Back in mid-March, another sort of shadowy operation, something called the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), was targeted for DOGE inspection thanks to their general recalcitrance in complying with Trump admin directives. 

USIP, led by George Moose (I mean, you can't make this stuff up), who is also a Harvard adjunct professor (go figure), launched its own active mini-rebellion against the incoming Trump administration.

Shrilly screaming, 'You're not the boss of me!' at the top of their underdeveloped lungs and stealing tiny hammers from the janitorial staff they'd always openly despised, the institute's righteous government employees - along with their fearless leader - barricaded themselves in the building and proceeded to lay waste to whatever they could in a heroic last stand against the invading forces of Elon.

...Much of USIP’s leadership, including Moose, barricaded themselves on the building’s fifth floor, closing window shades and blocking access points in a last-ditch effort to resist DOGE’s entry, the official told the DCNF.

The obstruction didn’t end at damaged doors. Prior to Monday’s confrontation, USIP leaders disabled telephone lines, internet connections and other IT infrastructure, forcing communication among staff through walkie-talkies, according to the official. This deliberate effort to disrupt operations delayed DOGE’s entry and added to the confusion during Monday’s standoff.

Flyers distributed internally further revealed an organized, premeditated resistance strategy. “Greet the guest(s) but do not engage in conversation and immediately notify the on-duty lieutenant,” read the flyers, referring explicitly to anticipated DOGE officials, photos and names of whom were included. The DCNF exclusively obtained one such flyer, including a photograph of it sitting inside a security guard booth outside the building. These flyers were posted throughout the facility in the lead-up to Monday’s confrontation, the official said.

Raw courage-wise, it wasn't exactly Thermopylae or Masada, but it was a mess when the people who belonged there, including acting USIP president Kenneth Jackson, finally got in. They were accompanied by the Washington, D.C. Metro cops who, ironically, escorted Mr. Moose out of the building. I say 'ironically' because Mr Moose had called the D.C. cops to stop the invasion to begin with. Sort of an ill-considered preemptive strike, you might say.

Mr. Moose denied lawful access to Kenneth Jackson, the Acting USIP President (as approved by the USIP Board). @DCPoliceDept arrived onsite and escorted Mr. Jackson into the building. The only unlawful individual was Mr. Moose, who refused to comply, and even tried to fire USIP’s… https://t.co/Fy8hJClx9E pic.twitter.com/yqq81qNKXM

— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) March 18, 2025

As of Friday, termination letters are going out, and there is all sorts of angst about the 28-year-old DOGEr who has been named to wind the USIP operation (and its $80M endowment (!)) down.

Employees with the U.S. Institute of Peace started receiving termination letters effective immediately on Friday evening, five people told POLITICO, a major blow to the embattled organization as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle its operations.

While the size and scope of the firings is not immediately clear, longtime outside general counsel to USIP George Foote said nearly all of the institute’s U.S.-based employees received the termination notifications, with a handful of exceptions including regional vice presidents responsible for coordinating with overseas employees.

...According to [Outside USIP General Counsel George] Foote, USIP will continue legal efforts to reverse DOGE’s attempts to dismantle the institute.

What a great use of more taxpayer money by the USIP. May it be as wildly successful as their past efforts in their core mission of 'conflict resolution, prevention' and 'peace building measures.'

The offended and now upended USIP employees filed a lawsuit to try to prevent the now rebooted governing board from installing their chosen candidate, with the aforementioned 28-year-old Nate Cavanaugh as the temporary Mr Jackson's designated replacement. The panic induced by what Cavanaugh has been ordered to do is palpable reading the report. 

They're serious - the Trump team is going to take this place apart.

An official allied with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has been put in charge of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank targeted by President Donald Trump for closure, according to a federal court filing Monday.

Two board members of the Institute of Peace have authorized replacing its temporary president with Nate Cavanaugh, the filing says. They ordered him, it says, to transfer the institute’s property to the General Services Administration, the federal government’s real estate manager, which is terminating hundreds of leases at DOGE’s behest.

...The action follows a Friday night mass firing of nearly all of the institute’s 300 employees. Former employees say only a small number did not get notification, including colleagues who are abroad, who were given until April 9 to return to the U.S., and the regional vice presidents, who direct the areas where they are based.

Two former employees, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said they were reached by private emails because they have been locked out of the institute’s system and were not able to return to work since a tense standoff earlier this month in which DOGE members were accompanied by law enforcement. They were given until April 7 to clear out their personal effects.

So they were all fired on Friday as well and have been 'locked out of the institute's system,' eh?

Let's get into the reason for that, shall we? Ergo, we need to return to Moose's Last Stand at USIP Hill for a moment.

Along with all the third-grade, Obama White House staff, pissy-level vandalism, it turns out that the Institute of Peace (Why does that sound so Communist Chinese?) staffers were engaging in some last minute document shredding, computer wiping type clean-up.

Like, with cloths or something.

Yeah - that kind. 

What on Earth would they have to hide, peaceniks and all that?

It turns out that they were busy trying to wipe a terabyte of financial information, according to what Elon released last night.

WAIT, WHUT

Only, see, USIP's problem is the DOGE guys are computer whizbangs, where the valiant resisters are not. 

DOGErs managed to recover the information.

Well. Wouldcha lookee here.

Yup

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2025

That's Taliban in the terabyte with a 'T' for, 'Oh, terrific.'

DOGE: The DOGE team fought for days to gain access to the United States Institute of Peace. Eventually, with help from the FBI and Metro Police DOGE was able to access the agency and discovered massive fraud, waste and abuse-including payments to Taliban and Iraq. pic.twitter.com/VymOebovfY

— @amuse (@amuse) March 31, 2025

'Surprise'

🚨 USIP UNDER FIRE: $13M FUNNELED TO PRIVATE ENDOWMENT, TALIBAN-LINKED PAYMENTS UNCOVERED

Each year, the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) receives $55M in taxpayer funding. But over the past decade, $13M was quietly transferred to its private Endowment—outside congressional… https://t.co/vBxrmZgYg1 pic.twitter.com/tRkOZvYSp5

— DOGE Tracker (@Tracking_DOGE) March 31, 2025

... But over the past decade, $13M was quietly transferred to its private Endowment—outside congressional oversight—and used for private events and travel. 

Now-canceled contracts include $132K to an ex-Taliban official, $2.2M to an accountant who tried to delete 1TB of financial data, $1.3M to an Iraqi youth league, and $675K for private aviation. The waste is staggering.

They probably should have used a bigger cloth.

Rocks, rocks, and more rocks to turn over and SUCH sneks under every single one.

Never would we know without the DOGE.