# Usagm on The No Agenda Show

Usagm comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from February 2021 to June 2025.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** February 2021 – June 2025
- **Related topics:** [Carrie Lake](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/carrie-lake.md), [Voice Of America](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/voice-of-america.md), [Epoch Times](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/epoch-times.md), [Falun Gong](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/falun-gong.md), [Federal Funding](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/federal-funding.md), [Organ Harvesting](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/organ-harvesting.md), [Propaganda](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/propaganda.md), [Smith-mundt Act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/smith-mundt-act.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Voice of America Chinese Spy Ring Scandal

- **Episode:** [1776: Eat The Dog Food](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1776-eat-the-dog-food.md)
- **Published:** 2025-06-26
- **Time:** 2:50:05–2:56:09
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1776-eat-the-dog-food/chapter/voice-of-america-chinese-spy-ring-scandal.md

A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing investigates allegations of a Chinese spy ring within the Voice of America (VOA). Senior advisor Carrie Lake testifies that over 500 personnel have disappeared since audits began and that the agency has been pressured by the Chinese Communist Party to censor content. The agency, which has a nearly $1 billion budget, is described as a significant national security risk.

Keywords: [voice of america](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/voice-of-america.md), [carrie lake](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/carrie-lake.md), chinese spy ring, [organ harvesting](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/organ-harvesting.md), [usagm](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usagm.md)

### US Agency for Global Media, Voice of America Restructuring

- **Episode:** [1747: HiFi Intel](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1747-hifi-intel.md)
- **Published:** 2025-03-16
- **Time:** 1:18:40–1:24:19
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1747-hifi-intel/chapter/us-agency-for-global-media-voice-of-america-restructuring.md

Senior Advisor Carrie Lake has placed over a thousand Voice of America (VOA) staff on paid administrative leave as part of a major restructuring of the US Agency for Global Media. The administration aims to eliminate "radical propaganda" and waste within the agency, which also funds Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. The move follows the 2012 modernization of the Smith-Mundt Act that allowed domestic dissemination of government-produced materials.

Keywords: [carrie lake](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/carrie-lake.md), [voice of america](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/voice-of-america.md), [usagm](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usagm.md), [smith-mundt act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/smith-mundt-act.md), [federal funding](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/federal-funding.md), [propaganda](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/propaganda.md)

### Michael Pack, USAGM, UltraSurf VPN

- **Episode:** [1321: Doctored Evidence](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1321-doctored-evidence.md)
- **Published:** 2021-02-14
- **Time:** 2:52:26–2:58:03
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1321-doctored-evidence/chapter/michael-pack-usagm-ultrasurf-vpn.md

Michael Pack, the former CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), faced criticism for firing senior aides and investigating journalists. Pack reportedly shifted funding toward UltraSurf, a VPN service favored by the Falun Gong to bypass China's Great Firewall. Whistleblowers accused Pack of using the agency for propaganda before his resignation under the Biden transition team.

Keywords: michael pack, [usagm](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/usagm.md), [falun gong](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/falun-gong.md), ultrasurf, [epoch times](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/epoch-times.md)

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