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Samantha Power, former UN ambassador and current USAID administrator under Biden, has a controversial history. She championed interventions in Libya and supported the Arab Spring, with results that have destabilized entire regions. Now, in leadership at USAID, her role exemplifies the ongoing tension between foreign intervention and domestic policy sovereignty.

Prominent commentators, including former CIA insiders like Michael Benz, argue that USAID has become a covert division of the intelligence apparatus, functioning without proper oversight and conducting operations akin to those of the CIA—yet without the transparency or legal muster that traditionally governed such activities.

Moving Toward Transparency and Reform