What the Secret Neighbors Do: Look for Terrorist Threats, Share the Information to Thwart Them
9/11 Brought McLean Two of Our most Secret Neighbors
Three times a day, officials sit in a windowless secure videoconference room in one of McLean's most secure buildings and give other high-ranking officials around the government a rundown of the most prominent terrorist threats facing the U.S. The first briefing of the day occurs at 1 a.m. The biggest occurs at 8 a.m. The last at 3 p.m. The building works like a factory with three shifts a day. These briefings are central to the job description of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), one of McLean's newest secret neighbors, spawned directly from the ashes of Seot. 11. Sunday we told you the story we pieced together of how the NCTC and the Director of National Intelligence became our neighbors. Today, we'll tell you what they say …
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