Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Some U.S. government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters.
The lack of so-called "read outs" for workers with clearances dismissed by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency in February could raise security risks as they dealt with secret information on everything from managing nuclear weapons to protecting the power grid from influence by adversaries and ensuring the safety of U.S international development staffers, former security officials said.
Dismissed employees with top-secret clearances are normally given a final security briefing reminding them of non-disclosure agreements they signed when they got the clearance. They would also sign forms acknowledging that disclosing any kind of classified information is illegal and turn in their laptops, said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Two sources with top security clearances dismissed by DOGE, one at the Department of Energy and one former senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development, told Reuters they were not debriefed.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fired-us-government-workers-with-top-security-clearances-were-not-given-exit-2025-03-04/
Getting a top secret security clearaance isn't easy. The FBI questions not only the applicant, but family, friends and neighbors. There are numerous steps required before clearance is granted.
To think that people with top secret clearances are now being kicked out without briefings and without being required to turn in laptops and other devices boggles my mind. This is total insanity.
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because this administration is blatantly against America's national security. They are the fifth column undermining our country from within.
Anyone knows if he stored them back in his sh*tty bathrooms again? 
if the papers he received were copies printed with disappearing ink.
