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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Hawkinson

USAID officials on leave after protecting classified docs from Elon Musk’s DOGE

Two top USAID officials are on leave after denying Elon Musk’s DOGE access to classified documents they didn’t have adequate security clearance to access them - (via REUTERS)

Two top security chiefs with the U.S. Agency for International Development are on leave after they carried out their legal obligation to protect classified information from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Associated Press reports.

After DOGE’s government-inspection teams requested classified documents this week, USAID Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy Brian McGill barred them from access because they didn’t have adequate security clearance, the AP reports.

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