Google takes secrecy to new heights with mystery barge

HIGHLY CLASSIFIED: How badly does Google want to keep under wraps a mysterious project taking shape on a barge in San Francisco Bay? Badly enough to require US government officials to sign confidentiality agreements. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: How badly does Google want to keep under wraps a mysterious project taking shape on a barge in San Francisco Bay? Badly enough to require US government officials to sign confidentiality agreements. 

At least one Coast Guard employee has had to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the Internet giant, said Barry Bena, a US Coast Guard spokesman. Another person who would only identify himself as an inspector for a California government agency had to do the same.