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Monday, 19th July 2010

Several New Databases From the Washington Post Investigative Series, "Top-Secret America"

Series Homepage: Top Secret America
Includes an introductory video. Links to all resources. Dana Priest and William M. Arkin are the two reporters.

These are some of the findings of a two-year investigation by The Washington Post that discovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight. After nine years of unprecedented 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.

Primary Articles in the Series
First article on July 19, 2010.

REFERENCE RESOURCE

Types of Top-Secret Work

MAPS & DATABASES

Interactive Chart: The Top-Secret Network of Government and Its Contractors

Relationships between government organizations and the types work being done...

Map: Where is Top-Secret America

Search by City or Zip

Interactive Chart: The Top-Secret Network of Network and Contractors

Find Companies

The Post's database includes overview information for nearly 2,000 companies.

Companies Can Be Sorted by:
Employees
Revenue
Year established
Top-secret work locations
Government clients

Find by Company

Search by Government Agency, Types of Work, Location

See Also: Methodology and Credits

See Also: Social Media: Facebook Page and Twitter Feed

Source: Washington Post

See Also: Washington Post News Release

Some of the Findings Include:

+ 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.

See Also: Controversial WaPo Series Goes Live (FishbowlDC)

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