I rumaged through the Washington Post today-online, of course-and I stumbled upon this video called "Top Secret America: A Washington Post Investigation"
Being the 'James Bond' that I am, I clicked on it.
I watched it.
I learned a lot.
I had no idea that since 9/11, the secret government agencies that America has created were so ...what's the word I'm looking for here....immense. This has been a two year investigation done by the Post, and from what I've read, they haven't found anything to prove its success. In total, these complexes take up 17 million square feet in Washington and the surrounding area; roughly 854,000 people are believed to hold top-secret security clearances, and an estimated 10,000 locations of these agencies are scattered throughout the United States.
"After nine years of unprecendented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine," according to the Washingston Post.
I'll let the link do the rest of the talking. Click on the title and watch the Post's video. It's no secret anymore.
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