Maryland and Virginia leaders have opposing views when it comes to where the FBI should build its new headquarters.
Maryland representatives insist that Greenbelt and Landover make the most sense, while their counterparts across the Potomac River greatly prefer the third option identified by the General Services Administration, a site in Springfield, Va.
What regional leaders agree on is that the FBI must abandon its current building, a crumbling hulk on Pennsylvania Avenue, near the U.S. Capitol. They have been pushing the U.S. General Services Administration, the federal government’s property management arm, to move the agency out of D.C. for over a decade.
The CIA and the National Security Agency are both located in leafy, secluded suburban locations, and area leaders want the same for the FBI.
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