every part of the US government has been used as a front for clandestine activity. USAID also actually carried out an overseas aid mission.

It hasn’t been replaced with a non-CIA-fronting overseas aid department.

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dlachausse 5 days ago | parent [-]

It carried out just enough of an aid mission to run cover for CIA activities. As an example it nominally supported farmers in Afghanistan, except the "farmers" were opium producers.

USAID was shut down on July 1st. Somehow people have survived without it for nearly 2 months. It just goes to show you how critical the "aid" it provided was.

	▲	jameshart 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702... Estimated impacts, to be sure, will take time for actual studies. But the activities USAID was responsible for were far more than just ‘the bare minimum’ to provide cover.