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2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post.
“United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing expert advice to help U.S. diplomats understand Afghanistan.
3/ Halimi initially wonders if Musk’s accusation is an April Fool’s joke. After all, the decades of work he had done consulting for U.S. diplomats wasn’t in service of the Taliban; it was the opposite.
Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-musk-mohammad-halimi-institute-peace-taliban
4/ First came the flurry of threatening messages.
A week later, the realization of his worst fears: Taliban agents blindfolded his relatives and held them for several days in a remote prison, where they were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi’s work.
5/ Halimi tried his best not to show his panic. He turned to his bosses in Washington to ask for help in clearing his name, but everyone he knew was gone.
DOGE had axed them all. Now USIP was firmly in the hands of someone he’d never heard of: Cavanaugh, who had been installed as interim president.
6/ Halimi and his family were on their own. Maybe, they hoped, this would all blow over if they stayed quiet and laid low.
That’s when Cavanaugh, Musk and other DOGE members made an appearance on Fox News.
7/ One by one, each of the DOGE members one-upped each other with outrageous — yet often inaccurate — examples of government waste. With each story, host Jesse Watters egged them on, raising his eyebrows in disbelief. Every so often, the team would burst into laughter.
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