the washington post
WASHINGTON — Since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, top-secret intelligence gathering by the government has grown so unwieldy and expensive that no one really knows what it cost and how many people are involved, The Washington Post The United States secret intelligence gathering systems have grown so much in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks, that no-one really knows their exact cost or size now, a report in American newspaper The Washington Post says. 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