‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’: Ex-USAID officials, military brass reportedly discussed ‘extra-constitutional’ plans for America
By Jillian Butler, Daily Caller News Foundation
‘You just released a bunch of well-trained individuals into your population. If you kept our offices going and had us play solitaire in the office, it might have been safer to keep your regime’
A collection of non-governmental organizations staffed by former members of the military, federal government, and intelligence community is reportedly working to undermine the Constitution following the midterm elections.
The alleged network of former military officers, intelligence officials, and ex-USAID personnel is coordinating to advise state governments on scenarios involving military intervention during the 2026 midterm elections, according to investigative researcher Jennica Pounds, better known online as DataRepublican. The groups, which include Renew to Thrive and National Security Leaders For America (NSL4A), have backed anti-Trump protests, discussed when the federal government could be declared illegitimate, and entertained the idea of “extra-constitutional” measures, raising questions about whether they are preparing for a constitutional crisis or actively working to manufacture a color revolution, a series of non-violent, mass public protests, and civil disobedience movements.
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Renew to Thrive and National Security Leaders For America did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s requests for comment.
Danielle Reiff, a former USAID democracy officer, among other colleagues from the agency, has reportedly been operating through various grassroots organizations working to undermine the Trump administration since USAID’s closure in July 2025, according to Pounds.
“Take it from those of us who worked in authoritarian countries: We’ve become one … they were so quick to disband [The U.S. Agency for International Development], the group that supposedly instigates color revolutions,” one former employee reportedly declared. “But they’ve done a very foolish thing. You just released a bunch of well-trained individuals into your population. If you kept our offices going and had us play solitaire in the office, it might have been safer to keep your regime.”
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Some questioned whether a group of 200 ex-USAID officials could actually pull off their ambitions to rewrite the Constitution.
Here, they describe exactly how it works. They aren't… pic.twitter.com/1zktzZaVeh
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Others reportedly shared the CIA’s “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” with government officials perceived as potential allies.
full story at https://www.wnd.com/2026/10/simple-sabotage-field-manual-ex-usaid-officials-military/