Event: 'Dana Priest: A FRONTLINE Screening And Discussion Of Top Secret America' Print
  Greater Boston
Events taking place in the Boston area.
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2011 At 02:00 pm

Location: Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 02138

Description: The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere. The result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us in greater danger. In Top Secret America, award-winning reporters Dana Priest and William Arkin uncover the enormous size, shape, mission, and consequences of this invisible universe of over 1,300 government facilities in every state in America; nearly 2,000 outside companies used as contractors; and more than 850,000 people granted "Top Secret" security clearance.