FBI organization and locations in DC

[robert_huff]

When/where: current reality

Comments

[wabbitseason]

This page off the FBI website suggests at least the National Security branch is housed at the Hoover building.

There does appear to be a separate Washington DC branch office of the FBI. I don't know how much space they have or don't, but it'd be close by but not at the Hoover. Only other "local" branches are Norfolk or Baltimore. There is a ton of govt offices/etc though in the DC area, even for contractors. It could be they contact the GSA and they allocated them some unused space for X months under some guise of a task force or whatever.

[spurlunk]

I am pretty sure that there are office buildings dotted around the ten or twenty block radius of downtown DC that house various sections of government agencies, though I don't know where or how you would get more specific information.

[anonymous]

1) The only thing I can think of that would be stored on an unclassified system yet prompt more interest would be if someone broke into a SCADA system-- maybe for a water or power plant. Or something to do with the federal banking system.

2) This seems to indicate at least some portion of Cyber Division is at the Hoover building.

[lilacs_roses]

You could also try sending an email, letting them know that you are doing research for a story and looking to get as many facts 'sounding put together' as possible without actually getting real details. Sometimes people will give you 'good sounding' stuff while not giving you too much. I always get stuck in my research because law enforcement and other people don't want to give too much information because ... well... you know, life imitates art and art imitates life. Sometimes you just have to tell yourself, and your readers, that this is the best it's going to get.

Good luck and don't get stuck in the details - I've killed so many stories that way, /laugh.