USAID Official Orders All Remaining Employees to Shed All Remaining Documents

A senior official at USAID instructed the agency's remaining staff to convene at the agency's now-former headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for an "all day" group effort to destroy documents stored there, many of which contain sensitive information.
The materials earmarked for destruction include contents of the agency's "classified safes and personnel documents" at the Ronald Reagan Building, said an email sent by USAID's acting executive director, Erica Carr, and obtained by POLITICO.
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email said. Carr instructed staff to label the burn bags with the words "SECRET" and "USAID/B/IO/" (agency shorthand for "bureau or independent office") in dark Sharpie.
The email didn't provide any reason for the document destruction.

Unbelievable.

But wait -- the Highly Suspicious Shredding Party is Trump's fault, Politico has decided.

The effort also underscores the tumultuous way in which the Trump administration is dismantling an agency that once managed a $40 billion annual budget and had more than 10,000 staff around the world.

Trump made them destroy evidence of their lawbreaking!

Posted by: Ace at 06:32 PM

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1 Arf. Arf.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at March 11, 2025 06:32 PM (Hb1TX)

2 First?

Posted by: Ette from Tex at March 11, 2025 06:32 PM (SNf74)

3 Get fucked

Posted by: steevy at March 11, 2025 06:32 PM (KQk9m)

4 Leftists aren't the only ones who can get a court injunction. Pam? Ms. Bondi?

Posted by: Trump poisoned by cat at March 11, 2025 06:34 PM (WWpK6)

5 How big is the shed?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2025 06:34 PM (63Dwl)

6 Seems like a good time for the US Marshalls to go in right now and seize everything.

Posted by: SimoHayha at March 11, 2025 06:34 PM (KfVMM)

7 Wouldn't Rubio be able to stop this in its tracks?

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:35 PM (2ap+5)

8 Getting rid of the evidence by hiding the money trail...

If they do this, they should be prosecuted.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (QAkQ3)

9 Stop all shredding until Taibbi and Shellenberger have reviewed everything.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (2ap+5)

10 Corgis called.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (VNX3d)

11 They may be safe from breaking the law on this one, so what should be done to ensure that this doesn't happen again is to utterly destroy the USAID/NGO apparatus.

I wish I could say that I'm confident of this happening but there are too many RINOs who profit from this.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (euGj6)

12 Prison. Right now!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (P6w20)

13 According to the Trump administration, all those files are backed up. My guess is that this isn't about coverup but about cleaning house and emptying out the buildings.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (2VST1)

14 I don't think they can even delete an email legally.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (Vu7tB)

15 You are cordially invited to a felonious destruction of evidence of fraud party.

Refreshments will be served.
(also prison time)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (fmHpk)

16 The effort also underscores the tumultuous way in which the Trump administration is dismantling an agency that once managed a $40 billion annual budget and had more than 10,000 staff around the world.
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("And paid us a LOT of money!")

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (krQz2)

17 7 Wouldn't Rubio be able to stop this in its tracks?
Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:35 PM (2ap+5)

Shhh.... big boss is out of town doing Peace stuff....

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (QAkQ3)

18 Nothing says GUILTY like shredding fucking documents...

Where's a judge to stop this unlawful behavior... Lol. Right

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (XLfSN)

19 Rico case.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (Vu7tB)

20 You are cordially invited to a felonious destruction of evidence of fraud party.

Refreshments will be served.
(also prison time)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (fmHpk)
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Do you want s'more?

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (krQz2)

21 How many years must you retain tax records?

Posted by: huerfano at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (n2swS)

22 They are going to get in the building, how?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (mB6WH)

23 21 Three.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (Vu7tB)

24 I'm sure *somebody* could show up to secure the building, right?

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (azSra)

25 Now that Trump has ordered them to burn them, the Dems will publish them just to spite him.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (n7h9X)

26 Rubio is going to tear those USAID guys new ones for interrupting his Nobel Prize efforts with this garbage.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (2ap+5)

27 Nothing says GUILTY like shredding fucking documents...

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at March 11, 2025 06:37 PM (XLfSN)
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Well, it's a crime, so....

The Dems had an apoplectic fit over a general taking his binder home as just some sort of beyond the pale irresponsible treatment of government documents.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:38 PM (krQz2)

28 13 According to the Trump administration, all those files are backed up. My guess is that this isn't about coverup but about cleaning house and emptying out the buildings.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (2VST1)

With just copies of original documents, doesn't it get hard to use them as evidence in a court? Especially just electronic documents. You'd have to prove chain of custody and with the new AI graphics stuff... I'm sure its about to get even harder.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 06:39 PM (QAkQ3)

29 Ukraine hacked Twitter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:39 PM (Vu7tB)

30 7 Wouldn't Rubio be able to stop this in its tracks?
Posted by: Oglebay

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I mean, this is the test right here.

If he is MAGA, he sends email saying that all evidence must be preserved and anyone shredding any documents will face prosecution.

If he is little Marco and captured by the deep state, he will let it happen.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 11, 2025 06:39 PM (fmHpk)

31 A senior official at USAID instructed the agency's remaining staff to convene at the agency's now-former headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for an "all day" group effort to destroy documents stored there, many of which contain sensitive information.

Destroying government documents is a felony. Arrest one person and charge them hard.

Put the fear of God into these people.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2025 06:39 PM (k3Vs9)

32
According to the Trump administration, all those files are backed up.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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Even the ones in classified safes? (whatever those are)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:39 PM (RlOnk)

33 Every single person that participated in the shredding is guilty of a felony. The person who sent the email(s) is also guilty of conspiracy.

From the federal records act of 1950:

"The maximum penalty for the willful and unlawful removal, mutilation, obliteration or destruction of any Federal record is three years in prison (18 U.S.C. 2071)."

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (e5NfL)

34 Taking secret documents to the wood shred is the worst!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (/tzYP)

35 Here is a funny thing, those docs were printed from a computer. With memory and stuff.

Posted by: runner at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (g47mK)

36 What year is this, 1972?

I mean, I know it's government, but still -- I have to imagine everything is digitized.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (uCjyK)

37 Right on!

Posted by: Oliver North at March 11, 2025 06:41 PM (Vj4xA)

38 What we need is somebody akin to "Walker, Texas Ranger" who has jurisdiction in DC. Just him and 2 or 3 other guys could protect the building from an armed seige for a couple of days until reinforcements arrived.

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 06:41 PM (azSra)

39 The email didn't provide any reason for the document destruction.
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Nothing bespeaks institutional integrity quite like shredding all your documents.

Clean as a hound's ~~tooth~~ asshole.

When they finish shredding the documents, let's shred the employees, too.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:41 PM (YqDXo)

40 Aren't the documents in a mine? Where are they going to find an extension cord that long?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (Vu7tB)

41 If the documents are saved digitally they can be recovered, unless the drives contain all my family pictures.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (2ap+5)

42
A senior official at USAID instructed the agency's remaining staff --
Posted by: rickb223

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Wait, "remaining staff"? Rubio cut 83% of the programs and put the remainder of USAID directly under his control. Does it take 5 business days to disable everyone's badge or something?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (RlOnk)

43 What year is this, 1972?

I mean, I know it's government, but still -- I have to imagine everything is digitized.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM

You would think so, but that is most definitely not the case, especially with classified documents.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (e5NfL)

44 And next an interview with Samantha "Two Sheds" Power.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (/tzYP)

45 You'd think someone would have changed the locks on the building after removing all its identifying information.

How do they plan to get in?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (hB7mE)

46 What we need is somebody akin to "Walker, Texas Ranger" who has jurisdiction in DC. Just him and 2 or 3 other guys could protect the building from an armed seige for a couple of days until reinforcements arrived.
Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 06:41 PM (azSra)

Bug bombs on each floor.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (VNX3d)

47 Wait, "remaining staff"? Rubio cut 83% of the programs and put the remainder of USAID directly under his control. Does it take 5 business days to disable everyone's badge or something?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (RlOnk)

The IT dudes DOGE works with are 'staff'..

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (n7h9X)

48 Brings a tear to the eye.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (bss/y)

49 Does it take 5 business days to ~~disable~~ differently enable everyone's badge or something?
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Fixed.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (/tzYP)

50 With just copies of original documents, doesn't it get hard to use them as evidence in a court? Especially just electronic documents. You'd have to prove chain of custody and with the new AI graphics stuff... I'm sure its about to get even harder.

uh...sorry judge, this evidence is all we got. They must have burned the exculpatory stuff.

Posted by: DanMan at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (8uzBS)

51 And next an interview with Samantha "Two Sheds" Power.
Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (/tzYP)
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Like the reference.

(Wanted to use thumbs up emojis, but they just look so bad in native HTML entities)

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (krQz2)

52 Every single person that participated in the shredding is guilty of a felony. The person who sent the email(s) is also guilty of conspiracy.

From the federal records act of 1950:

"The maximum penalty for the willful and unlawful removal, mutilation, obliteration or destruction of any Federal record is three years in prison (18 U.S.C. 2071)."

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (e5NfL)
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Pam, over to you.

I hope that's three years in the slam for each document destroyed.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (YqDXo)

53 Reminds me of the scene in The Devil's Advocate.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (VofaG)

54
From the federal records act of 1950:

"The maximum penalty for the willful and unlawful removal, mutilation, obliteration or destruction of any Federal record is three years in prison (18 U.S.C. 2071)."
Posted by: Mister Scott

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Sandy Berger and Hillary Clinton showed how meaningless that is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (RlOnk)

55 From the federal records act of 1950:

"The maximum penalty for the willful and unlawful removal, mutilation, obliteration or destruction of any Federal record is three years in prison (18 U.S.C. 2071)."
Posted by: Mister Scott

Per document?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 11, 2025 06:43 PM (k3Vs9)

56 You would think so, but that is most definitely not the case, especially with classified documents.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (e5NfL)

Send those to the archives. next to the Ark of the Vovenant.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2025 06:44 PM (n7h9X)

57 The effort also underscores the tumultuous way in which the Trump administration is dismantling an agency that once managed a $40 billion annual budget and had more than 10,000 staff around the world.
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That's a boatload of corruption right there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:44 PM (YqDXo)

58 13 According to the Trump administration, all those files are backed up. My guess is that this isn't about coverup but about cleaning house and emptying out the buildings.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:36 PM (2VST1)

My take also.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (pohLc)

59 If the documents are saved digitally they can be recovered, unless the drives contain all my family pictures.
Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:42 PM (2ap+5)
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Wedding plans and yoga instructions.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (krQz2)

60 Imagine if you get audited by the IRS and you tell the auditor that you shredded all the documentation involved in preparing your tax return. /shudder

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (YqDXo)

61 GO TO JAIL

Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (nK972)

62 Seems like mind games to make Trump look ineffective. Lawfare-ish if you will. Market tank-ish even.

Posted by: Francis at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (bbuBP)

63 Anything about craming classified documents up your pant legs?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (Vu7tB)

64 Power was the director of USAID. Did this come from.her?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (mB6WH)

65 I thought they were all locked out of the former USAID HQ ???

Posted by: deadrody at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (vgB0v)

66 GO TO JAIL
Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (nK972)
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Right away.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:46 PM (krQz2)

67 Here is a funny thing, those docs were printed from a computer. With memory and stuff.

Posted by: runner at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM

I don't know about the rest of the federal government but in the Navy and Marine Corps every copier and printer stored at least the last 25 documents copied or printed on them. I had no clue about that until we had an issue with unauthorized document copying and the NMCI guys came in and started printing out stuff that had been copied. It was an eye opener.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 06:46 PM (e5NfL)

68 Whoops ! We accidentally mixed in the Epstein files with the USAID files.

My Bad. -----

FBI liaison assigned to the USAID.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 06:46 PM (VofaG)

69 This is awful but Felonious Destruction was a great jazz pianist and composer.

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 06:47 PM (/tzYP)

70
Isn't is some sort of rule in court cases that if a defendant destroys evidence, the jury is free to assume the worse about the contents of said evidence?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 11, 2025 06:47 PM (w6EFb)

71 36 What year is this, 1972?

I mean, I know it's government, but still -- I have to imagine everything is digitized.

Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (uCjyK)
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Except the SS records in that PA mine ......

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Dottore, ho molta sete at March 11, 2025 06:47 PM (KjLnc)

72 The shredding tells you it's working!

Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2025 06:47 PM (AOsQT)

73 Well, let's hope for the sake of the employees "following orders" that the order wasn't illegal. Because if it was, then:

-Conspiracy to commit a crime
-Aiding and Abetting in the facilitation of a crime

Posted by: Orson at March 11, 2025 06:48 PM (dIske)

74 The email didn't provide any reason for the document destruction.
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Can you say "mens rea?" I can.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:48 PM (YqDXo)

75 Anything about craming classified documents up your pant legs?

"how about into your socks? Asking for... a friend"
--Sandy Berger

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:48 PM (2VST1)

76 Seems like mind games to make Trump look ineffective. Lawfare-ish if you will. Market tank-ish even.
Posted by: Francis at March 11, 2025 06:45 PM (bbuBP)

Anybody in the markets checking USAID futures is bad at his job.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 11, 2025 06:48 PM (n7h9X)

77 I mean, I know it's government, but still -- I have to imagine everything is digitized.
Posted by: Harry Paratestes at March 11, 2025 06:40 PM (uCjyK)

Digitized and, I suspect, archived on servers just as classified as the working documents.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (rj6Yv)

78 USAID is not the type of agency that should have any of its information or work product classified.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (R256O)

79 I guess USAID just decided that Trump and Musk ain't playin'.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (YqDXo)

80 I had no clue about that until we had an issue with unauthorized document copying and the NMCI guys came in and started printing out stuff that had been copied. It was an eye opener.

Why are half of these documents a photocopy of your ass, ensign??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (2VST1)

81 "The shredding tells you it's working!"

I would have also accepted "means" for "tells you".

Shampoo reference I think.

Posted by: Francis at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (bbuBP)

82
Aren't the documents in a mine? Where are they going to find an extension cord that long?
Posted by: Boss Moss

They use an alligator.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (63Dwl)

83 Isn't is some sort of rule in court cases that if a defendant destroys evidence, the jury is free to assume the worse about the contents of said evidence?

that's what I was implying at #50

Posted by: DanMan at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (8uzBS)

84 USAID is not the type of agency that should have any of its information or work product classified.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (R256O)
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Exactly. It'd be like NPR or CPB shredding documents. Why are they doing that? To protect Sesame Street?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:50 PM (YqDXo)

85 Yeah, so I hate to interrupt the hair on fire moment, but there are a lot of legacy files throughout the government and they sit around because no one wants to waste the time destroying them.

However, when there has to be a renovation or - a department closure - then it's time to break out the shredders and dump all that crap.

Midway through my career, all the medical files were uploaded and so I was offered paper copies if I wanted. Otherwise they were destroyed. Later on, my personnel file was also digitized, so I got that as well.

The "tell" for me is that it specifically mentions personnel files. No fed would ever willingly shred their own personnel records.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)

86
Digitized and, I suspect, archived on servers just as classified as the working documents.
Posted by: mrp

Servers in Hillary's bathroom.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (63Dwl)

87 So...mass arrests at USAID or nah?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (xcxpd)

88
A senior official at USAID

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Who, exactly?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (d4X7t)

89 Someone should cut the power to the USAID building

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (/ncst)

90 Hmm. This seems like one of those deals where county sheriff's send notiloes people with outstanding warrants the won the lotto. When they come to collect boom on with the handcuffs.

Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (x5Jut)

91 Isn't is some sort of rule in court cases that if a defendant destroys evidence, the jury is free to assume the worse about the contents of said evidence?
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Spoliation of evidence? I'd certainly assume the worst possible construction of that.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (YqDXo)

92 It was my understanding that the building was shuttered. Power has no authority to order anybody anywhere to do anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (mB6WH)

93 It’s Whitewater all over again.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (rJ7Hd)

94 We had an industrial shredder in my office. I used it to shred all my mom's paper bills, tax returns, financial papers, etc after she passed. She was a pharmacist tech by profession but she should have been a head file clerk for the bureau of paper.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 06:52 PM (VofaG)

95 It's hard to get upset about this when I know that not a single person would be prosecuted anyway. If they did, it would be in a DC court stacked with swamp critters.

Posted by: ryukyu at March 11, 2025 06:52 PM (251iY)

96 Bullshit. You don't think that's a tad too on the nose...geez ace.

Posted by: Miken at March 11, 2025 06:52 PM (hhQbk)

97 I should clarify, that this was the military I was talking about. The ANG was a bit behind the times but we eventually reorganized the Medical Group and took out boxes of files for destruction. My daughter's been doing this even now.

So this is not really a story about anything other than the finality of the closure.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:53 PM (ZOv7s)

98 The debbil made me do it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 11, 2025 06:53 PM (W2Pud)

99 The "tell" for me is that it specifically mentions personnel files. No fed would ever willingly shred their own personnel records.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)
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Great. So we don't have to pay them pensions or Social Security, because now there's no proof that they ever worked there.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:53 PM (YqDXo)

100 All USAID employees should be considered suspect and criminals. Which they are.
Fire them all and they all should be made to walk the gauntlet of blows until they reach the exit, with a swift boot in the ass as they hit the bricks.

Posted by: No More Mr.Nice Guy at March 11, 2025 06:53 PM (R/m4+)

101 >USAID Official Orders All Remaining Employees to Shed All Remaining Documents
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Gosh I sure hope Trump reads POLITICO

Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2025 06:54 PM (AOsQT)

102 Forgive me for not googling this but isn’t there some official chain of command or some such thing that says who can and can’t shred classified documents?

According to the dems, mishandling classified documents is the other side of treason.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2025 06:54 PM (rJ7Hd)

103 At a minimum, this looks bad, especially in light of all the other malfeasance that DOGE has turned up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:54 PM (YqDXo)

104 78 USAID is not the type of agency that should have any of its information or work product classified.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (R256O)

US Aid was literally a Congress approved slush fund, used by the State Dept. in conjunction with Intel agencies, to fund groups who supposedly forwarded American interests.

They were the conduit for things like funding the Ukraine Color Revolution... by giving grants to Non Government Organizations, who then laundered and funneled the money to various groups... many of which had nothing to do with actual American interests.

It was an out of control slush fund... but it had ties to the Intel Agencies, and the classified stuff the State Department does.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 06:55 PM (QAkQ3)

105 Where is Bondi? She needs to attend this event with Kash and about 50 agents.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 06:55 PM (v0R5T)

106
I wonder if that dead racist Democrat from Texas is still "voting" in the House.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 11, 2025 06:55 PM (DAbg4)

107 Digitized and, I suspect, archived on servers just as classified as the working documents.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 06:49 PM (rj6Yv)
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Bad news. They're Atari STs.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:55 PM (krQz2)

108 Great. So we don't have to pay them pensions or Social Security, because now there's no proof that they ever worked there.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 06:53 PM (YqDXo)
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That's why this is a non-story in terms of law-breaking.

They're not going to delete their pension. These are paper archives that would have set there forever because they are too lazy to shred them but now they have to vacate the premises so it's getting done.

Again, when Personnel Flight was relocated, that's why they cleared out all the cabinets and I got all my documents, including copies of my enlistment paperwork, etc. Naturally I kept it because if the digital version goes bye-bye, I've got the originals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:56 PM (ZOv7s)

109
Power was the director of USAID. Did this come from.her?
Posted by: Ben Had

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She was fired weeks ago -- so it probably came from Obama.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (RlOnk)

110 Are these employees authorization clearance to handle these restricted/ secret files?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (VofaG)

111 According to the dems, mishandling classified documents is the other side of treason.
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No, they lost any remaining shreds of that with "wipe it, like with a cloth"?

The pure *evil* that one single family committed...

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (azSra)

112 I picture the USAID workers throwing piles of papers in a giant fireplace with a roaring fire. Something like a German HQ hastily burning evidence as the Allies close in.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (dJimA)

113 Oh, there's Good News, Tonight!
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Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff.
@DOGE
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Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (krQz2)

114 Here is a funny thing, those docs were printed from a computer. With memory and stuff.
Posted by: runner
.......

That's weird.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (v0R5T)

115 Its worth remembering that Politico is not exactly the gold standard for honesty or lack of bias. 24 hour rule, at least.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (2VST1)

116 >>Nothing says GUILTY like shredding fucking documents...

You are literally allowed to consider anything they destroy in the worst possible light.

It is a tacit admission of guilt and can be treated nearly as such in any prosecution.

Posted by: garrett at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (npXNI)

117
I'm looking up this spoliation of evidence rules. Don't know about criminal cases, but in civil, spoliation results in adverse inference. IOW, if you destroy or mess with it, the jury is free to infer said evidence was against you.

That can even apply with accidental spoliation, where there was no real intent to mess with the evidence, just whoopsie for real.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (w6EFb)

118 It’s unbelievable.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (UYYJi)

119 You know who else burned documents?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM (Vu7tB)

120 My question is, given USAID's purported mission, why da fook do they have any documents classified higher than FOUO?

Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (U/EOd)

121 >>>Unbelievable.

Kind of insurrectiony, yeah?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (i24o9)

122 Rubio storms into the building to find USAID’s director desperately shredding documents while his secretary prints them as fast as she can.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (2ap+5)

123 Forgive me for not googling this but isn’t there some official chain of command or some such thing that says who can and can’t shred classified documents?

According to the dems, mishandling classified documents is the other side of treason.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 11, 2025 06:54 PM (rJ7Hd)
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Yes, and the records would be marked that they are paper duplicates and need to be discarded. There is a whole schedule of what you need to do, but when they are uploaded or digitized, they can destroy the paper.

I suspect DOGE is going to be pushing for a lot of this regarding floor space, since Wing HQ basically got a brand new office worth of space from this. DRMO the file cabinets, typewriters (of course) and you're good to go!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

124 Shed? Shred?

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (QSrLX)

125 Pam ~~Barr~~ Bondi should be on this.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (/U5Yz)

126 >>Isn't is some sort of rule in court cases that if a defendant destroys evidence, the jury is free to assume the worse about the contents of said evidence?

This. Yes.

Posted by: garrett at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (npXNI)

127 109
Power was the director of USAID. Did this come from.her?
Posted by: Ben Had

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She was fired weeks ago -- so it probably came from Obama.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (RlOnk)

Are these the people that judge sent back to work? And suddenly they are told to do this? Nothing USAID does should be classified above "sensitive but unclassified." That they are clearing classified safes is a new one. Why do you need to classify who you are giving money to in poor countries, unless you aren't really doing that and don't want the public to know?

Posted by: moki at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (wLjpr)

128 Blonde Morticia, my point exactly. There is no one left in USAID to order this.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (mB6WH)

129 Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff.
@DOGE
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Woof.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (v0R5T)

130 Usually the smoke test comes after the Pope dies.

Posted by: DaveA at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (FhXTo)

131 Shred cheese-not docs!!

Posted by: Cheese Monger Mario at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (G5+As)

132 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."

Am I dreaming? This is a dream, right?

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (vFG9F)

133 Rubio storms into the building to find USAID’s director desperately shredding documents while his secretary prints them as fast as she can.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (2ap+5)
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LOL.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (krQz2)

134 I bet this was that same asshole in the Cincinnati Regional Office.

Posted by: garrett at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (npXNI)

135 AP 1300 Dept of Ed employees get the axe

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (Vu7tB)

136 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

When did you work for USAID?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (VofaG)

137 This behavior clearly IDs them as traitors - so: Why can't we shoot them? I'll wait ...

Posted by: Dr_No at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (ayRl+)

138 Shreddin' like Alan Holdsworth.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (krQz2)

139 120 My question is, given USAID's purported mission, why da fook do they have any documents classified higher than FOUO?
Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (U/EOd)

To hide shit from the American people... just like a lot of the other classified crap out there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (QAkQ3)

140 132 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."

Am I dreaming? This is a dream, right?
Posted by: fd

It's a wet dream for me.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (/U5Yz)

141
Yeah, so I hate to interrupt the hair on fire moment, but there are a lot of legacy files throughout the government and they sit around because no one wants to waste the time destroying them.

However, when there has to be a renovation or - a department closure - then it's time to break out the shredders and dump all that crap.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Why is it impossible for the "senior official" to clarify this if that's what's happening?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (RlOnk)

142 re these employees authorization clearance to handle these restricted/ secret files?
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 06:57 PM (VofaG)
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They would have to be to enter a secure area.

Because I don't think Musk is an idiot, I'm sure they have electronic files already. What is most likely is that these are archives that were rendered obsolete and no one bothered to do anything about it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

143 Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff.
@DOGE
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Woof.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 07:00 PM (v0R5T)

It's another Trumpmas miracle!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (i24o9)

144 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."

Hard.

Posted by: The Penis at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (R/m4+)

145 Shouldn't the FBI or US Marshals move in and stop the destruction of evidence and arrest everyone involved?

Posted by: Bob in Idaho at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (7M7T+)

146 This behavior clearly IDs them as traitors - so: Why can't we shoot them? I'll wait ...

Posted by: Dr_No at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (ayRl+)
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Like Lindsay said, we give them guns for a reason.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (krQz2)

147 >> Shreddin' like Alan Holdsworth.

Nice.

Posted by: Tony Hawk at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (npXNI)

148 This seems incriminating at face value, but I suspect it's a big nothing-burger.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (XMwZJ)

149 Why is it impossible for the "senior official" to clarify this if that's what's happening?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (RlOnk)
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Because the true story is boring. Look at how Politico has everyone stirred up with a nothingburger!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Can someone please remind me what the Fed case against Enron was all about?

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (rj6Yv)

151 Am I dreaming? This is a dream, right?
Posted by: fd
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Is this real life?
Or is this just fantasy?

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:02 PM (krQz2)

152 AP 1300 Dept of Ed employees get the axe
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (Vu7tB)

I didn't know the Dept of Ed could count that high!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (VNX3d)

153 You know who else burned documents?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 06:58 PM

US Marines on Guadalcanal in August 1942 when they thought they were going to be overrun by the Japanese during one of the earlier battles?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (e5NfL)

154 https://is.gd/1Ln73o

AP 1300 Dept of Ed employees get the axe

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (Vu7tB)

155 Bondi’s too busy redacting the hell out of the Epstein docs.

Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (77rzZ)

156 Rubio is the acting director of USAID. This is clickbait bullshit

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (mB6WH)

157 I read somewhere that photo-copying US currency is a no-no, there is software/hardware inherent to the machine, and it will helpfully send off a message to the us secret service. Something like that. Don’t try this at home, kids

Posted by: Common Tater at March 11, 2025 07:04 PM (XK2P4)

158 Name a car Melania wouldn't look good in.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 11, 2025 06:22 PM (tT6L1)

A box car

Posted by: ... at March 11, 2025 07:04 PM (lX8VI)

159 145 Shouldn't the FBI or US Marshals move in and stop the destruction of evidence and arrest everyone involved?
Posted by: Bob in Idaho

We're busy right now. Please leave a message and we'll return your request as soon as possible. Have a nice day.

Posted by: Pam and Cash at March 11, 2025 07:04 PM (/U5Yz)

160 They should cut bureaucratic staff in half across the board!

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 07:04 PM (2ap+5)

161 Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff.
@DOGE
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Now they are going to have to shred all their kiddie porn.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 07:04 PM (v0R5T)

162 My understanding is, that the only way to get the media to care about the destruction of classified documents is if Margie Haberman of the NYT claims Trump tried to flush them in the toilet.

Must also include a clearly faked photo of fully intact documents inside the bowl, empty of water, of the commode to helpfully illustrate the evil deed.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (MD399)

163 Don't shred your resumes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (Vu7tB)

164 "Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break," the email said. Carr instructed staff to label the burn bags with the words "SECRET" and "USAID/B/IO/" (agency shorthand for "bureau or independent office") in dark Sharpie.
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Hmmm.

And with that action, everything being shredded or burned is now an official, trackable document with chain of custody requirements, recordkeeping requirements and disclosure requirements (or non-disclosure, but that regards external disclosure).

How much stuff is in those bags that shouldn't be? Probably a lot. But the real question for me is, "what shouldn't be there because it is inappropriate, and what shouldn't be there because it should never have existed?" Probably mostly the former, but some of the latter.

Trump needs to send the Marshals to secure that facility. These are all official memos now. Go see what's in there. It's probably mostly lunch receipts, but there may be some there there, too. USAID executives are probably stupid enough to put something actually important in those bags.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (kBSKe)

165 Shouldn't the FBI or US Marshals move in and stop the destruction of evidence and arrest everyone involved?
Posted by: Bob in Idaho at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (7M7T+)
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After 7 years, most federal records can be discarded, but first they go to St. Louis for review and final disposition is carried out.

These files probably go back to 1961 because no one bothered to do that. They just sat there, collecting dust.

To put it another way, almost all my military "paperwork" was digital. Digital form. Digital signature. Routed digitally.

I seriously doubt USAID is doing paper applications and putting them in file cabinets.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (ZOv7s)

166 "Bondi’s too busy redacting the hell out of the Epstein docs.
Posted by: Bulg"

She's got her hair up in a bun and is wielding the hell out of that marker.

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (vFG9F)

167 I read somewhere that photo-copying US currency is a no-no, there is software/hardware inherent to the machine, and it will helpfully send off a message to the us secret service. Something like that. Don’t try this at home, kids
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I'm going to try that and see if anything happens!

Posted by: Some moron's kid reading that post at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM (azSra)

168 Rubio is the acting director of USAID. This is clickbait bullshit
Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (mB6WH)

Probable. At least it's not what's being presented in the story. The truth is sprinkled in there .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (VofaG)

169 The effort also underscores the tumultuous way in which the Trump administration is dismantling an agency that once managed a $40 billion annual budget and had more than 10,000 staff around the world.
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Tumultuous? No, not at all. If anything, it's been downright orderly. Too orderly. They clearly need a sterner lesson.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (kBSKe)

170
Blonde Morticia, my point exactly. There is no one left in USAID to order this.
Posted by: Ben Had

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Then wtf is going on? (I'm not arguing, just ranting.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (RlOnk)

171 Rubio is the acting director of USAID. This is clickbait bullshit
Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (mB6WH)
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Pretty much.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

172 What this really boils down to is, our side just doesn't know how to play the game. Or, just doesn't have the spine to do it. Unreal.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (dgRL6)

173 Printers will rat you out if you print currency.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:07 PM (Vu7tB)

174 US Marines on Guadalcanal in August 1942 when they thought they were going to be overrun by the Japanese during one of the earlier battles?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (e5NfL)

General Vandegrift swallowed his thumb drive. "Chesty" Puller smashed his drive with a rifle butt.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:07 PM (rj6Yv)

175 Name a car Melania wouldn't look good in.
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A clown car.

Posted by: Family Feud Questions at March 11, 2025 07:07 PM (azSra)

176 Don't shred your resumes.
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:05 PM

Cruelty Level: Chuy

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 11, 2025 07:07 PM (Wnv9h)

177 I doubt there's much juicy in these burn bags, but I wouldn't mind some transparency. USAID has given plenty to woke nonsense, but I want to know about how much of my money has gone directly into the pockets of African, Latin American and Asian warlords.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:08 PM (kBSKe)

178 Then wtf is going on? (I'm not arguing, just ranting.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (RlOnk)
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They are shutting down USAID. That means all the crap has to be cleaned up. I'm pretty sure that they are at using digital files now, because just about everyone is.

So rather than leave this crap for the janitorial staff, they're making the employees clean up their own mess.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)

179 Some of these industrial style paper shredders can suck an arm in.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (/U5Yz)

180
Rubio is the acting director of USAID. This is clickbait bullshit
Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:03 PM (mB6WH)

Probable. At least it's not what's being presented in the story. The truth is sprinkled in there .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

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Let's ask Marco. He isn't busy right now, is he?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (RlOnk)

181 My question is, given USAID's purported mission, why da fook do they have any documents classified higher than FOUO?
Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (U/EOd)

To hide shit from the American people... just like a lot of the other classified crap out there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 07:01 PM (QAkQ3)

That and the financial support of terrorists and their terror-supporting government s

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (i24o9)

182 Because the true story is boring. Look at how Politico has everyone stirred up with a nothingburger!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Politico editor- Trump might make peace in Ukraine! Get me something outrageously outrageable STAT!

Politico intern-on it, Boss, we owe those USAID people a LOT

Posted by: As imagined by Miklos at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (I8gAO)

183 I'd give this story 24hours until it changes. Doesn't smell right.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (mlg/3)

184 Name a car Melania wouldn't look good in.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1)
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My neighbors. I would have to offer an upgrade to mine.

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 07:10 PM (v0R5T)

185 Z is negotiating with someone his own size now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:10 PM (Vu7tB)

186 >>185 Z is negotiating with someone his own size now.
Posted by: Boss Moss

LOL

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:10 PM (/U5Yz)

187 Some of these industrial style paper shredders can suck an arm in.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (/U5Yz)
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These would be the usual ones you see in offices, and yes, they can overheat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

188 Then wtf is going on? (I'm not arguing, just ranting.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:06 PM (RlOnk)
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Could be a couple of things.
As AH Lloyd mentions, it could be already-digitized (or digital-origin) hardcopies that aren't needed and so have to be destroyed in order to unwind operations.

It could be a few remaining insiders trying to cover their tracks by classifying everything and then dumping it in a burn bin.

It could be deliberate distraction, and it's nothing but lunch receipts.

But what I *really* wonder is, "why did USAID have so much classified material?" Why do so many agencies have so much classified material? Why is so much of the US government's operations secret?

The executives of any agency classifying more than 1% of its documents should be subject to cavity searches to find out why.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (kBSKe)

189 Some of these industrial style paper shredders can suck an arm in.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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It is like a dream, isn't it?

Posted by: wth at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (v0R5T)

190 >>Z is negotiating with someone his own size now.

I have called for an end to these negotiations!

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (npXNI)

191 I'd give this story 24hours until it changes. Doesn't smell right.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (mlg/3)

Sending out an email blast to all hands in this political environment with evil intentions in mind does seem unlikely.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (rj6Yv)

192 I mean, what documents would they have on paper only and not scanned or otherwise digitized.

Original deeds? Birf certs? Fingerprint cards?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (mlg/3)

193 Printers will rat you out if you print currency.
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:07 PM (Vu7tB)

Oh, crap.

Posted by: Frank Abagnale the 3rd at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (dgRL6)

194 USAID executives are probably stupid enough to put something actually important in those bags.

Bewbs?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (SbfaR)

195 So rather than leave this crap for the janitorial staff, they're making the employees clean up their own mess.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:08 PM (ZOv7s)

US Aid was probably the biggest money laundering scheme ever. There is no way that there was not internal docs, NOT on servers, talking about things that were going on, and where the money was actually going. Add in all the 'classified safes' they are talking about?

$40 Billion a YEAR. If'n I was the DOJ, I'd seal that building, and as it IS all Government property, start going through it looking for evidence.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (QAkQ3)

196 After 7 years, most federal records can be discarded, but first they go to St. Louis for review and final disposition is carried out.

The same place in St. Louis where all the Veterans' records burned in 1973?

Posted by: Miklos sex good luck with that Korean War DD-214 at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (I8gAO)

197 It’s not an official document-shredding unless a lookalike of 1987 Fawn Hall is involved.

Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

198 I doubt there's much juicy in these burn bags, but I wouldn't mind some transparency. USAID has given plenty to woke nonsense, but I want to know about how much of my money has gone directly into the pockets of African, Latin American and Asian warlords.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:08 PM (kBSKe)

I am more interested in how much to Pelosi, Schumer, Schoff, and Soros.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (i24o9)

199 USAID executives are probably stupid enough to put something actually important in those bags.

Bewbs?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (SbfaR)

Stacks of $500 bills.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (VNX3d)

200 The Paolo has a new, how you say, portfolio to handle...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Paolo Zampolli as Special Envoy for Global Partnerships. With his extensive experience working with the United Nations, the Kennedy Center, and various International initiatives, Paolo will help us advance America’s Interests on the Global stage. Congratulations Paolo!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (/tzYP)

201 Idunno, the smartest people keep reallyreallyreallysecret stuff away from computers, even if sandboxed, just because.

paper documents from a typewriter are capaple of being ++ secure ...

just sayin'

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (RP0h0)

202 Cavity searches? SCTV said 10% won't mind.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (QSrLX)

203 Politico editor- Trump might make peace in Ukraine! Get me something outrageously outrageable STAT!

Politico intern-on it, Boss, we owe those USAID people a LOT
Posted by: As imagined by Miklos at March 11, 2025 07:09 PM (I8gAO)
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"What can we do to change the narrative? What is USAID up to?"

"Not much, they have to clean out the building, all the legacy paper files need to destroyed. They'll need a skid to haul all of it away, so there could be good visuals."

"That's IT! Panicked document destruction. It's Hitler all over again! Run it!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)

204 My question is, given USAID's purported mission, why da fook do they have any documents classified higher than FOUO?
Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM (U/EOd)
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It's an IC operation. It has the highest level of classification. Because the "development" is about building our structure within other countries to support intelligence gathering.

Obama just turned it as if the USA were a foreign country. And the same sort of apparatus that they "developed" in other countries they started to develop here.

The "D" is for "development", it's supposed to make you think of foreign aid--but it's not.

Also, AOC worked for USAID.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (krQz2)

205 192 I mean, what documents would they have on paper only and not scanned or otherwise digitized.

Original deeds? Birf certs? Fingerprint cards?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 11, 2025 07:11 PM (mlg/3)

that note saying where the money is actually going, that you put in your safe to cover your ass... the one that is NOT put online?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (QAkQ3)

206 Melania would look great in the passenger seat of my Rolls Corniche convertible in her 120 shoes. Me, with my silver hair flying in the breeze. People on the sidewalks would look at us-and they're jealous!

Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate Classy Freddie Blassie at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (G5+As)

207 There's not a lot of official hub-bub about this shredding, so my guess is that Team Trump already has everything they need and the shredding is because CBP is going to move into the building soon, and they can't leave Secret documents around because of that.

Posted by: IrishEi at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (3ImbR)

208 Rush used to run parody ads narrated by Clinton impersonator about a shredder with a unique subpoena speed feature. Wonder if those are still available.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (wyfHu)

209 Those new Oliver 74H corn picker/top secret document shredder combos are impressive but can cause injury if safety guidelines are not followed.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (2ap+5)

210 Can you imagine what type of perverse sex acts are being performed on desks by the remaining employees?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (/U5Yz)

211 Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland. Poor Ireland.

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

212 Only one reason to commit a felony and that is to hide much bigger and more numerous felonies.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (17s+e)

213 he Paolo has a new, how you say, portfolio to handle...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Paolo Zampolli as Special Envoy for Global Partnerships. With his extensive experience working with the United Nations, the Kennedy Center, and various International initiatives, Paolo will help us advance America’s Interests on the Global stage. Congratulations Paolo!

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 07:13 PM (/tzYP)
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Special ladies liaison.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (krQz2)

214 The same place in St. Louis where all the Veterans' records burned in 1973?
Posted by: Miklos sex good luck with that Korean War DD-214 at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (I8gAO)
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Probably a different that hasn't burned down yet. How about that mine in Pennsylvania?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)

215 US Aid was probably the biggest money laundering scheme ever. There is no way that there was not internal docs, NOT on servers, talking about things that were going on, and where the money was actually going. Add in all the 'classified safes' they are talking about? ...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 11, 2025 07:12 PM (QAkQ3)
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Two things.

1. Not by a longshot. USAID is middle-sized potatoes.
2. If their executives were clever - and it's entirely possible that they weren't - then the truly important stuff doesn't have a "classified" stamp on it. Like what we saw at DARPA during COVID. Some member of the brass found documents about what EcoHealth was up to, what they wanted, why DARPA turned them down, and a breadcrumb trail leading directly to NIH. That document wasn't classified, it was just deliberately buried in the bowels of DARPA's document system so that it was unlikely to be found. No classification, just yet another file in a gigantic pile of files.

That's how it's done. I don't know if USAID was smart enough to do it that way, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (kBSKe)

216 Destroying government documents I believe is a felony. I hope she enjoys herself in feral PMITA prison.

Posted by: ShainS -- TrumpLand Map: Better Coverage than 5G ... Can you hear us now? at March 11, 2025 07:15 PM (bNus9)

217 200 : low hanging fruit there, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 11, 2025 07:15 PM (RP0h0)

218 211 Poor Ireland.

Rosie better stay in the center of the island. Otherwise, it’ll tip over.

Posted by: Bulg at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (77rzZ)

219 >>Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Paolo Zampolli as Special Envoy for Global Partnerships.

I will be handling ze Backdoor Negotiations.

Posted by: Paolo at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (npXNI)

220 Half the remaining Dept of Ed fired. Randi' s gonna pop

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (2Km7O)

221 There's not a lot of official hub-bub about this shredding, so my guess is that Team Trump already has everything they need and the shredding is because CBP is going to move into the building soon, and they can't leave Secret documents around because of that.
Posted by: IrishEi at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (3ImbR)
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Instead of trying to sort between classified and unclassified, it's easier to just treat it all as classified and destroy it the same way.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)

222 *sends Miklos a chaste kiss on the cheek *

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (mB6WH)

223 Melania would look great in the passenger seat of my Rolls Corniche convertible in her 120 shoes. Me, with my silver hair flying in the breeze. People on the sidewalks would look at us-and they're jealous!
Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate Classy Freddie Blassie

*offers jar of Grey Poupon and a PBR*

Posted by: Miklos in '65 Mustang convertible at March 11, 2025 07:17 PM (I8gAO)

224 220 Half the remaining Dept of Ed fired. Randi' s gonna pop
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Like a festering boil.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:17 PM (/U5Yz)

225 Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland. Poor Ireland.
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Watch it, Ireland might tip over!

Posted by: Representative Hank Johnson at March 11, 2025 07:17 PM (azSra)

226 Arrest them for destroying evidence

Posted by: Skip i at March 11, 2025 07:17 PM (fwDg9)

227 Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland. Poor Ireland.

Posted by: fd at March 11, 2025 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

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And it hasn't capsized yet?

Posted by: ShainS -- TrumpLand Map: Better Coverage than 5G ... Can you hear us now? at March 11, 2025 07:18 PM (bNus9)

228 BTW, wasn't Zampolli one of Chico's character's names in a Marx Bros movie??

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 07:18 PM (/tzYP)

229 I shant believe it.

Posted by: Czech Chick at March 11, 2025 07:18 PM (vK/Ja)

230 Instead of trying to sort between classified and unclassified, it's easier to just treat it all as classified and destroy it the same way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)
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All the more reason why it shouldn't be classified. Classification should be a rare exception.

But then, I also hate FOIA because FOIA sets the expectation that the government is allowed to not disclose things by default, only when demanded. FOIA was a bad idea. It should have been, "everything not formally classified is automatically published after six months or the day after the project, operation, task or program ends, whichever occurs first."

Every E-Mail. Every document. Every memo. Everything should be on the internet and searchable. We have a public government or we don't.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:18 PM (kBSKe)

231 Posted by: Ben Had

Milady hath caused a blush of the chaste cheek

Or that might be the Bourbon

Posted by: Miklos is unused to such at March 11, 2025 07:18 PM (I8gAO)

232 Watch it, Ireland might tip over!

Posted by: Representative Hank Johnson at March 11, 2025 07:17 PM (azSra)

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Horde Mind, Crusader!

Posted by: ShainS -- TrumpLand Map: Better Coverage than 5G ... Can you hear us now? at March 11, 2025 07:19 PM (bNus9)

233 Get your copy of " Destroying Evidence " by Lois Lerner

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:19 PM (mB6WH)

234 #232 Yes indeed!

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 07:19 PM (azSra)

235 Prison?

Posted by: Alexander The Adequate at March 11, 2025 07:20 PM (jQ9Yk)

236 The partnering is a specialty of the Paolo. Expect trade relations to soar.

Posted by: paolo at March 11, 2025 07:20 PM (/tzYP)

237 Oh I give up. Enjoy your panic over nothing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

238 Get your copy of " Destroying Evidence " by Lois Lerner
Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:19 PM (mB6WH)
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Sadly they'll all also get the critically-acclaimed sequel, "walking away from it."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:20 PM (kBSKe)

239 The Texas Tetas!
Texas Rangers Hat Pulled After Backlash over ‘Vulgarity’

The next time the Texas Rangers want to get creative with a hat design, they may want to cross-check it for vulgar references in languages other than English.

The DFW-based franchise recently unveiled new caps that put the organization’s iconic “T” right in the middle of the word “Texas.” However, when the T is placed in the middle of the word, the word actually spelled is “Tetas.”

Tetas, in Spanish, means tits

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 11, 2025 07:21 PM (x5Jut)

240 237 Oh I give up. Enjoy your panic over nothing.
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That's what Ireland said.

Now look at it.

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at March 11, 2025 07:21 PM (/tzYP)

241 > Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland. Poor Ireland.
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Ireland is experiencing population replacement by moslem immigrants

Rosie will be back
moslems abhor pork

Posted by: Don Black at March 11, 2025 07:21 PM (AOsQT)

242 211 Rosie O'Donnell moved to Ireland. Poor Ireland.
Posted by: fd

Don't forget your burka, baby.

If I wasn't dry this week I'd propose a toast.

On second thought, nothing about this bitch deserves any consideration.

Posted by: Auspex at March 11, 2025 07:21 PM (j4U/Z)

243 In a related hair-on-fire MSNBC report, a former FBI employee opined on why Director Patel requested a direct-to-the-White House phone line and also requested a non-FBI protection detail. Because, as the "former FBI employee" smirked, all the other directors avoided direct communications with the White House, exercising their "independence" from political pressure, and thus avoided being termed (in his words) "a lackey".

Things must be getting pretty tight in the J.E. Hoover building.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (rj6Yv)

244 239 The Texas Tetas!

I read that as The Texas Tatas!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (/U5Yz)

245 We must destroy documents to Save Our Democracy

Posted by: jsg at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (UJ+K5)

246 Oh I give up. Enjoy your panic over nothing.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

You know at least 20% of what's getting shredded are pornography and/or possible evidence of marital infidelity that would trigger huge payments for adultery.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (VNX3d)

247 Rosie will be back
moslems abhor pork
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And dogs.

[Also works with 'bitches'.]

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (/tzYP)

248 My question is, given USAID's purported mission, why da fook do they have any documents classified higher than FOUO?

Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 06:59 PM

I should have added a notation that this question is rhetorical.

https://is.gd/yGXK5s

Posted by: Bert G at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (U/EOd)

249 Get your copy of " Destroying Evidence " by Lois Lerner
Posted by: Ben Had

Never buy a surplus laptop from the IRS.

Posted by: Miklos kept his tax records on one at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (I8gAO)

250 I wonder if she will sing Ireland's national anthem.

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (Vu7tB)

251 Get your copy of " Destroying Evidence " by Lois Lerner

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:19 PM (mB6WH)
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The Special 5th Edition!

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (krQz2)

252 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."
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Now fire the other half.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (YqDXo)

253 I wonder if she will sing Ireland's national anthem.
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:23 PM (Vu7tB)

How many pubs will she drink dry?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:24 PM (VNX3d)

254
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump · 1h
I am pleased to announce that I am appointing Paolo Zampolli as Special Envoy for Global Partnerships. With his extensive experience working with the United Nations, the Kennedy Center, and various International initiatives, Paolo will help us advance America’s Interests on the Global stage. Congratulations Paolo!

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That seems like a very amorphous job, but whatevs, I'm sure Paolo and Trump have a few specific things in mind to start with.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:24 PM (RlOnk)

255 I read that as The Texas Tatas!
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Sadly, Tata is now an Indian company.

Posted by: Low caste Miklos had them as clients...briefly at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (I8gAO)

256 I'm sure the muzzies in Ireland will love an ignorant, loud mouthed lesbian American like Rosie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (2Km7O)

257 There had to be some control process to direct money from NGO to NGO. There are probably a lot of records of that.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (3NiEn)

258 You don’t make light of a Ranger’s hat.

Posted by: Eromero at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (QefzN)

259 Things must be getting pretty tight in the J.E. Hoover building.
Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:22 PM (rj6Yv)
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Not tight enough. There's a very easy solution to this problem.

Wait until about 11:00 AM on a Tuesday. Send it a team of workmen to weld the doors closed. Done. Ready-made prison. It even has a cafeteria.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (kBSKe)

260 Did the Indians change it to Bobs?

Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:26 PM (Vu7tB)

261 That seems like a very amorphous job, but whatevs, I'm sure Paolo and Trump have a few specific things in mind to start with.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The Paolo has, how you say, special envoy, ;->

Posted by: SFGoth at March 11, 2025 07:26 PM (KAi1n)

262 Did Rosie know Ireland was neutral during WWII ?

Posted by: jsg at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (UJ+K5)

263 Sounds like everyone at USAID needs to share rooms at Gitmo for the next 20 years.

Destruction of government documents. Obstruction of justice.

If this is true.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (jZ0bo)

264 257 There had to be some control process to direct money from NGO to NGO. There are probably a lot of records of that.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (3NiEn)

Yup. Flow charts of NGO to NGO and who gets how much.

Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (i0F8b)

265 The email didn't provide any reason for the document destruction.
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Up against the muffler suckers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (17l0u)

266 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."
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Now fire the other half.
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Patience--we'll need joyful moments tomorrow as well!

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 07:28 PM (azSra)

267
OT there really is such a thing as a pink elephant.
https://tinyurl.com/5fxshf8y

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:28 PM (RlOnk)

268 [Courtesy of the wifey, I believe referring to this post's story & headline:]

Anna Kelly
@AnnaKelly47

The USAID building will soon be occupied by CBP.

This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content (content from other agencies), and the originals still exist on classified computer systems.

More fake news hysteria!

https://is.gd/DmcFtC

Posted by: ShainS -- TrumpLand Map: Better Coverage than 5G ... Can you hear us now? at March 11, 2025 07:28 PM (bNus9)

269 You don’t make light of a Ranger’s hat.
Posted by: Eromero

I thought they were fireproof anyway

Posted by: Miklos knows two meanings of "Smokey the Bear" at March 11, 2025 07:29 PM (I8gAO)

270 Wait until about 11:00 AM on a Tuesday. Send it a team of workmen to weld the doors closed. Done. Ready-made prison. It even has a cafeteria.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:25 PM (kBSKe)

I dunno. Helicopter re-supply, kicking pallets out the hatch and down the roof top ventilation shafts, might make that a long siege.

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:29 PM (rj6Yv)

271 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."
________________

Now fire the other half.
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Patience--we'll need joyful moments tomorrow as well!
Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 07:28 PM (azSra)

Do it on Friday, so we can enjoy it all weekend.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:29 PM (VNX3d)

272 You don’t make light of a Ranger’s hat.
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When you're in Texas, look behind you
'Cause that's where the ranger's gonna be

Posted by: Crusader at March 11, 2025 07:29 PM (azSra)

273 Personally, I'd put ZERO stock in neocon rage Politico, BUT after after researching and finding other sources, I'm happy to stand corrected and apologize to ace. The Leftists never cease to amaze. They are that fucking stupid.

Posted by: MikeN at March 11, 2025 07:30 PM (hFoNG)

274
"Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."

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This fake-news clickbait thread is redeemed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:31 PM (RlOnk)

275 Is it wrong to get a semi when I see how many government workers have to find a real job each day ?

Posted by: jsg at March 11, 2025 07:31 PM (UJ+K5)

276 Yup. Flow charts of NGO to NGO and who gets how much.
Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (i0F8b)
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Probably with more budgeting than our Congress can manage for the entirety of the federal government.

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:31 PM (krQz2)

277 Rosie will be back
moslems abhor pork

Soft.

Posted by: The Penis at March 11, 2025 07:31 PM (R/m4+)

278 ... This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content (content from other agencies), and the originals still exist on classified computer systems. ...
Posted by: ShainS -- TrumpLand Map: Better Coverage than 5G ... Can you hear us now? at March 11, 2025 07:28 PM (bNus9)
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Certainly possible.

But if it's passed around as a "courtesy" as a matter of routine, why is it classified?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:32 PM (kBSKe)

279 "Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff."

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This fake-news clickbait thread is redeemed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 11, 2025 07:31 PM (RlOnk)
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Fake, but where's the gay?

Posted by: Axeman at March 11, 2025 07:32 PM (krQz2)

280 Yup. Flow charts of NGO to NGO and who gets how much.
Posted by: davidt at March 11, 2025 07:27 PM (i0F8b)
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I hope you have access to a supercomputer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:32 PM (kBSKe)

281 Rosie goes to Ireland. Potato famine 2.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 11, 2025 07:32 PM (mB6WH)

282 This is what criminals do when they try to destroy evidence. In a trial, wouldn't this be considered guilty behavior?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 11, 2025 07:33 PM (ynpvh)

283 I like this one.
If Trumps managerial style was put into action.
https://tinyurl.com/42hvnptd

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 11, 2025 07:33 PM (x5Jut)

284 The USAID building will soon be occupied by CBP.
This was sent to roughly three dozen employees. The documents involved were old, mostly courtesy content (content from other agencies), and the originals still exist on classified computer systems.
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This makes sense. The story seems alarming at first, but it may be nothing unusual.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 11, 2025 07:33 PM (paSBy)

285 Ranger or not, Fed employees are dumb. Ranger Smith has a snappy uniform and a cool hat, but we were always a step ahead of him.

Posted by: Yogi, Boo-Boo at March 11, 2025 07:33 PM (G5+As)

286 NOOD Cafe

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 11, 2025 07:34 PM (VNX3d)

287 Certainly possible.

But if it's passed around as a "courtesy" as a matter of routine, why is it classified?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:32 PM (kBSKe)
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Standard document handling instructions. Cut/paste stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)

288 Leftists aren't the only ones who can get a court injunction. Pam? Ms. Bondi?

You are expecting laid-off TDS former USAID "workers" on a jury to convict?

You think there is a prosecutor or judge within 500 miles of Babylon DC who would prosecute/hear the case?

LOL!

All I'm expecting out of this DOJ is the end of prosecuting Pro Lifers, concerned parents of students trapped in government schools and anyone who home-schools.

Otherwise, its four years of staring out the window.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 11, 2025 07:34 PM (a4flb)

289 What I mean is, they have to move out, so something has to be done with sensitive documents.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 11, 2025 07:34 PM (paSBy)

290
noood

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 11, 2025 07:35 PM (DAbg4)

291 Would it be worth $20B to relocate FBI HQ to Fort Smith, Arkansas?

Posted by: mrp at March 11, 2025 07:36 PM (rj6Yv)

292 Rosie goes to Ireland. Potato famine 2.
Posted by: Ben Had

The Irish make Poitín from spuds.

The story is that every sip of Poitín summons all the previous.

For life

Posted by: Miklos O'Miklos at March 11, 2025 07:36 PM (I8gAO)

293 185 Z is negotiating with someone his own size now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at March 11, 2025 07:10 PM (Vu7tB)
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Are you aware "Z" means Russia? "Z" is pasted all over Russian military equipment. It stands for "za pobedu" ("for victory") or other slogans like "za mir" ("for peace") and "za pravdu" ("for truth"), tying it to the Kremlin's stated goals of "demilitarization" and "denazification" in Ukraine.

Posted by: MikeN at March 11, 2025 07:37 PM (hFoNG)

294 Ireland seems like the perfect place for Rosie. I hope she runs for office and wins.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 11, 2025 07:37 PM (paSBy)

295 Standard document handling instructions. Cut/paste stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 11, 2025 07:34 PM (ZOv7s)
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Right, this is sort of my point. It probably *shouldn't* be classified. Most stuff shouldn't be. It's classified to dodge transparency.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at March 11, 2025 07:38 PM (kBSKe)

296 Tom Fitton @TomFitton · 1m

Breaking: The Trump team just fired half of the remaining Dept of Education staff.
@DOGE
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Posted by: Axeman

Wait... does this mean they are down to 25% or was this just a stupid way of saying that they're down to 50%?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 11, 2025 07:38 PM (hB7mE)

297 If there were no Dept of Ed he wouldn't have to fire anybody.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 11, 2025 07:41 PM (17l0u)

298 Deputy WH press sec sez most of the documents in question are in courtesy storage (originated in other agencies) and have electronic back-ups.

Carry on.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 11, 2025 07:55 PM (1m82a)

299 This is USAID being shut down. It doesn’t mean anything more than that. Cool your engines.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 11, 2025 07:59 PM (247IU)

300 Still pales in comparison to the 181/2 minutes missing from the Nixon tapes!

Posted by: zefal at March 12, 2025 12:08 AM (dXME8)

301 sock off

Posted by: andycanuck (/tzYP) at March 12, 2025 12:25 AM (/tzYP)

302 Who needs further evidence of the corruption of the leadership of the swamp? What is Trump doing about this? Prosecute this now.

Posted by: TJ Jackson at March 12, 2025 05:40 PM (bXvrr)

303 How is this statement not a federal crime, if Trumps' AD does nothing about this then Trump's term is over already, fear of incarceration is the only thing that will control the deep state 5 th columnists

Posted by: Me at March 12, 2025 07:31 PM (OdsgZ)

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