O course you left out the part where it said congressional investigators reviewed the program: (Reply #42)

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Thu Apr 3, 2014, 12:16 PM

42. O course you left out the part where it said congressional investigators reviewed the program:

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"USAID spokesman Matt Herrick said the agency is proud of its Cuba programs and noted that congressional investigators reviewed them last year and found them to be consistent with U.S. law"

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99 replies	Author	Time	Post
US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest [View all]	Omaha Steve	Apr 2014	OP
U.S. Agency for International Development is known for its dark side.	dixiegrrrrl	Apr 2014	#1
What a fucking waste.	progressoid	Apr 2014	#2
No country should allow unfettered access to social media	hack89	Apr 2014	#5
It's a shame the countries like the US allow things like twitter and facebook	penultimate	Apr 2014	#37
Yes, that's not what I said.	progressoid	Apr 2014	#39
Yes, how dare people communicate freely using 140 characters or less--it could lead to	MADem	Apr 2014	#81
I'm stunned AP actually ran this story! They have been covering UP information like this for years.	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#3
Is that McSpedon playing golf in Cuba?	flamingdem	Apr 2014	#69
Why can't Cubans use the real Twitter?	hack89	Apr 2014	#4
Nor should it, that's not the purpose of the story.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#6
But if Cubans had access to social media like every other free society	hack89	Apr 2014	#9
No, its not. But again, thats not the point.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#10
How can Twitter violate anyone's privacy?	treestar	Apr 2014	#85
I dunno. Why can't I head down to the airport and fly to Cuba for cheap medical care?	Zorra	Apr 2014	#43
So it is US policy that restricts Cuban access to Twitter?	hack89	Apr 2014	#44
It is US policy that does not allow me to fly to Cuba for cheap medical care.	Zorra	Apr 2014	#47
So Cuba has to protect its people from the free exchange of information?	hack89	Apr 2014	#49
No, Cuba is no more a real democracy than the US is.	Zorra	Apr 2014	#75
So only dictatorships can protect people from the 1%?	hack89	Apr 2014	#89
I don't know, effective protection from the 1% predators has not been	Zorra	Apr 2014	#94
Castro's big crime: Fidel has a 25 inch TV. Most Cubans have 19 inch TVs...	Mika	Apr 2014	#96
Cuba has universal healthcare but no one suggests they are the best.	former9thward	Apr 2014	#62
A condition of entry is that you have health insurance for the duration of stay.	dipsydoodle	Apr 2014	#98
If USgov was so benevolent, they wouldn't have pulled the plug	Ash_F	Apr 2014	#54
I agree with you that the program was a bad idea	hack89	Apr 2014	#55
I think opening up travel/trade restrictions would go a long way towards building trust.	Ash_F	Apr 2014	#56
The embargo should have been dropped years ago	hack89	Apr 2014	#59
Or until most of our baby boomers are. /nt	Ash_F	Apr 2014	#70
It was essentially a free texting service.	joshcryer	Apr 2014	#90
But of course, its crazy to think we may have stirred anything up in Ukraine.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#7
I didnt know we brought twitter to the Ukaraine nt	Progressive dog	Apr 2014	#12
Right, because Twitter is the only way to undermine a foreign govt.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#13
If only Alexander the Great had Twitter, think of what he could have accomplished!	FSogol	Apr 2014	#31
If only he had the IMF.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#32
k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t	Laelth	Apr 2014	#8
Sounds like a waste to me.	CFLDem	Apr 2014	#11
I really can't find a problem with attempting to open communications in a society.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#14
Open communications?	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#15
People were allowed to communicate with each other.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#16
I'm sure you don't.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#18
Foreign governments can monitor my communications all they want.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#19
Good for you.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#20
They were not forced into anything. They enjoyed the service.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#21
Yes, and the CIA enjoyed collecting all their private info and communication.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#24
As if Cuba isn't doing that to them.	joshcryer	Apr 2014	#88
Our own Twitter stuff is observed, no doubt. Evil thing. We should immediately stop	DebJ	Apr 2014	#22
Twitter is run by the Cuban govt.???	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#25
Why would it matter if it was?	DebJ	Apr 2014	#27
Private messages are public as well?	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#29
Actually no, I would not feel any differently.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#33
Yeah, of course there are private twitter messages.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#34
Thank you for that politely delivered piece of information.	DebJ	Apr 2014	#35
Do you travel or do business overseas?	progressoid	Apr 2014	#38
So you don't think the constitution is important? n/t	cui bono	Apr 2014	#78
Anyone can monitor what we put on Twitter	treestar	Apr 2014	#86
Uh, I don't think this would have worked...	MADem	Apr 2014	#83
If the US govt. really wanted to open up Cuba	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#17
+1	Blue_Tires	Apr 2014	#40
It is unclear whether the scheme was legal under U.S. law......	dipsydoodle	Apr 2014	#23
O course you left out the part where it said congressional investigators reviewed the program:	okaawhatever	Apr 2014	#42
The program was ended in September 2012	dipsydoodle	Apr 2014	#46
Interesting, I didn't know about the Paya, Carromero, Modig USAID connect	flamingdem	Apr 2014	#71
our taxes @ work!!!!	lunasun	Apr 2014	#26
Very cool! Cubans needed something like that.	Pterodactyl	Apr 2014	#28
Apparently our govt. disagrees.	Daniel537	Apr 2014	#30
Still a good try.	Pterodactyl	Apr 2014	#73
They ended it because it paid for the texts.	joshcryer	Apr 2014	#87
More on Creative Associates International	starroute	Apr 2014	#36
Creative Associates International has been busy.	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#48
Sometimes I think they deliberately choose forgettable names	starroute	Apr 2014	#50
Good point! Recalls changing SOA (school of assassins, er, the Americas) to WHISC	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#58
Oh, this is fun	starroute	Apr 2014	#53
OMG. Argh. I was thinking, after seeing your earlier excerpt that the books to Afghanistan	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#60
I've just been checking them out at fedspending.org	starroute	Apr 2014	#63
Here's another long article that sheds light on things	starroute	Apr 2014	#64
So this was a USAID project?	Blue_Tires	Apr 2014	#41
USAID is used as a CIA cover so frequently I'm amazed anybody allows them inside their borders.	LeftyMom	Apr 2014	#72
Their actions get so blatant, so rancid, sometimes they get thrown out,	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#76
The Exploding Cigar Didn't Work so they tried a New Approach	warrant46	Apr 2014	#45
How about we just leave others alone.	olddad56	Apr 2014	#51
Been trying to own Cuba for over 100 years. No respect for the people who live there. n/t	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#61
It's neocon/lib (ie. post-Nazi) Imperialism. n/t	Ghost Dog	Apr 2014	#65
Yeah, they keep electing a Castro as their leader.	Nye Bevan	Apr 2014	#93
I'm holding my breath for the next Republican to tell me Obama's a communist.	apnu	Apr 2014	#52
Cuba is absolutely terrified, TERRIFIED, of social media.	joshcryer	Apr 2014	#57
Original AP source has comments. First comment reads:	Ghost Dog	Apr 2014	#66
The USA considers communication subversive.	joshcryer	Apr 2014	#68
White House defends 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest	Ghost Dog	Apr 2014	#67
Interesting seeing this in your article:	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#77
Why don't the Cubans simply elect a government that permits the real Twitter?	Nye Bevan	Apr 2014	#74
What, and allow all that awful freedom in? Can't have that! nt	MADem	Apr 2014	#84
'Cuban Twitter' heads to hearings in Congress	dipsydoodle	Apr 2014	#79
Pathetic, isn't it? They even found a Republican who disapproves of this. Thanks. n/t	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#82
.	Ghost Dog	Apr 2014	#91
Good for Sra. Vidal. The US has been trying to control Cuba longer than she has lived.	Judi Lynn	Apr 2014	#97
AP's latest on the subject (" trumpeting in the island's official media"):	Ghost Dog	Apr 2014	#99
America is cancer to other countries.	DeSwiss	Apr 2014	#80
Yes, what next? Will we create a Cuban Flappy Bird?	Nye Bevan	Apr 2014	#92
America is just doing their job as Department of Global Enforcement of The Law of the 1%.	Zorra	Apr 2014	#95

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