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.
[taken from the Washington Post's article linked below]
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/a-hidden-world-growing-beyond-control/
