“Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break.”

'Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break,' says the memo.

Personal Services Contractor Association, representing thousands of contractors now either furloughed or fired from the USAID have challenged the burning of the documents and urged the judge to stop any destruction to preserve evidence.

A union for U.S. Agency for International Development contractors is asking a federal judge to intervene in any destruction of USAID classified documents.

A union has asked a federal judge to intervene after an email ordered staffers to destroy classified documents.

A senior official at USAID instructed the agency’s remaining staff to convene at the agency’s now-former headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for an “all day” group effort to destroy documents sto…

The email spurred a fresh legal challenge as a union representing USAID workers approached the court seeking a restraining order blocking the destruction of records.

USAID employees were instructed to shred or burn classified documents, sparking legal challenges. The White House called it 'fake news hysteria'.

In a motion filed in Washington, DC, federal court, the unions cited an email from USAID's acting executive secretary Erica Carr.