C.I.A. Starbucks: surtout pas de noms sur les verres (Washington Post)

Le Starbucks des installations de la C.I.A. à Langley en Virginie serait l'un des plus occupés de la célèbre chaîne, mais vous devinez qu'on n'y sert pas le café comme on le ferait ailleurs. Petit topo intéressant du Washington Post sur le fonctionnement de cette succursale particulière.

 "Because the campus is a highly secured island, few people leave for coffee, and the lines, both in the morning and mid-afternoon, can stretch down the hallway. According to agency lore, one senior official, annoyed by the amount of time employees were wasting, was known to approach someone at the back of the line and whisper, “What have you done for your country today?”

This coffee shop looks pretty much like any other Starbucks, with blond wooden chairs and tables, blueberry and raspberry scones lining the bakery cases, and progressive folk rock floating from the speakers. (There are plans to redecorate, possibly including spy paraphernalia from over the decades.)

But the manager said this shop “has a special mission,” to help humanize the environment for employees, who work under high pressure often in windowless offices and can’t fiddle with their smartphones during downtime. For security, they have to leave them in their cars.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-cia-starbucks-even-the-baristas-are-covert/2014/09/27/5a04cd28-43f5-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html?hpid=z3