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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How was USAID associated with the CIA?[/quote]

The argument/theory is that USAID was used to provide an indirect mechanism to funnel money into entities for various intelligence purposes. Like propping up a coup movement against an unpopular political figure.

I worked in an industry tangent to US contracting for a long time overseas as my firm was involved in reconstruction projects in Iraq and Afghanistan and heard some wild stories about USAID. Let me explain a simple situation. USAID gives funding to build water pipes to a village in whatever developing country. Sounds great and it is on the surface of it. But do you ever ask yourself who gets the contracts to actually build the pipes? And who owns the companies that builds the pipes? Most people don't and that's why the more jaded people say much of USAID funding ends up in the pockets of local corrupt politicians including national leaders of those countries.

Also looks like funding of research at a certain virology institution in China may have been through USAID.

I do think a lot of good activities is supported by USAID but to be frankly honest and based on the stories told by experienced NGO people overseas, that USAID could have been a front for CIA / intelligence activities does not surprise me at all. And I don't doubt we will learn a lot more in the next few months. People here hate Musk and DOGE but if those screenshots he's releasing on twitter are accurate, then just wow. That's why I would urge people to be a bit careful before rushing to defend USAID. We just don't know how much more will be revealed by an administration that seems determined to unclassify every classified secret in DC.

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So. . . sort of like this:

A construction company that has been repeatedly touted by President Donald Trump and his allies has been awarded a major border wall construction contract valued at more than $1.2 billion, a US Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday. (CNN)

Fisher all built a wall on private land using Build the Wall donations (Bannon convicted of fraud IIRC), which led to this:

Constructed on private land along a Rio Grande River bank near Mission, Texas, the wall's risks came to light in a 2019 lawsuit filed by the US Justice Dept. It charged that the $42-million steel bollard fence fence was showing signs of erosion and instability and was in violation of a treaty with Mexico under the International Boundary and Water Commission because of flood risks to the river flow.
Texas officials and an adjacent non-profit wildlife center also sued over the project.
Under the federal agreement approved in US district court on May 31, Fisher and its units and affiliates must properly maintain the structure for 15 years. They also must repair defects such as bollards that lean more than 6° out of alignment, repair cracks in the foundation more than 3 in. wide and address any erosion under the footers or settlement of the foundation.

https://www.enr.com/articles/54215-us-settles-border-wall-suit-against-contractor-fisher-sand-gravel

Fisher Sand and Gravel had great GOP connections. It also had a history:
According to information compiled by Good Jobs First, a policy resource center that promotes corporate and government accountability, Fisher Sand and Gravel has been fined 16 times by the Environmental Protection Agency since 2000 and has paid more than $430,000 in fines. The largest was $150,000 in 2013, when the EPA found the company failed to comply with dust mitigation regulations at facilities in Maricopa County, Arizona.

I believe ultimately Fisher had more fines than that. Also had to reorganize the company at one point because of a child porn/assault conviction by one of its officers [/quote]

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