USAID: ‘In desperate need of adult supervision’

We’ve been tracking the dirty work of the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for several years now – a Federal government agency that claims its main charge to be administering U. S. foreign assistance around the world: ‘USAID is the lead U. S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.’ (via usaid.gov)
On August 11th of this year, 21WIRE’s report on USAID’s secret operation against Cuba detailed how the agency ‘established a fake HIV prevention workshop in Cuba where their young recruits worked to turn young people against the Castro regime.’
The author of the report, Stuart J. Hooper, expands:
‘After undertaking a few short seminars, these young people were expected to do the work of a seasoned CIA officer, which is something that could have easily gotten their vastly inexperienced and unprepared selves into severe trouble with Cuban authorities.’
Not exactly the hallmark of a humanitarian agency promising to end global poverty.

This post was published at 21st Century Wire on SEPTEMBER 5, 2014.