{"id":2398012,"date":"2025-02-02T14:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-security-leaders-on-leave-after-denying-doge-access-to-classified-documents-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T19:39:00","slug":"usaid-security-leaders-on-leave-after-denying-doge-access-to-classified-documents-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usaid-security-leaders-on-leave-after-denying-doge-access-to-classified-documents-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID security leaders on leave after denying DOGE access to classified documents &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusaid-security-leaders-on-leave-after-denying-doge-access-to-classified-documents-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398012&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two senior officials at the United States\u2062 Agency for \u200bInternational Progress (USAID)\u2063 have been placed \u2064on leave by \u2062the Trump governance \u2064after refusing\u2064 to provide classified documents to a \u2062Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-suspends-all-imports-of-mexican-avocados\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Suspends All Imports Of Mexican Avocados\">inspection team<\/a>. The\u2063 officials, John\u200d Vorhees and\u2064 his deputy Brian McGill, were\u200c reportedly required to deny access due to a\u2064 lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-suddenly-realize-karine-jean-pierre-is-terrible-at-her-job\/\" title=\"Dems Suddenly Realize Karine Jean-Pierre Is Terrible at Her Job\">proper security clearances<\/a> \u200bfor the DOGE team. \u200cDespite their refusal, the inspection team eventually \u200bgained access to\u200d the documents.\u2064 Elon Musk, who was\u200c involved wiht the DOGE \u2062team, criticized USAID, referring\u200d to it as a\u2062 &#8220;criminal institution&#8221; on social media. This incident\u2063 occurred shortly after Musk\u2019s team had also accessed sensitive information from \u200bthe\u2064 Treasury Department.The Washington Examiner\u2064 has sought comments from USAID and DOGE regarding these\u200d events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">USAID security leaders on leave after denying DOGE access to classified documents<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1957950\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fall-of-a-country-the-untold-eyewitness-story-of-afghanistans-collapse\/\" title=\"The Fall of A Country: The Untold, Eyewitness Story Of Afghanistan\u2019s Collapse\">senior security officials<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United States Agency for International Development<\/a> were placed on leave by the Trump administration after refusing to hand over classified documents to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Department of Government Efficiency<\/a> inspection team, according to a report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The two USAID security officials, John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill, were legally required to deny Elon Musk&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-flight-inspection-makes-shocking-discovery-on-boeing-plane-that-just-carried-145-people\/\" title=\"Shocking Findings Revealed During Post-Flight Check on Boeing Aircraft After Carrying 145 Passengers\">inspection teams<\/a> access<\/a> to the documents since they did not have the proper security clearances to access the documents, a current and former U.S. official told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/doge-musk-trump-classified-information-usaid-security-35101dee28a766e0d9705e0d47958611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Associated Press<\/a> <\/em>on the condition of anonymity since they were not authorized to discuss the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musk&rsquo;s inspection teams were eventually able to gain access to the classified documents on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a series of posts to social media on Sunday, Musk derided the USAID, calling it a &ldquo;criminal organization&rdquo; and that it was &ldquo;time&rdquo; for it to &ldquo;die.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The DOGE team gaining access to classified documents comes just a day after a DOGE-commissioned team gained access to sensitive information from the Treasury Department, including the Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to USAID and DOGE for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1957950\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1957950\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USAID security officials suspended for denying DOGE document access<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2398013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/elon-musk-DOGE-capitol-hill.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32575,23466,49679,16381,32076],"class_list":["post-2398012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-classified-documents","tag-doge","tag-security-leaders","tag-usaid","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/elon-musk-DOGE-capitol-hill.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398016,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398012\/revisions\/2398016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}