TOP SECRET AMERICA" by Washington Post

[hung le]

"An explosive investigative series published in the Washington Post today begins, "The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work." Among the findings: An estimated 854,000 people hold top-secret security clearances. More than 1,200 government organizations and nearly 2,000 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in 10,000 locations

“Every day across the United States, 854,000 civil servants, military personnel and private contractors with top-secret security clearances are scanned into offices protected by electromagnetic locks, retinal cameras and fortified walls that eavesdropping equipment cannot penetrate.

Much of the information about this mission is classified. That is the reason it is so difficult to gauge the success and identify the problems of Top Secret America, including whether money is being spent wisely. The U.S. intelligence budget is vast, publicly announced last year as $75 billion, 2 1/2 times the size it was on Sept. 10, 2001. But the figure doesn't include many military activities or domestic counterterrorism programs.

:"At least 20 percent of the government organizations that exist to fend off terrorist threats were established or refashioned in the wake of 9/11. Many that existed before the attacks grew to historic proportions as the Bush administration and Congress gave agencies more money than they were capable of responsibly spending.”

Part 1/3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFphj2ErKg

Part 2/3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzP1IdE9fpw

PArt 3/3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKwCNYkdUNE


For more infos : http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america

[edina]

Hi Hung Le, I just discovered this information today, I'm glad to see you have it posted here. This is a major Washington Post investigative piece. I think this is very interesting, the Washington Post is mainstream. I've been looking to see if this shows up, or if it gets some play in other mainstream media, but I haven't seen it yet. Have you played with the maps yet? It seems you have an article here and some of the you tubes. The Post has a dedicated section on their site for this, here's the link to that section: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ Check out the maps, it is very sobering to see how invasive this is across the country. Let me know what you think, e

[Dianna Spencer]

Thanks, Hung Le. Useful and very interesting underground information.. Why won't the news channels run this kind of story?