[dbarlett]

The NSA has their own fab at Ft. Meade [1] and pays IBM to run one in Vermont [2].

[1] http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-9/iss...

[2] http://www.manufacturingnews.com/news/04/0203/art1.html

[avs733]

and used to have one in CA[1] and owns one in texas as well[2]

[1] http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/NSA-....

[2] http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-9/iss....

[Spooky23]

Pretty sure the Vermont IBM facility is closed. Most of the surviving workers are at Global Foundries.

[cinquemb]

They probably have a program that swaps their silicon for others as it's in transit from wholesale, probably called something like FRIEDPOTATOS probably in cooperation with DIGIKEY… jokingly of course.