The New FBI HQ
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Wray and others are questioning the site selection decision by Nina Albert, who was a Biden-appointed General Services Administration commissioner, because the site she chose for the FBI’s future headquarters in Greenbelt, Md., is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, her former employer.
Albert, a long-time Washington, D.C., insider, worked in prominent positions for the transit authority for over five years before she was tapped to join the GSA in 2021.
Greenbelt, Md., was officially announced as the site for the new FBI headquarters on Thursday.
In choosing Greenbelt, Albert overruled a three-member panel of lifetime FBI and GSA officials who unanimously concluded that a site in Springfield, Va., would be the best location. Attempts to reach Albert on Friday were unsuccessful.
In an internal message to FBI employees obtained by National Review, Wray expressed concerns about the process a “senior executive” used to choose Greenbelt over Springfield, and about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Wray did not name Albert in his message, but she is the one who signed off on a 38-page document explaining the site-selection process, and people with knowledge of the situation identified her as the decision-maker.
In his message to staff, Wray wrote that “the FBI raised serious concerns about the appearance of a lack of impartiality by the GSA senior executive given the executive’s previous professional affiliation with the owner of the selected site.”
Gee. I wonder what made Albert choose a site owned by her former bosses and override the panel charged with that decision.
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Wray and others are questioning the site selection decision by Nina Albert, who was a Biden-appointed General Services Administration commissioner, because the site she chose for the FBI’s future headquarters in Greenbelt, Md., is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, her former employer.
Albert, a long-time Washington, D.C., insider, worked in prominent positions for the transit authority for over five years before she was tapped to join the GSA in 2021.
Greenbelt, Md., was officially announced as the site for the new FBI headquarters on Thursday.
In choosing Greenbelt, Albert overruled a three-member panel of lifetime FBI and GSA officials who unanimously concluded that a site in Springfield, Va., would be the best location. Attempts to reach Albert on Friday were unsuccessful.
In an internal message to FBI employees obtained by National Review, Wray expressed concerns about the process a “senior executive” used to choose Greenbelt over Springfield, and about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Wray did not name Albert in his message, but she is the one who signed off on a 38-page document explaining the site-selection process, and people with knowledge of the situation identified her as the decision-maker.
In his message to staff, Wray wrote that “the FBI raised serious concerns about the appearance of a lack of impartiality by the GSA senior executive given the executive’s previous professional affiliation with the owner of the selected site.”
Gee. I wonder what made Albert choose a site owned by her former bosses and override the panel charged with that decision.
@George-K said in The New FBI HQ:
Wray and others are questioning the site selection decision by Nina Albert, who was a Biden-appointed General Services Administration commissioner, because the site she chose for the FBI’s future headquarters in Greenbelt, Md., is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, her former employer.
Albert, a long-time Washington, D.C., insider, worked in prominent positions for the transit authority for over five years before she was tapped to join the GSA in 2021.
Greenbelt, Md., was officially announced as the site for the new FBI headquarters on Thursday.
In choosing Greenbelt, Albert overruled a three-member panel of lifetime FBI and GSA officials who unanimously concluded that a site in Springfield, Va., would be the best location. Attempts to reach Albert on Friday were unsuccessful.
In an internal message to FBI employees obtained by National Review, Wray expressed concerns about the process a “senior executive” used to choose Greenbelt over Springfield, and about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Wray did not name Albert in his message, but she is the one who signed off on a 38-page document explaining the site-selection process, and people with knowledge of the situation identified her as the decision-maker.
In his message to staff, Wray wrote that “the FBI raised serious concerns about the appearance of a lack of impartiality by the GSA senior executive given the executive’s previous professional affiliation with the owner of the selected site.”
Gee. I wonder what made Albert choose a site owned by her former bosses and override the panel charged with that decision.
@Aqua-Letifer can tell you there is nothing to see here. Washington Metro Employees would never do anything corrupt or reeking of cronyism, honest!
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@George-K said in The New FBI HQ:
Wray and others are questioning the site selection decision by Nina Albert, who was a Biden-appointed General Services Administration commissioner, because the site she chose for the FBI’s future headquarters in Greenbelt, Md., is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, her former employer.
Albert, a long-time Washington, D.C., insider, worked in prominent positions for the transit authority for over five years before she was tapped to join the GSA in 2021.
Greenbelt, Md., was officially announced as the site for the new FBI headquarters on Thursday.
In choosing Greenbelt, Albert overruled a three-member panel of lifetime FBI and GSA officials who unanimously concluded that a site in Springfield, Va., would be the best location. Attempts to reach Albert on Friday were unsuccessful.
In an internal message to FBI employees obtained by National Review, Wray expressed concerns about the process a “senior executive” used to choose Greenbelt over Springfield, and about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Wray did not name Albert in his message, but she is the one who signed off on a 38-page document explaining the site-selection process, and people with knowledge of the situation identified her as the decision-maker.
In his message to staff, Wray wrote that “the FBI raised serious concerns about the appearance of a lack of impartiality by the GSA senior executive given the executive’s previous professional affiliation with the owner of the selected site.”
Gee. I wonder what made Albert choose a site owned by her former bosses and override the panel charged with that decision.
@Aqua-Letifer can tell you there is nothing to see here. Washington Metro Employees would never do anything corrupt or reeking of cronyism, honest!
@LuFins-Dad said in The New FBI HQ:
@George-K said in The New FBI HQ:
Wray and others are questioning the site selection decision by Nina Albert, who was a Biden-appointed General Services Administration commissioner, because the site she chose for the FBI’s future headquarters in Greenbelt, Md., is owned by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, her former employer.
Albert, a long-time Washington, D.C., insider, worked in prominent positions for the transit authority for over five years before she was tapped to join the GSA in 2021.
Greenbelt, Md., was officially announced as the site for the new FBI headquarters on Thursday.
In choosing Greenbelt, Albert overruled a three-member panel of lifetime FBI and GSA officials who unanimously concluded that a site in Springfield, Va., would be the best location. Attempts to reach Albert on Friday were unsuccessful.
In an internal message to FBI employees obtained by National Review, Wray expressed concerns about the process a “senior executive” used to choose Greenbelt over Springfield, and about the appearance of a conflict of interest. Wray did not name Albert in his message, but she is the one who signed off on a 38-page document explaining the site-selection process, and people with knowledge of the situation identified her as the decision-maker.
In his message to staff, Wray wrote that “the FBI raised serious concerns about the appearance of a lack of impartiality by the GSA senior executive given the executive’s previous professional affiliation with the owner of the selected site.”
Gee. I wonder what made Albert choose a site owned by her former bosses and override the panel charged with that decision.
@Aqua-Letifer can tell you there is nothing to see here. Washington Metro Employees would never do anything corrupt or reeking of cronyism, honest!
Bro what the hell are you on.
