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Corruption. Obviously we're both speculating here, but accountability is a serious problem with NGOs, along with corruption/graft/general-wastefulness. So if th
by argonaut 11y ago
Corruption. Obviously we're both speculating here, but accountability is a serious problem with NGOs, along with corruption/graft/general-wastefulness. So if the US suspected massive (tens of millions of dollars, or more) corruption, that's a plausible reason.
I'm not saying it's likely, just that there are possible reasons out there in the world.
- wavefunction 11y agoI dunno, the US Government had billions of USD go mysteriously missing during our occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan so it seems unlikely that the powers that be are too concerned about corruption for the sake of stamping out corruption.
- argonaut 11y agoTotal non sequitur. Just because X does Y in A context does not mean it isn't concerned about Y in B context. Not to mention it's also plausible some of that money went to black budget projects.
- GordonS 11y agoGiven the US' horrendous abuses of human rights in Guantanamo and abroad, I'd say it's far more likely that they are spying on such people and organisations because they may be negative towards some aspects of US foreign policy. Essentially, they seem to be looking out for 'dissidents' - the same sort of behaviour that US politicians often berate when other countries, such as India or China, do it (also wrongly!).
- secfirstmd 11y agoWell that would certainly coincide with a good reason why the NSA/GCHQ where spying on Amnesty International.