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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump medication has placed 2 apical information chiefs astatine the U.S. Agency for International Development connected permission aft they refused to crook implicit classified worldly successful restricted areas to Elon Musk's government-inspection teams, a existent and a erstwhile U.S. authoritative told The Associated Press connected Sunday.
Members of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known arsenic DOGE, yet did summation entree Saturday to the assistance agency's classified information, which includes quality reports, the erstwhile authoritative said.
Musk's DOGE unit lacked high-enough information clearance to entree that information, truthful the 2 USAID information officials — John Vorhees and lawman Brian McGill — were legally obligated to contradict access.
The existent and erstwhile U.S. officials had cognition of the incidental and spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to stock the information.
It comes a time aft DOGE carried retired a akin cognition astatine the Treasury Department, gaining entree to delicate accusation including the Social Security and Medicare lawsuit outgo systems.
Musk formed DOGE successful practice with the caller Trump medication with the stated extremity of uncovering ways to occurrence national workers, chopped programs and slash national regulations.
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AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee successful Panama City contributed to this report.
