WATCH: CNN Relies on Debunked USAID Report To Claim Hamas Doesn't Systematically Steal Aid
Anchor Pamela Brown also suggested the Gaza Ministry of Health isn't controlled by Hamas
Meghan Blonder
August 22, 2025
CNN anchor Pamela Brown cited a debunked U.S. Agency for International Development report to falsely claim that there is no evidence Hamas systematically steals aid in Gaza.
"There was an internal analysis conducted by USAID that showed, according to this U.S. government report, that there was no widespread theft by Hamas. They looked into 150 incidents of waste, fraud and abuse. And that's what the finding was. It was by USAID," Brown said Friday on The Situation Room.
But that USAID analysis was conducted by career staffers and not the agency's inspector general, an independent entity that provides oversight of U.S. foreign aid programs. The career staffers relied on official information from U.N. agencies and "completed" the report just days before the Trump administration shuttered USAID.
https://freebeacon.com/media/watch-cnn-relying-on-debunked-report-falsely-claims-hamas-doesnt-loot-from-un-aid-sites/
