Maryland confirmed as pick for new FBI headquarters

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Virginia Mercury

Maryland confirmed as pick for new FBI headquarters

Warner, Kaine accuse Biden administration of letting politics ‘taint the selection process’

BY: DANIELLE E. GAINES AND JENNIFER SHUTT - NOVEMBER 8, 2023 7:25 PM

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FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s new headquarters will be in Maryland, a significant victory for the state following years of jockeying against Virginia and debate throughout several presidencies about where best to locate the law enforcement agency.

The General Services Administration picked the Greenbelt, Maryland, site Wednesday over the Springfield, Virginia, and Landover, Maryland, options, according to a source with knowledge confirming the GSA’s decision to Maryland Matters and States Newsroom.

GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan said in a written statement to States Newsroom and Maryland Matters that “GSA looks forward to building the FBI a state-of-the-art headquarters campus in Greenbelt to advance their critical mission for years to come.”

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The Washington Post originally reported the decision. (1)

(1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/08/fbi-headquarters-chosen-greenbelt/



Read more: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/11/08/maryland-confirmed-as-pick-for-new-fbi-headquarters/

[wolfie001]

1. Great News!!!

Right here in solid Blue Maryland!!! Thanks Dumbkin! lol

[MiniMe]

2. What a surprise! The Virginia Senators think that politics played a role in Maryland getting the FBI

[msfiddlestix]

3. Well, it sort of makes me feel like pot meet kettle with that claim I'm thinking that Virginia Senators will be

possibly be mollified with another big alphabet soup agency development for their district. More added to CIA/Intelligence communities.
etc.
TSA etc etc etc.

I mean come on... guys.. stop it.

[MiniMe]

4. I like the senators from Virginia

But this Maryland girl had to point out how quick their dissent was.

[msfiddlestix]

5. I like both Senators too.. glad their "On Side"... but geeze, let's keep the turf wars under wraps please.

[MiniMe]

6. I will if they will

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Delegation of Va. lawmakers call for GSA inspector general to investigate FBI HQ decision

Delegation of Va. lawmakers call for GSA inspector general to investigate FBI HQ decision

Mike Murillo | [email protected]
November 15, 2023, 8:21 PM

Eleven members of Virginia’s congressional delegation officially called for an investigation into the selection process for the new FBI Headquarters. In a letter, they called on the General Services Administration’s Acting Inspector General Robert Erickson to launch the probe.

“There is overwhelming evidence suggesting that the General Services Administration (GSA) administered a site selection process fouled by political considerations and alleged impropriety — one that was repeatedly curated to arrive at a predetermined outcome,” the lawmakers said in the letter.

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Mike Murillo
Mike Murillo is a reporter and anchor at WTOP. Before joining WTOP in 2013, he worked in radio in Orlando, New York City and Philadelphia.

[email protected]
@MikeMurilloWTOP

[honest.abe]

8. They wont find anything. This process has been going on for years and has been completely open.

If anything it would seem there was pressure to choose Springfield. I suspect because FBI upper management doesn't like Greenbelt because not "white" enough.