Suppose you think USAID is more about official cover for intelligence work than aid. I think that’s exaggerated, untrue, but OK.
Then it is more outrageous its classified docs shld be compromised. Agents in the field don’t determine US intelligence policy but it is they whom these leaks may kill.
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@interfluidity So far the documents have not been comprimised. and what if the "intelligence" work is not authorized?
And if it's just about aid and development, why would it have any classified documents?
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@Phil when USAID funds democracy activism in Cuba, do you think there might be a reason for the names of the activists to be classified?
maybe USAID shouldn’t fund activities to which host governments object. that’s a policy call. but so far Congress has supported that sort of work. until they don’t, some documents really do need to be classified and remain secure.
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@interfluidity @Phil To secretly take US money to advance US interests in your country, is bad. Really bad. I think it's "you need to stop that immediately and saving your own skin isn't an excuse" bad.
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@Harald_Korneliussen @Phil Maybe so! I broadly think financing covert (as to open, overt) “civil society” is a bad thing we shouldn’t do. I’m not going to arrogate any right to make or judge the tradeoffs faced by activists who consider accepting those funds. You can make a broad, general case for why they shouldn’t. You can imagine particular circumstances under which perhaps they shouldn’t. 1/
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@Harald_Korneliussen @Phil What I will say, with great certainty, is so long as the US, via lawful processes, chooses to finance covert civil society support, it is the duty of the US government to maintain strict confidence about the details of that activity. It might be a bad call, by us as donor, by the recipient. 2/
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@Harald_Korneliussen @Phil but if we decide to unmake that call, we should do so by quietly discontinuing the support. getting last year’s freedom fighters, this year’s woke activists executed for their collaborations with us is unwise as practical policy and morally reprehensible. /fin
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