Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>USAID Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records</p><p>Union representatives demanded that the aid agency follow the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> stated in the Federal Records Act...<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/politics/usaid-shred-burn-documents.html?searchResultPosition=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/11/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/usaid-shred-burn-documents.html?searchResultPosition=2</span></a></p><p>"The email, sent by Erica Y. Carr, the acting exec sect, told employees of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> to empty out the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> safes & personnel document files... “Shred as many <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documents</span></a> first, & reserve the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/burn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burn</span></a> bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>