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Fort Meade is the epicenter of U.S. intelligence operations. As the Washington Post calls it, it's the hub of 'Top Secret America.' And yet, it's off most people's radars. The installation employs about 40,000 people from the D.C. area, and every week that number grows. Emily Friedman takes us behind the gates to find out what's really going on over there
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Fort Meade is the epicenter of U.S. intelligence operations. As the Washington Post calls it, it's the hub of 'Top Secret America.' And yet, it's off most people's radars. The installation employs about 40,000 people from the D.C. area, and every week that number grows. Emily Friedman takes us behind the gates to find out what's really going on over there
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In a way, you can think of Fort Meade as a small city. Lots of offices, parking lots, a movie theater, a gym. 40-thousand people work there… only, they’re all working for the same company. And if you ask them what the company does…well, they really can’t say.
Menser: …many people who work at Fort Meade can’t talk about their jobs.
EF:It’s a company town where people can’t talk about the company?
Menser: Exactly right.
I’m sitting with Kent Menser in his office. He was the commander of Fort Meade in the 90s. His job now is to prepare the communities around the installation for the impacts of Fort Meade’s growth.
Menser: Now, if this were an automotive plant that employed 40-thousand… People would be talking about their job and how proud they are of their jobs in the bowling alleys and the churches and the restaurants….
So, what do those 40-thousand people do? Well, Fort Me...
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