"Top Secret America" was a two-year investigative report completed by the Washington Post. This controversial document tackles the secretive world created by the government to answer to the call for homeland security which was initiated due to the attacks of September 11, 2001. According to the Post, this alternative society has become so massive that it is not feasible to determine the extent of its operations. It is unknown how many agencies it has under its belt, how much has been spent for its numerous programs and the employees hired.
Findings in the report indicated some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies involved in counter terrorism programs, homeland security and intelligence. As many as 845,000 people have access to top-secret security clearances. Washington has 33 building complexes that have been built since 2001. Its combined area is equivalent to three Pentagons, which is approximately 17 million square feet. Numerous intelligence and security divisions conduct the same operations which leads to waste and redundancy. Conversations and documents are analyzed in reports. Their yearly volume adds up to a total 50,000. Since this number is so large, many of the reports are routinely ignored.
There are innumerable agencies working on similar duties and programs creating a lot of waste and redundancy; an example is the 51 federal organizations, including military commands that focus on 15 terrorist networks in U.S. soil. Analysts study taped conversations and documents from domestic and foreign counterintelligence efforts. This leads to a volume of 50,000 annual reports, such a large number meant that most of these documents are routinely ignored.
Skousen also claims that there is a "dark side" to each agency as it encourages compartmentalization, hidden budgets, front activities and false stories to keep honest employees unaware. He delves further by saying that when a few notice these inconsistencies, they are given subtle threats in order to discourage further inquiries.
Overall, Skousen is disappointed in the outcome of the Post's investigation. There is no substance to which it can be proven that the U.S. government's actions are illegal. He wanted the newspaper to connect all these actions are directed to defend the agenda of the New World Order.
Findings in the report indicated some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies involved in counter terrorism programs, homeland security and intelligence. As many as 845,000 people have access to top-secret security clearances. Washington has 33 building complexes that have been built since 2001. Its combined area is equivalent to three Pentagons, which is approximately 17 million square feet. Numerous intelligence and security divisions conduct the same operations which leads to waste and redundancy. Conversations and documents are analyzed in reports. Their yearly volume adds up to a total 50,000. Since this number is so large, many of the reports are routinely ignored.
There are innumerable agencies working on similar duties and programs creating a lot of waste and redundancy; an example is the 51 federal organizations, including military commands that focus on 15 terrorist networks in U.S. soil. Analysts study taped conversations and documents from domestic and foreign counterintelligence efforts. This leads to a volume of 50,000 annual reports, such a large number meant that most of these documents are routinely ignored.
Skousen also claims that there is a "dark side" to each agency as it encourages compartmentalization, hidden budgets, front activities and false stories to keep honest employees unaware. He delves further by saying that when a few notice these inconsistencies, they are given subtle threats in order to discourage further inquiries.
Overall, Skousen is disappointed in the outcome of the Post's investigation. There is no substance to which it can be proven that the U.S. government's actions are illegal. He wanted the newspaper to connect all these actions are directed to defend the agenda of the New World Order.
About the Author:
Woody Allen had a joke about writing a non-fiction Warren Report -what of Top Secret America . The report was first published in the well known and revered journal - the Washington Post of Bernstein Watergate fame
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