This reminds me a bit of the Greg Mortenson scandal from about a year ago. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2066239,00.ht... For those of you who are unfamiliar, this guy started a project to build schools in developing Middle Eastern nations. People loved him and gave him boatloads of money. Many people in my community, including my family, were moved by his struggle and advocated his cause. Turns out, he distorted many of his stories and occasionally flat out lied. True, he did build some schools, and many of them were effective. But a substantial amount fell into disuse, were never completed, or weren't given enough support to succeed. What's more, the majority of the funds he raised went towards book tours and publicity. To return to Saydrah's point, it was easy (and effective) for Mortenson to profess that he was helping children in Afghanistan, but third party review revealed that his work wasn't as effective or honest as he claimed. It appears to me that KONY could be a similar situation. I agree that third party review is critical for judging the efficacy of an organization.