- Washington, D.C.
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- USA
  location (geo:U.S., geo:the United States, geo:USA, geo:United States, org:the United States, geo:US, org:U.S., org:US)
- Elon Musk
  person
- DOGE
  organisation
- United States Agency for International Development
  organisation

USAID officials at loggerheads with Elon Musk's DOGE over system access, sent on leave

Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times

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The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s government-inspection teams
The Gazette
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Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.
HuffPost
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Trump administration officials are actively discussing placing USAID under the authority of the State Department.
NBC News
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The demands led to a tense standoff during which a senior deputy to Musk threatened to call the US marshals in to grant access to the building.
Guardian

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