Listen to testimony from government witnesses from the General Service administration of the federal bureau of investigation and the General Accountability Office of the cancellation of the fbi headquarters consolidation project and what comes next for housing the fbi. The Council Project would have replaced the current fbi headquarters, the J Edgar Hoover building, located at 935 pennsylvania avenue with a new headquarters in either maryland or virginia. The project involved in exchange for the hoover building with a private developer. Using need to replace the fbis existing headquarters. The men and women of the fbi need an Office Building that meets their needs. The security and efficiency arguments for their case is clear. What is not clear is why the project was suddenly halted and congress was not notified in advance and what happens now. Senators should not have to find out about a decision of this magnitude by reading about it in the washington post. How this decision was made,
To testimony from government witnesses from the General Services administration of the federal bureau of investigation and the General Accountability Office about the cancellation of the fbi headquarters consolidation project and what comes next for housing the fbi. The Council Project will have replace the current fbi headquarters, the J Edgar Hoover building located at 935 pennsylvania avenue with the new hecklers in maryland or virginia. Involved in exchange for the J Edgar Hoover building with a private developer. They would then in turn have a campus like facility with proper safeguards for security, suitable for the focus of the Intelligence Agency more than simply a Law Enforcement. The new facility would also consolidate the myriad of fbi satellite offices which would make the bureau more efficient and save taxpayer dollars. No doubt that there is a need to replace the fbis existing headquarters. The men and women of the fbi would keep a safe deserving Office Building that meet
We continue with the consideration of the senates confirmation of betsy devos. When it came down to it, Mitch Mcconnell was not going to get the votes he feed to confirm devos as education secretary. Over the weekend, there was a lot of agitating, a lot of democrats and constituents calling and hoping they could remove one more defector from the republican side to tip the nomination over, but in the end it seemed like it was going to be just those two republicans. We turn to charlies interview with brad stone, author of the upstarts. Upstart could be a business or a person who creates something new, but it has a secondary meaning where it has a negative cono nation, disrespect of the status quo. Airbnb an uber, you can look at both ways. We continue with nirav tolia, c. E. O. Of nextdoor. Nextdoor, its not something thats a new own violation. All weve done is create a Technology Tool thats made it easy to break the ice and come together. Its less about technology and more of the realiz
Cofounder of the intercept. His most recent article is headlined, mike pence will be the most powerful christian supremacist in u. S. History. But that is just the beginning. Is like a cabinet team of rivals. Neocons and war criminals, radical rightwing christian supremacists the antiimmigrant activists. Juan all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im juan gonzalez, in for amy goodman. Amy is on assignment. President elect donald trump held meetings with finalists for highlevel cabinet positions at his golf resort clubhouse in new jersey over the weekend. Among those who were paraded in front of reporters were retired marine general james mattis, who is considered a contender for defense secretary, former new york city mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 republican president ial nominee mitt romney, who are both considered to be finalists for the secretary of state position. Mattis is a former
Open bigotry, threats against immigrants and muslims, and blatant misogyny. Today we spend the hour looking with Jeremy Scahill, cofounder of the intercept. His most recent article is headlined, mike pence will be the most powerful christian supremacist in u. S. History. But that is just the beginning. Is like a cabinet team of rivals. Neocons and war criminals, radical rightwing christian supremacists the antiimmigrant activists. Juan all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im juan gonzalez, in for amy goodman. Amy is on assignment. President elect donald trump held meetings with finalists for highlevel cabinet positions at his golf resort clubhouse in new jersey over the weekend. Among those who were paraded in front of reporters were retired marine general james mattis, who is considered a contender for defense secretary, former new york city mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 republican pr