CBS: Secret concert held for children of fallen heroes
Each year, intelligence professionals, special operators and the children of fallen heroes gather for a heartfelt cause — with no written invitations and a time and place so secret, it's on a need-to-know basis.
A professional keeper of secrets, retired CIA officer Mark Kelton now sits on the board of an event so cloak and dagger, even the name is shrouded in secrecy.
"We like to call it a 'covert concert event,'" he told CBS News' Catherine Herridge. "We come from a secret world, it's on a need-to-know basis, and that adds somewhat to the mystique of the event."
Some past performers are far from unknown – ZZ Top, The Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton. One year, Lenny Kravitz rubbed shoulders with a four-star general.
To date, more than $3.5 million in scholarships has been raised for the CIA, Special Operations and Defense Intelligence memorial foundations.
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WNU Editor: This year's concert emcee and a scholarship recipient was Alison Spann. Her CIA-officer father, Mike Spann, was the first American killed in Afghanistan after 9/11.