Posted on 03/15/2017 8:32:37 AM PDT by Theoria
The National Security Agency is proposing to expand and modernize its headquarters site at Fort Meade, Maryland.
“For NSA/CSS to continue leading the Intelligence Community into the next 50 years with state-of-the-art technologies and productivity, its mission elements require new, centralized facilities and infrastructure,” according to a newly released Final Environmental Impact Statement for the site.
Under the proposed action, “The NSA would consolidate mission elements, which would enable grouping services and support services across the NSA Campus based on function; facilitate a more collaborative environment and optimal adjacencies; and provide administrative capacity for up to 13,300 personnel, including 6,100 personnel who currently work on the existing NSA Campus and 7,200 personnel currently located off site.”
The proposal envisions the construction and operation of “approximately 2,880,000 square feet of operational complex and headquarters space consisting of five buildings.” If approved, construction would take place “over a period of approximately 10 years (FY 2019 to 2029).”
See Final Environmental Impact Statement for the East Campus Integration Program, Fort Meade, Maryland, March 2017 (large pdf).
The NSA which has missed all the terrorist attacks needs fixing.
I’d start with just transferring them wholesale to their location in the Western desert. Then invite back those few who are useful and needed, given the information we want to destroy, stop collecting, and stop making accessible from the UK and other law-evading partners.
I can see this. I worked next door until 2012. Much of the complex dates to 1948. There are buildings housing NSA employees scattered all around the area.
Are they going to get a second dedicated interstate interchange?
I agree. Move this machine to someplace deserted and defensible. Had a neighbor 15 years ago who was a fed NSA cop. He and his team worked the main gate off I-295 and he told me that every day a car full of MS13 bangers from Northern Virginia would make the turn and try to gain entrance. The cops always asked if they were MS13 and none of them ever denied it. Almost like they were paid to probe and report back.
That makes sense, but my main point is giving Trump a mechanism for weeding out the Obama operative embeds (and to cut back on the surveillance they are imposing on us).
Put this on the list - right after providing better housing for romantic unicorns.
So they can violate our rights even more?
I left the NSA about 10 years ago and while I was there, it was against the law to spy on U.S. persons without a proper warrant. Even then, events set to happen in the U.S.A. were under the authority of the FBI and presumably, monitored by them. I worked two cases directly with the FBI and all of the post-mission processing (meeting with psychologist, polygraph, debriefing) was handled by the FBI at their facilities.
The political makeup of my coworkers was about 50/50, or maybe slightly leaning left. I was always confused at how somebody could hunt bad guys who want to kill Americans for a living and still be a liberal.
I dropped out of college to go to the NSA and my time there, doing what I did, solidified me as a conservative, a lover of freedom, and instilled a deep-rooted distrust of Muslims.
Hmmm. You're not a Brony, are you? :0)
What about all the new buildings constructed during the expansion in 2010? We ran a ton of fiber-optic cables between the various computer rooms & buildings.
If you were one of the senior supervisors, we may have spoken. This new stuff may be for buildings located outside of Annapolis Junction, or even bringing the expansion stuff back inside Fort Meade.
Even in 2012, some of the computer rooms had run out of space. One of the programs I supported was forced to maintain their servers in contractor spaces.
Even in 2012, some of the computer rooms had run out of space. One of the programs I supported was forced to maintain their servers in contractor spaces.
I was a lowly field engineer, splicing and testing the fiber.
IIRC there were perhaps 4 new buildings of about 4 floors each. Lots of walking! At age 64(then) I was only the fourth oldest man on the crew! Ended up gong to the VA hospital in Baltimore and getting three stents, so I didn't see the project completed.
All of the sheet rock crews were Hispanic - Mexican, I think. Struck me as odd at NSA!
:)
Good one!
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