A whistleblower from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has revealed that their fellow employees are in a state of panic over the investigations led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Speaking to CBS’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan, the anonymous employee said they and their co-workers have been “psychologically frightened” by what Musk’s DOGE will expose.
The whistleblower reportedly told Brennan that they would only speak on the condition of anonymity out of fear of putting their family “at any more risk.”
When asked to explain that “risk,” the employee said there was “absolutely” fear that DOGE workers or even Musk himself would reveal the identities of those linked to any wrongdoing.
“Well, I mean, at this point, DOGE members, including Elon Musk, have access to not just the data within the USAID world and the USAID system, which includes my personal email address, my Social Security number, my entire security file,” the employee said.
“In that security file is every contact I’ve ever known, every country I’ve traveled to, every home address I’ve had.”
They continued, “So no matter which way I look at it, my information is entirely compromised, and it’s in hands that I don’t know and don’t trust.”
Since President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans to shut down the $40 billion agency, the employee said palpable fear has been brewing among co-workers over their roles at USAID.
“The atmosphere of fear that was in the USAID building, which we’re no longer in, the atmosphere of fear, in terms of not knowing who was in the building, not knowing what their motivations were, not knowing if our emails or channels were safe, not knowing how to interpret these executive orders right around DEIA or administration priorities,” the employee said.
“All of that created an atmosphere of massive insecurity.
“And so people have, I think, lost the ability to know what’s true for what’s not.
“At this point, everyone is really scared.”
The employee also criticized Musk for railing against the agency.
The DOGE chief branded USAID a “criminal organization” and a “viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America.”
The whistleblower continued:
“To have this sort of, to be vilified by a billionaire who has decided that he’s unilaterally going to take help away from the poorest people in the world, and he’s doing it on behalf of the American people is particularly gross and horrifying.
“And I am angry. I am sad.
“I am devastated for my colleagues, for myself, for my family, and for the American people.
“It’s awful. It’s cruel,” the employee claimed.
“It’s gross, and it’s wrong.”
Another USAID staffer who wished to remain anonymous told Fox News that 80% of staff across its bureaus learned they lost access to the agency’s systems last week.
Employees lost access to travel, communications, classified information, and databases as evidence of fraud, corruption, and widespread abuse of taxpayer funds emerged.
Staffers also feel they were “left high and dry” and “have no idea what to do or where to turn” after being “abandoned by Congress and the government,” the source said.
USAID employees are reportedly claiming the agency was “hostilely taken over by DOGE.”
DOGE and the Trump administration have been aiming to shut down the agency.
However, a federal judge blocked Trump’s efforts to put thousands of USAID workers on leave Friday.
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