I'm guessing the contract was written up by Lobbyists, as has happened before.
Giving F-16's and Abram's to Caliphers is reminiscent of training OBL in the 80's, except this time the crazy is on several higher levels, there is no ready threat on a scale like the USSR and the amount of arms is significantly more and strategically diverse.
Everything given to the Caliphers will have embed kill switches, of course this relies on 'camel jockeys' not being tech savvy, reminiscent of the defence of Singapore revolving around people with 'slanty eyes' not shooting straight and that worked out so well.
In the article I found it interesting that Clinton over rode the law to continue giving arms:
sidestepped a new Congressional requirement that for the first time directly links arms sales to Egypt’s protection of basic freedoms.
As for what to do with the cash, 'gun's to bridges' is probably a good idea, but of course bridges don't have the lobbyists the arms industry does.
One wonders if arming a group hostile to ones nation counts as a treasonous act still.
I can imagine a well trained Calipher flying a F-16 with Israeli markings and a Nuke strapped to it, popping up from under the Radar and returning to sender, making 9-11 an entrée.
Considering that the group 'Al Queda' is fantasy, something concocted in effort to prosecute via anti-mafia laws, more truthfull nomenclature for OBL and his hommies is the Muslim Brotherhood, as a organisation is best defined by it's birth and ongoing philosophy, as they all follow Qutb.
Considering the green light 9-11 has given for CMIC expansion I can see the motivation to up the gain.
Considering the insanity of giving F-16's to Caliphers and placing Nuclear weapons in Australia, one wonders if a AI has not already come into existance and is manipulating events so as to maximise it's own advantage and longevity, it being best served by Humans entirely subserviant to the CMIC.