AP says members of the Government Efficiency Department have obtained access to United States Agency’s confidential information for International Development (USAID), which include secret service reports, which had been denied to them earlier.
The US government has removed two US agency security heads for foreign aid after they refused to deliver confidential material to the department directed by Elon Musk, two sources told Associated Press on Sunday.
The US news agency AP, which identifies sources as a current and a former US employee, says members of the government efficiency department, known as Doge, finally obtained on Saturday access to confidential information from the United States agency For International Development (USAID), which include secret service reports, which had been denied them earlier.
Doge’s inspection team, headed by billionaire Elon Musk, did not have enough level security permission to access that information, so USAID Security Director John Vorhees and Deputy Brian McGill were legally required to deny -Hees the access.
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According to the sources of AP, theS two were license. Doge is not part of the government, but was charged with the new president of the United States, Donald Trump, to identify ways to reduce the costs of public administration.
The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to share the information, the news agency explains.
A day earlier, Doge carried out a similar operation in the Treasury Department, gaining access to sensitive information from its funds and payments system, including social security and Medicare customers, the Northern Government’s health insurance system, American directed to those over 65.
He indicated in the Friday’s edition that Treasury Vice-Secretary David Lebryk was fired after more than 30 years of service after Dogu requested access to confidential data from the department.
