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Exhibit 859

Office of National Drug Control Policy - Video News Release, B-303495

Exhibit 859 ยท Legal decision

Office of National Drug Control Policy - Video News Release, B-303495

ONDCP's news stories constituted covert propaganda and violated publicity or propaganda prohibitions contained in its 2002, 2003, and 2004 appropriations acts.

Requested by Rep. Waxman and Rep. Olver. Examines eight video news releases from fiscal years 2002-2004 and finds the seven with prepackaged news stories covert propaganda because ONDCP did not identify itself; finds ONDCP's use of the term 'Drug Czar' is not unlawful self-aggrandizement; finds Antideficiency Act violations reportable.

Source
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Date
4 January 2005
Quoted from
Digest, point 1 (p. 17)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.gao.gov/products/b-303495
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-303495.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding POL-7.8
Primary record GAO found that unattributed video news releases produced for HHS and its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (B-302710, 19 May 2004), the Office of National Drug Control Policy (B-303495, 4 January 2005) and the Department of Education (B-304228, 30 September 2005) violated the publicity-or-propaganda prohibition, and in the last two opinions called the news stories "covert propaganda."