A senior official at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directed multiple staff members to meet at its headquarters Tuesday to destr
A senior official at the United States Agency for International Development directed multiple staff members to meet at its headquarters Tuesday to destroy documents, many of which are sensitive, PoliticoThe outlet said USAID Acting Executive Secretary Erica Carr wrote in an email to employees they needed to meet for an “all day” effort to destroy personnel documents and contents of “classified safes.
” Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,” Carr reportedly wrote. She also instructed staff to label the “burn bags” “SECRET” with a Sharpie, according to Politico. The outlet noted a former employee confirmed its account of the email and described the destruction of documents as unprecedented. “I’ve never seen something like this – en masse,” that person reportedly said. “Everyone with a safe is supposed to keep it up to date and destroy documents when they no longer need to be stored. Sometimes security will check your safe and tell you if you have to clean out old material.”on social media platform X that a similar report of the email by a CBS News employee was “more fake news hysteria.” “This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content , and the originals still exist on classified computer systems,” Kelly said.the body canceled more than 80% of USAID’s programs. “The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, , the core national interests of the United States,” he claimed on X. Rubio thanked his staff and the Department of Government Efficiency , a White House unit, for their work. DOGE head Elon Musk replied it was “tough, but necessary.”
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USAID official directed staff to destroy sensitive documents, Politico reportsA senior official at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directed multiple staff members to meet at its headquarters Tuesday to destr
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USAID official directed staff to destroy sensitive documents, Politico reportsA senior official at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) directed multiple staff members to meet at its headquarters Tuesday to destr
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