USAID leaders escorted out of building after blocking DOGE access to secure systems

The Hill ^ | 02/02/25 | Lauren Irwin

[Fedora]

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/john-voorhees

Director of Security
John Voorhees was inducted into the Senior Executive Service on January 23, 2017 following a distinguished 28 year career in the U.S. Army. His most recent Army assignment was as the Deputy Commander of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) in Quantico, VA where he was responsible for the command’s operations conducted around the world, criminal intelligence capabilities, and leading strategic planning efforts. Mr. Voorhees also served as a member of the Executive Board for the FBI-led National Joint Terrorism Task Force (NJTTF).

While serving as the USACIDC Deputy Commander, Mr. Voorhees maintained oversight responsibility for the Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) located in Forest Park, Georgia which provides forensic expertise and investigative support to all military criminal investigative organizations. DFSC also provided an expeditionary forensics capability to support Department of Defense (DoD) Combatant Commanders efforts to fight terrorism inside their areas of responsibility, especially in countering the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

From 2012 until 2014, Mr. Voorhees commanded the 701st Military Police Group (CID) which is the Army’s Special Investigation and Executive Protection Unit. In this position, Mr. Voorhees led the Army’s Cyber Crime Unit, the Procurement Fraud Unit, the investigative support to the Office of the Chief Prosecutor for Military Commissions, investigative operations within all the Army’s Special Access Programs (SAPs). Additionally, he led the DoD Executive Protection Unit that provided protection to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Staff of the Army and all visiting foreign Minister-level Defense Leaders and Chiefs of Defense Forces.

Mr. Voorhees served over four years in the Pentagon on the Army Staff and has served overseas in Germany, Korea and during operational deployments to the Middle East and Afghanistan. He has had the unique opportunity to serve under both Canadian and British leadership. In all of his overseas deployments, he worked closely with the local police forces through mentorship and close partnerships. This included working with German Polizei, the Kuwaiti National Police as they reestablished operations following Operation Desert Storm, the Korean National Police, the initial development of the Iraqi Highway Patrol, and a very close partnership effort to improve the capability of the Afghan National Police in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

In May 2011, Mr. Voorhees was recognized for his leadership in defending the Kandahar Provincial Police Headquarters against a complex attack that occurred in February 2011 and his leadership in responding to the April 2011 Sarpoza Prison escape located in the west of Kandahar City.

Mr. Voorhees holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Personnel Management and Administration from the United States Military Academy, a Master of Arts degree in Education (Organizational Training) from the University of Louisville and a Master of Science degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the National War College, National Defense University at Fort McNair, Washington, DC.

[Fedora]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-mcgill-53075a75

Brian McGill

International Trade and Development Professional
Greater Philadelphia Contact Info

Experience

Consultant
Nathan Associates London Ltd
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014 2 months

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Consultant evaluating a group of Bangladeshi banks for potential inclusion in DFID’s ‘Business Finance for the Poor-Bangladesh’ credit guarantee fund.

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Country Representative, Chief of Party and Regional Director - Afghanistan
ACDI/VOCA
2009 - 2011 2 years

Kabul

Oversaw a USAID funded commercial finance company lending to individuals and businesses throughout Afghanistan

Education

Alfred University, US Army Command and General Staff College
BA General Science

[Fedora]

So both Army backgrounds.

[Fedora]

And Afghanistan.

[FreedomPoster]

What I see is deep state types upset their grift is being studied. And ultimately it’s coming out.

Too bad, so sad.

[Ahithophel]

They refused to allow the DOGE employees in and threatened to call U.S. Marshalls

DOGE employees: "No need to call, see those persons over there in blue windbreakers that say 'U.S. Marshall'? Step aside and go talk to them if ya' want."

[Ahithophel]

Auto correct...uncleared, not unleaded

unleaded was correct, as in unleaded until they get shot trying to enter armory.

[MeanWestTexan]

USAID is just a front for the cia.

It’s a giant slush fund for illegal government programs.

Much of it is skimmed by leftists.

[Lazamataz]

You have a point. Perhaps they got cleared.

[cgbg]

“USAID employs approx. 10,000 people, excluding contractors”

The contractors will be a very interesting group to study.

It is probably a witches brew of leftist crazies, undercover spies and money laundering middle men.

[Gahanna Bob]

Whistleblowers are going to be coming out of the woodwork. They will want protection from the crimes they committed.

[pepperdog]

Very, very good question.

[cuz1961]

things of higher classification. This is gonna get bad. “Let me into the armory.” “I'm, no”

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a.marine ?

thank you for your service.
are you also a dem ? cuz you conflated $ and who it goes to.....

and guns.

your argument fails.

wanna guess how the tali in Afghanistan were still getting millions a week after we left ?

ill tell you how

usaid

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there are no security requirements for throwing money away.

there is no corelation between the armory and usaid. your argument is a big fail carry on.

[Portcall24]

In 1977 when I went through Air Command and Staff College I had a state department person in one of my mixes. Non-military US agencies used to send personnel to professional military education courses. I don’t know if they still do.

[cuz1961]

as a marine,

would you refuse access to a person who had orders of entrance from the COMMANDER IN CHEIF ?

[Fedora]

Thanks, I was wondering if something like that was going on with McGill.

[Alas Babylon!]

There are two major isses here.

1st, angrymarine is right about not letting someone in to see classified information, but a higher-ranking officer can, and should put it in writing—or angrymarine should insist it be a written order. That way, angrymarine is not liable for any unauthorized disclosure.

angrymarine, I was in just this same situation 30 years ago and insisted my commanding officer put his order in writing and sign it, specifying exactly the information and documents to be released. He was pissed, and it could have destroyed my military career, but he did give the written order, and I obeyed, and allowed the viewing to go forward. I also asked for a copy for each airman under my command.

The other issue, and it is a very serious thing, is the over-classification of information. It is ripe with hiding criminal government actions by individuals who should be severely punished. If USAID information has been incorrectly classified with intent to hide, those officials need to be charged and put on trail, and jailed if found guilty.

I won’t forget the story of how a sailor took a picture of rack in a submarine and was court-martialed by the authorities for disclosing classified information and disobeying orders. That shit flows uphill, too.