A rare inside look at the Situation Room, recently renovated: Reporter's notebook
A $50 million, one-year makeover of the famed Situation Room, considered the single most secure part of the federal government, is complete It has that new car smell: fresh leather chairs, brand new wood paneling, stonework ... all the signs of a full gut renovation. But now the $50 million, one-year project (that included digging 5 feet below the surface of the White House grounds) is done and the makeover of the famed Situation Room, considered the single most secure part of the federal government and the scene of History -making decisions by presidents through the years, is complete. And ABC News got to go inside along with a select group of other reporters for rare, behind-the-scenes access. The door into the facility is unmarked door and bland, still right next to the cafeteria in the cramped and comparatively dated West Wing. But once you walk through, it does, in fact, look like the movies. And it is very cold, to keep all the secure Technology safe. Newly renovated, it is not...