"It looks like the bridge of the Starship Enterprise."
How many times have we seen that quote in a news item before? Well, it's time to roll it out once again, according to this article in the UK's Daily Mail.
It appears that not only is Keith Alexander, the current head of the National Security Agency, a Star Trek fan, but a Star Trek fan who likes to work in an authentic Trek atmosphere (and we're not talking a Class M planet).
When Alexander headed the US Army's Intelligence and Security Command, he apparently had the unit's workplace modeled after, yes, the "bridge of the Starship Enterprise" complete with a center command chair, a la Kirk and Picard, and a large main monitor screen on the front wall.
Pretty nifty, but how much of the taxpayer's dime was siphoned for this fantasy workplace. And, with all that chrome, it also could double as a Ken Adam-designed James Bond villain's lair.
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