Excerpt 1: Top Secret America
Season 2011
Episode 13
About the Episode
On Obama's inauguration day, all of Top Secret America was on hand to protect the incoming president. "What was happening behind the scenes was phenomenal," "Washington Post" journalist Dana Priest tells FRONTLINE in "Top Secret America," coming Sept 6.
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