An admission by the CEO of Center for Investigative Reporting

Erik Strand, 23.02.2025

As USAID has been closed down, it has been revealed that many “independent” journalist around the globe have been funded by USAID. One of the articles on the subject is this one by Consortium News.

As regards Bosnia, I choose to quote the following from the article:

“Leila Bicakcic, CEO of Center for Investigative Reporting (a USAID-supported Bosnian organization), admitted, on camera, that

“If you are funded by the U.S. government, there are certain topics that you would simply not go after, because the U.S. government has its interests that are above all others.””