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Friday, July 11, 2025

How USAID worked alongside CIA in Vietnam – a whistleblower’s account - The Times of India

Following Trump’s controversial order to halt USAID operations across the globe, allegations have surfaced that the development agency works as a front for US intelligence organisations. But this is not the first time such an accusation has emerged

Mike Benz, a former US State Department official, recently stirred the hornet’s nest by claiming that the US Agency for International Development, better known as USAID, works as a front for intelligence agencies, and has played a tacit role in fuelling political unrest in many countries, including Bangladesh.
USAID is the overseas development agency of the US government.

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