Senior USAID administrator placed on leave after warning of barriers to lifesaving aid

March 3 (UPI) -- A senior USAID official was placed on leave after sending a memo telling staff that people would needless die and national security would be massively impacted by the agency's failure to disburse "life-saving humanitarian assistance" under a waiver to the Trump administration's halting of foreign aid.

USAID Global Health Acting Assistant Administrator Nick Enrich was placed on administrative leave on Sunday, two days after he sent the memo lambasting USAID's political leadership, the State Department and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency for creating "intentional and or/unintentional obstacles" for preventing payouts for vital programs.

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