Posted on 04/04/2021 5:21:14 PM PDT by Hojczyk
As President Biden ramps up aid to the Palestinians, the Government Accountability Office is warning that prior U.S. financing to the region wasn't adequately screened for terrorist recipients.
In its new report, GAO notes that the United States "has provided assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to promote Middle East peace since 1993," with part of that funding coming from the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID.
The agency has in place "antiterrorism policy and procedures for the West Bank and Gaza program," specifically provisions ensuring "vetting for many non-U.S. recipients of assistance, antiterrorism certifications for recipients of grants or cooperative agreements, and mandatory provisions intended to prevent financial support to terrorism in all prime awards and sub-awards."
The GAO report said that, over the course of fiscal years 2015-2019, USAID enforced all three of those policies when allocating "prime awards," but that it "did not consistently ensure that sub-awards were in compliance."
Specifically, the GAO said it found that "USAID did not ensure that prime awardees included mandatory provisions in their sub-awards that required sub-awardees to attest that the organization does not provide material support or resources for terrorism."
Funding for the program ceased in 2019. The report argues that USAID should establish protocols to ensure that any awardees or sub-awardees in its aid program meet its requirements for its antiterrorism policies.
"Without effective compliance procedures in place, USAID may be at risk of providing assistance to entities or individuals associated with terrorism," said GAO, the investigative arm of Congress.
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Imagine that.
Didn’t we do something like that in Afghanistan during the 80’s?
How’d that turn out?
As if we didn’t know.
“Without effective compliance procedures in place, USAID may be at risk of providing assistance to entities or individuals associated with terrorism,”
No. Really? Here’s my shocked face:
😑
And as if "they" didn't know. They didn't care.
...or worse...
As it was intended to be by the illegitimate, despotic, scum who stole our country to rule us.
Well... DUH!
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