FBI Headquarter Plans in Limbo?

[Anonymous]

It would make sense to have the FBI close to the Justice Dept. since they work together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It would make sense to have the FBI close to the Justice Dept. since they work together.

Modern telecommunications make physical proximity largely needless. The Reagan building is indefensible, with a completely inadequate setback from the roads. There's a reason CIA and NSA are on large suburban campuses, surround by plenty of land for effective perimeters. A downtown location also make it difficult to attract talent, which often is uninterested in commuting into the city, especially support staff who are less well compensated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would make sense to have the FBI close to the Justice Dept. since they work together.

Modern telecommunications make physical proximity largely needless. The Reagan building is indefensible, with a completely inadequate setback from the roads. There's a reason CIA and NSA are on large suburban campuses, surround by plenty of land for effective perimeters. A downtown location also make it difficult to attract talent, which often is uninterested in commuting into the city, especially support staff who are less well compensated.

Haha. Teams goes down all the time.

This is a pretty decent idea, tbh. The the Hoover building site can be rebuilt and the FBI can move back in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would make sense to have the FBI close to the Justice Dept. since they work together.

Modern telecommunications make physical proximity largely needless. The Reagan building is indefensible, with a completely inadequate setback from the roads. There's a reason CIA and NSA are on large suburban campuses, surround by plenty of land for effective perimeters. A downtown location also make it difficult to attract talent, which often is uninterested in commuting into the city, especially support staff who are less well compensated.

They did want a large, suburban campus which can be made more secure, but they also wanted to stay in DC. Trump wants them in DC, so in DC the FBI shall stay … I guess.

[Anonymous]

Steny Hoyer is mad now because he won’t get a building in Greenbelt named after him.

[Anonymous]

Unless they are going to close 14th Street and Penna Ave in that area, I am not sure how that location is even remotely secure enough.

My sense is that this was an announcement made without any actual discussion, mostly to own the demise of USAID.