Re: messing with the public mind

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

It's not called the "General Accounting Office" any more. It's about
"Accountability."

Jim Devine, e-mail: jdevine@xxxxxxx
web: http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/ 
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> http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/prop-m17.shtml
> 
> Bush administration defends use of covert propaganda in US
> 
> By Bill Van Auken
>   17 March 2005
> 
> 
> The Bush administration last week instructed US government agencies
> to
> ignore a ruling by the comptroller general of the United States
> barring
> the dissemination of "covert propaganda."
> 
> The phrase-generally associated with police-state dictatorships-was
> used by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of the
> US
> Congress, in describing the proliferation of video news releases
> produced by the Pentagon, State Department and at least 18 other US
> agencies. The GAO ordered a halt to the dissemination of such videos
> on
> the grounds that they "conceal or do not clearly identify for the
> television viewing audience that the agency was the source of those
> materials."