Los dineros (sucios) de la CIA en Afganistán

He escogido el presente artículo de Matthew Rosenberg para el NYT, por su gran interés a la hora de entender cómo se financian ciertos regímenes de dudosa ética. Parece que todo vale y no importa el tipo de aliado que se escoje. Aquí se describen las corruptelas en torno al gobierno afgano: dinero a saco para comprar una más que dudosa fidelidad. Pues que se apliquen eso de "cría cuervos". Se lo merecen.



 "With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan "
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG (para el NYT)



KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Off-the-books cash delivered directly to President Karzai’s . office shows payments on a vast scale
All told, tens of millions of dollars have flowed from the C.I.A. to the office of President Hamid Karzai, according to current and former advisers to the Afghan leader.
“We called it ‘ghost money,’ ” said Khalil Roman, who served as Mr. Karzai’s deputy chief of staff from 2002 until 2005. “It came in secret, and it left in secret.”
The C.I.A., which declined to comment for this article, has long been known to support some relatives and close aides of Mr. Karzai. But the new accounts of off-the-books cash delivered directly to his office show payments on a vaster scale, and with a far greater impact on everyday governing.
Moreover, there is little evidence that the payments bought the influence the C.I.A. sought. Instead, some American officials said, the cash has fueled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington’s exit strategy from Afghanistan. (Ver NYT).