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This wholesale shredding of Government Documents just ordered at USAID, violates all sorts of laws, including the Federal Records Act, and the legislative purpose of NARA. To say nothing of Government Accountability, Contractual record-keeping, and US financial obligations and Inter-national agreements.
The wholesale shredding of Government Documents above all, would hold the evidence that USAID was operating “above board” — evidence that would prove — or DISPROVE — the Musk accusations of “waste, fraud, and abuse.”
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USAID staffers received an email from USAID acting executive secretary Erica Carr directing them to clear out classified safes and personnel documents, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The shredding instruction regarding sensitive documents was first reported by ProPublica.
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email reads. If you need to use the burn bags, do not overfill, and ensure the burn bag can be closed with staples at the top. The only labeling required on the burn bags are the words 'SECRET' and 'USAID/(B/IO)' in dark sharpie if possible. If you need additional burn bags or sharpie markers, please let me or the SEC InfoSec team know."
The documents being ordered destroyed could be evidence for multiple court filings against the Trump administration and the government aid agency, one source familiar with the instructions about the handling of USAID records told CBS News.
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Occam’s Razor says: Someone is covering their tracks.
I hope other someones are working on getting a Court injunction to stop these likely illegal acts — dead in their illegally-ordered tracks.
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Hat-tip to a Deadline White House report which brought this important story to our attention.
The Trump-Musk-Rubio Government dismantling effort continues … including destroying any evidence contrary to their “false accusations” to shutdown the USAID Agency.
Yet another Federal Agency established by Congress; and therefore according to the Constitution, only the Congress should be able to decommission it. Hopefully, in a legal, orderly, historically respectful way.
You know, the last thing the Trump Administration is about ...
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Hmmm, I wonder where the USAID Acting Secretary, got the “burn bags’ idea, eh?
