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Ayone in Congress trying to stop illegal destruction of records at USAID?
Is anyone in Congress marching down to USAID offices and demand a halt to this illegal destruction of government records?[image or embed]— David Corn (@davidcorn.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
— Jesse Eisinger (@jeisinger.bsky.social) 2025-03-11T15:42:44.960Z
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
The email came from from the agency's acting executive secretary.
He asked Kel McClanahan, a national security attorney, if this was legal. "No it is not," he said. It breaks the Federal Records Act. "Classified records are still federal records."
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