Members of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE. They eventually gain the access the Saturday to the aid agency’s classified information. That includes the intelligence reports and a former official said.
The Trump administration placed two top security chiefs at the US Agency for International Development on leave after they refused and turn over classified material in the restricted areas.
Elon Musk’s government assessment teams, a current and a former US official stated the Associated Press on Sunday.
According to the report Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high enough security clearance for accessing the information. Two USAID security officials John Vorhees and Deputy Brian McGill were lawfully bound to restrict access.
The current and former US officials knew about the incident. They also spoke based on the condition of anonymity hence they were not authorized to share the information.
I also came a day after DOGE carried out a similar operation at the Treasury Department. Gaining access the sensitive information that included social security and the Medicare customer payment system.
Musk developed DOGE in partnership with the new Trump administration with the stated goal of discovering ways to fire federal workers. Their target is to cut programs and slash federal regulations.
