chairs the Principals Committee. Its members, along with the national
security advisor, include the secretary of state, the secretary of de-
fense, the U.S. representative to the United Nations (UN), the direc-
tor of national intelligence (DNI), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff(JCS), the assistant to the president for economic policy, and
the assistant to the vice president for national security. President
George W. Bush also includes the secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) in the principals committee.
The secretary of the treasury, the attorney general, and other heads
of departments and agencies are invited as needed. The secretaries of
energy and commerce, or their deputies, are routinely invited to Prin-
cipals Committee meetings involving proliferation and nuclear related
issues. Other members of the White House staff, including the presi-
dent’s chief of staff, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), and the deputy assistant to the president for national
security affairs (APNSA), may also attend, depending on the agenda.PROJECT JENNIFER.SeeJENNIFER (PROJECT).PROJECT RODRIGUISTA.SeeRODRIGUISTA(PROJECT).PROJECT SAFEHAVEN.SeeSAFEHAVEN (PROJECT).PROPAGANDA.Refers to dissemination of information intended to fur-
ther one’s cause or damage the adversary. Numerous U.S. agencies,
including the Department of Defense(DOD), engage in propaganda
activities, but, in the lexicon of U.S. intelligence, propaganda is part of
covert actionprograms of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Propaganda activities range from white propaganda—broadcasting
news about the United States by Voice of America(VOA), for exam-
ple—to black propaganda, which is the spreading of disinformation.
Gray propaganda falls somewhere in between the two and includes
broadcast activities intended to cast the United States in a positive
light. During the Cold War, U.S. propaganda focused on exposing the
dark side of communism and warning of its dangers. It also sought to
win the hearts and minds of various publics toward the West by focus-
ing on freedoms and democratic principles. Entities like Radio Free
Europe(RFE) and Radio Liberty(RL) were covert efforts to influ-
ence opinion behind the iron curtain. U.S. agencies like the UnitedPROPAGANDA• 16305-398 (2) Dictionary.qxd 10/20/05 6:27 AM Page 163