Patrick Leahy actually said...

I wonder to what extent significant experience in overseas development is a requirement for working at USAID?

There were quite a few efforts made to conceal the fact that it was a Government program.

the entire foreign operations budget is about 1 percent of Federal spending, and the world is rapidly changing.

There is the risk to young, unsuspecting Cuban cellphone users who had no idea this was a U.S. Government-funded activity.