Senior USAID Security Officials Put on Leave After Refusing Musk’s Doge Access to Agency Systems

NEW: Two top security officials at USAID were put on admin leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Musk’s DOGE to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told @MarquardtA & me

— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) February 2, 2025

On Sunday, in response to CNN’s report, Musk said that “USAID is a criminal organization.”

“Time for it to die,” he posted on X. It was one of many posts and reposts by the X owner attacking the agency on Sunday.https://t.co/Iyhtr8h6Dc

— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) February 2, 2025