The U.S. Institute of Peace funneled $13 million in taxpayer funds to private accounts over a decade.
When DOGE investigators finally gained access to USIP’s books, after days of institutional resistance requiring FBI intervention, they uncovered the unthinkable: $132,000 funneled to a former Taliban official Mohammad Qasim Halimi, and $1.3 million to an Iraqi organization with questionable ties.
This fits a devastating pattern. A 2019 Special Inspector General report found $19 billion in U.S. aid to Afghanistan was unaccounted for or misused between 2002-2016, showing how routinely taxpayer money flows to our adversaries under noble pretenses.
Even more disturbing was the attempted cover-up. USIP officials deleted a terabyte of financial data hoping to hide their tracks, not realizing DOGE’s technological capabilities would recover everything, a perfect example of the 65% of federal agencies still using outdated IT systems vulnerable to mismanagement.
America ranks a dismal 27th in global transparency rankings, behind much smaller nations. From the Pentagon’s $125 billion in administrative waste to the IRS’s $1.2 billion in improper payments, the pattern is undeniable.
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