed DOGE in cooperation with the Trump administration with the stated goal of finding ways to fire federal workers, cut programs and slash federal regulations. USAID, whose website vanished Saturday without explanation, has been one of the federal agencies most targeted by the Trump administration in an escalating crackdown on the federal government and many of its programs
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