FBI Headquarters not cleared for classified documents

[nerdgirl 0]

That was the finding of the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the Conference report for the DOJ FY2009 Appropriations Bill.

The SAC found that the J. Edgar Hoover Building cannot satisfy requirements for storage and use of classified intelligence.

“The Hoover Building does not meet the Interagency Security Committee’s criteria for a secure Federal facility capable of handling intelligence and other sensitive information.”

While making determinations about the classification of sensitive materials is ultimately the responsibility of the executive branch,* Congress establishes law that restrict disclosure of information or impose requirements on safeguarding documents and classified materials.

(* A 2 July US District Court ruling on FISA found that “The authority to protect national security information is neither exclusive nor absolute in the executive branch. Congressional regulation of the use of classified information by the executive branch… is therefore well-established.”)

VR/Marg

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DOJ FY2009 Appropriations Bill inadequate for the current FBI Headquarters
workforce, causing dispersal of FBI staff in to over 16 annex
offices. The building also lacks adequate setback and other
security features, which puts FBI operations and personnel at
unacceptable risk.

If i recall after Sept 11th the fedral govt. changed the building setbacks and building codes. This put many previous fedral buildings no longer adequate. Now this one seems to have fallen into this same category.

We just need to replace it or modifiy the building and landscaping.

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