Federal files consume millions of square feet below Kansas City, Lenexa and
Lee’s Summit, partly to avoid the off-and-on dampness that can pucker up
papers and degrade celluloid film. Electronic data, too, may be threatened
by fluctuating conditions or a natural disaster.
The underground climate is tightly controlled, and so are the rules.
“They’re not open to the public,” said Miriam Kleiman of NARA’s
communications staff in Washington.
The public includes news media.
The Star for this project tried four times to cajole Uncle Sam into
allowing a writer and photographer into one of his underground lockers.
No, four times.
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