Posted on 09/15/2013 2:23:51 PM PDT by Irenic
NSA director modeled top secret war room to look like the bridge of Star Trek's Enterprise
As head of the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, Keith Alexander gave orders from the odd room designed with tax dollars
Alexander now heads the embroiled NSA
The director of one of America’s largest spy agencies is catching flack for once working from a war room built with American tax dollars to mimic a fantastical space ship.
Keith Alexander heads up the National Security Agency and in addition to a lot on controversial revelations about his organization, a recent profile of the top spy says that when he ran the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, it was from the captain’s chair of the starship USS Enterprise.
Specifically, from the Enterprise of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. And the eccentric director known as ‘a cowboy’ reportedly used the odd room to woo lawmakers and other important officials who coveted the chance to play captain.
Designed by a Hollywood set designer to mimic the famous ship’s bridge, Alexander’s base of operations in the Fairfax County, Virginia Army base was ‘complete with chrome panels, computer stations, a huge TV monitor on the forward wall,’ according to the profile.
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I see it a bit differently. Yes, it is juvenile and probably unprofessional. And I am not condoning it. But it was also designed by the person who was going to use it instead of some faceless contractor the government hired who would have brought the project in years late, over budget and not what was asked for in the first place.
In addition, it becomes a showplace instead of a cold room with some non descript office. People went there, liked what they saw which meant funding for the department.
Several years back, when I was promoted and given my new office in Manhatan, the big boss said, “here is your office and here is your budget to furnish it. You can do anything you want, as long as it is PC. And keep in mind I hate the Yankees.”
The thieving bum should be transported to prison. What jerk! OPM (other peoples’ money), I guess.
The thieving bum should be transported to prison. What jerk! OPM (other peoples’ money), I guess.
hahahaha! Thanks...
Air Force Space Command at Falcon AFB did the same thing in that 1980s. It actually makes operational sense to do it this way. Gene Rodenbury was an absolute genius at this stuff!
Time for We The People to go to DC?
GET A LIFE!
He probably has a room made up just like Kirk's quarters for that.
We’ve become a satire of ourselves.
Boldly going...
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This is an insult to Chewbacca.
“‘Lawmakers and other important officials took turns sitting in a leather ‘captain’s chair’ in the center of the room and watched as Alexander, a lover of science-fiction movies, showed off his data tools on the big screen.’
all the officials who thought this was cool and not stealing from taxpayers need to be recalled, impeached, whatever. If they are so morally jaded that they can’t tell right from wrong they are not fit to serve.
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