User blog comment:Hawkam/About Lucy Stillman/@comment-4699238-20130403061628/@comment-1153722-20130403105009

BuonaFortuna, I did not understand what you said in the first paragraph.

Not everyone at Abstergo Industries is a Templar. Most are not aware of the Order, but a select few are; remember, it's a big company.

And the facility that Desmond was held in was always in Italy. Just look out the windows in the first game; the architecture of the other buildings is clearly Italian. The signs in the car lot of the facility in the second game are also all Italian.

Take note that Abstergo doesn't have just one facility, they have multiple all over the world. The one that Daniel was held in and later operated from was located in Philadelphia.