"Top Secret America"
"The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,In a series of articles by Post reporters Dana Priest and William M. Arkin, a host of interactive graphics and a searchable database.An explosive investigative series published in the Washington Post today begins, has become so large, no one knows how many people it employs,how much money it costs,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.
Here are just a few of the investigation’s findings included in the online report:
* Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and intelligence in about 10,000 locations across the United States.
* An estimated 854,000 people, nearly 1.5 times as many people as live in Washington, D.C., hold top-secret security clearances.
* In Washington and the surrounding area, 33 building complexes for top-secret intelligence work are under construction or have been built since September 2001. Together they occupy the equivalent of almost three Pentagons or 22 U.S. Capitol buildings – about 17 million square feet of space.
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