Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/48460663

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.

  • Errors: DOGE staffers exposed a sensitive U.S.-funded Afghanistan program and falsely suggested a contractor was involved in an off-books mission.
  • Consequences: DOGE’s public outing led to a Taliban intelligence service crackdown in Kabul.
  • Fight: The Afghan scholar whom DOGE exposed is fighting to clear his name after his family was forced to flee the country.
  • ganksy@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    That is a heartbreaking betrayal. It’s impossible to account for the damage this does to capable diplomacy and information gathering of our security agencies.

    It’s very hard to understand the administration’s goals under any light other than to disarm the US for foreign interference.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      This isn’t simply a betrayal. Measuring the effects based on their impact to national security and diplomacy is part of the problem. What ever happened to basic morality? Ethics? Honor?

      We’re not talking about the fog of war… This was a conscious decision to commit pure evil, and the perpetrators responsible deserve to die for their crimes.