USAID staff instructed to clear out classified safes and shred or burn documents
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As USAID clears out, official directs employees to use burn bags on documents
A USAID official instructed employees Tuesday on "clearing our classified safes" by shredding documents at the embattled foreign aid agency's Washington headquarters.ABC News - 10h -
USAID employees told to burn or shred classified documents
The U.S. Agency for International Development is instructing its staff in Washington to shred and burn documents, according to an email obtained by NBC News.NBC News - 13h -
USAid employees told to destroy classified documents, email shows
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U.S.A.I.D. Official Orders Employees to Shred or Burn Classified and Personnel Records
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More than 80% of USAID programmes 'officially ending'
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