Nat Geo docu peers into NSA

The ultra-secret National Security Agency has been doing the unthinkable: It's decided to let in TV cameras.The org would be the unlikely subject of the National Geographic Funnel docu in The month of january known as "Within the NSA" -- marking one of the couple of occasions the company has permitted a camera crew inside.Nat Geo has created out a distinct segment by itself with programs devoted to intricacies of secret government institutions -- the internet has handled the Eco-friendly Berets, Area 51 and also the CIA -- but that one is going to be tough to top.Michael Cascio, programming topper for Nat Geo, stated the team choose to go "places no cameras had have you been into" for that hourlong special. The focal point from the show is a trip into NTOC, a higher-security (for the NSA) portion of the agency's Fort Meade, Md., procedures center produced to watch cyber-attacks.Cascio stated the NSA has jurisdiction over what footage airs from the facility, but Nat Geo maintains editorial treatments for the ultimate product. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com