@frontlinefortherecord: "These buildings might only be four stories high, but they go down ten stories.” In the years after 9/11, the U.S. government developed a massive maze of clandestine government and private agencies aimed at fighting terrorism in new and secret ways. FRONTLINE documented how reporters mapped the geography of this “top secret America,” and how they identified subterranean facilities beneath what appeared to be ordinary office park buildings. From spaces like these, they found, the government — with the support of a growing network of contractors — launched drone strikes, gathered and spread secret information, and engaged in cyber-conflict. For the full story, watch the 2011 documentary “Top Secret America,” now streaming on our Youtube channel.
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Friday 04 September 2026 17:11:09 GMT
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WALSTIB :
That explains Mattress Firm…
2026-09-04 19:03:30
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snubpizza :
Go watch Johnny Harris’s video on Liberia 👀
2026-09-04 19:16:47
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Mmmkay :
As much as I love Frontline I just don't understand this? what do they think a covert agency is supposed to do? be out in the open?
2026-09-04 20:39:54
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Just Joey :
Washington D.C is only a front.
2026-09-04 18:12:24
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supersally :
I've worked for the government for 15 years and never gotten to work in a pizza parlor; what am I doing wrong? where's my pizza?
2026-09-04 19:02:45
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MATSJP :
Malls and airports people. Places where it’s easy to disappear in a crowd. Common knowledge.
2026-09-04 19:43:59
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crimb :
I worked in one of these buildings. It was just a nondescript office building and the FBI rented out the basement to do forensics on laptops. The maintenance guys at the building said it went 15 stories underground. The crazy looking door to get to it was right next to the men’s locker room lol. Always wanted to see what it looked like down there!
2026-09-04 20:19:05
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Hodr :
“Secret”? That building with the big radar dome? lol
2026-09-04 20:35:09
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secret test.. hush hush :
THIS IS FROM 2011 Y'ALL in case you didn't catch it on screen
2026-09-05 01:21:10
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User3913682 :
Genuine question, who works the shops and places to eat? If not the public, then agents/cadets??
2026-09-04 19:33:01
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Youknowit :
You think running a superpower would be done out of one place like Washington DC? You know how many countries and people are trying to actively sabotage this country on hourly basis?
2026-09-04 18:02:01
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taylor :
Orlando FL has a maze of tunnels under the downtown area. I used to work in one of the CNL towers and had a master key card so I could deliver interoffice mail. In my free time I loved urban exploring and found a way between the towers, Suntrust Building, and City Hall so I didn't have to walk in the rain.
2026-09-04 23:40:58
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shen :
Chantilly business park.west of CHS 3miles.
2026-09-04 18:33:29
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Rusty Shackleford :
Lots of people massively overestimating what most of the government does. It’s really not underground facilities or fronts, it’s just spaces acquired/rented by GSA to house some of the most boring paper pushers.
2026-09-04 21:22:14
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See One Studio :
I knew it! I’ve seen so many random shops, no customers and wondered how they stayed in business.
2026-09-04 19:37:13
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Kizzie 03 :
that 2011 film looks like it was filmed in 1990 😂....
2026-09-04 20:05:32
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Vennie Kocsis :
This is what happened to my fellow cult survivor and I when we tried to find the FBI office in Fairbanks, Alaska to report the cult. The office was in the back of a chiropractor’s medical office. It was weird AF. You had to go into the lobby of the chiropractic office to get to the FBI office
2026-09-04 21:10:15
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user83171849196 :
This is why I want move far out. They are targets for future wars
2026-09-05 23:16:58
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aidanguro :
There’s a massive one in Ogden, UT I have no idea what it is. Might be an IRS headquarters or something idk
2026-09-04 19:10:21
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Boris :
drop the episodes please
2026-09-04 19:05:25
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—13110126/2— :
if USA is aware of how to build these structures why did it take a day in October for them to locate them in Palestine
2026-09-04 17:16:38
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Gross photo studio :
the music really got me paranoid now
2026-09-04 18:18:03
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BronxAugiesPizza :
Manassas VA has so many of these types of buildings
2026-09-04 19:48:53
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Joshua Jewell :
Why would it be revealed to the public ? Do people not understand the importance of defensive measures?
2026-09-04 23:33:42
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Jordan :
This makes me think of the “ballroom.” As soon as it was made public that it would go down 6 stories deep I thought of this clip!!
2026-09-05 13:14:51
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