Reference News Website, December 28 report: According to the Bloomberg News website, on December 27, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the FBI's historically significant but aging headquarters in Washington will be "permanently closed." He is moving FBI personnel to a building that was once used by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
On X platform on the 26th, Wray posted: "After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we have finally determined a plan to permanently close the FBI headquarters, Hoover Building, and move staff to a safe and modern facility." He added that this move will save taxpayers' money and better meet the needs of the FBI.
The FBI's current headquarters, the Edgar Hoover Building, is an example of brutalist architecture and was completed on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1975.
For a long time, critics have said that the Hoover Building is in disrepair and no longer suitable for FBI use. However, debates about whether the FBI headquarters should be moved and where it should be moved have lasted for many years.
If the commitment made long ago to move to the Ronald Reagan Building and the International Trade Center had been fulfilled, FBI senior officials would continue to work near the Department of Justice, the White House, and other federal agencies. However, this would mean a setback for Maryland, as there had been plans in 2023 to build a new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland, outside Washington. The governor of Maryland, Democrat Wes Moore, and state officials filed a lawsuit last month to try to stop the Greenbelt plan from being abandoned.
However, Wray has long responded to President Donald Trump's request to seek alternative solutions. (Translated by Qing Songzhu)
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