The shadow government can't very well run itself, you know.
Posted on 05/16/2025 6:38:53 AM PDT by Beave Meister
Kash Patel said the FBI is leaving the J. Edger Hoover building because it's an unsafe workplace.
NO, NO, NO. Keep them away from Alaska. We’ve got big enough issues trying to get rid of murky. Why does everyone use Alaska as the dropping off point of all these criminals. I say, Antarctica!!!
In the same courts? That’s the problem. The DC courts haven’t changed, so why would you expect successful prosecutions there?
The shadow government can't very well run itself, you know.
This was done with the Department of Agriculture, which was moved to my Neighborhood in Kansas City. A good portion of the employees chose NOT go relocate IIRC.
If you are going to relocate the FBI to the "Empty Quarter", I would sugest Omaha or DesMoines or Oklahoma city, maybe Dallas. Dallas might be a good choice because it would be easier to recuit a bunch of Texans to your staff and reward Texas with some federal $s. (I also think it would be a good idea to keep Downtown DC as a Park and give the rest of the city back to Maryland to administer.)
Patel — “.. If you’re going to come work at the FBI we are going to give you a building that is commensurate with that ...”
Huh? Hopefully they make use of vacated space somewhere and get the floor space on the cheap. Because Patel is not giving them anything. The taxpayers are footing the bill.
The reason we need extraordinary people is we need prosecutors creative enough to make cases in friendly venues.
Following the old rules is guaranteed failure.
He is going to spread the agents all around the country.
And almost every one of those J6 people got full pardons.
The cases against these people need to be air tight. Every “i” must be dotted and every “t” must be crossed. Another thing to consider is that this ain’t a bunch of defenseless grandmas we are talking about.
These things take time and patience.
You have all the patience of a spoiled adolescent.
So sit down and let the grownups handle things.
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Waiting for Godot was not just a play.
You are about to live it.
How about the former Navy facility on ADAK. It will encourage agents to want to be in the field. I’m nixing Alcatraz because while the island isn’t bugged the town is a hotbed of buggery, just like DC.
“You are about to live it..”
Veruca Salt wasn’t just a character in a movie.
You’re living it now.
L
See you next month...
and the month after that...
and the month after that...
and we can just copy and paste our comments.
Lol.
Many departments / agencies could be improved by dispersing their employees to vacant strip malls throughout flyover country.
FBI Building History
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The J. Edgar Hoover Building occupies two combined city blocks and the right-of-way of the 900 block of D Street in Northwest, Washington, DC. The site is bounded on the south by Pennsylvania Avenue, 10th Street on the west, Ninth Street on the east, and E Street on the north. During his inaugural parade in 1961, President Kennedy was struck by the poor condition of Pennsylvania Avenue, NW between the Capitol and the White House, known by many as “America’s Main Street.” In an effort to revitalize the area, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC) was founded. A private/public partnership, PADC directed private and federal resources and initiatives along the avenue. Built in the 1970s, the FBI headquarters was placed directly across Pennsylvania Avenue from the Department of Justice headquarters building, facilitating easy communication and helping to revitalize the north side of the avenue.
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Longest serving Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, lawyer, and criminologist, J. Edgar Hoover was born on January 1, 1895 in Washington, DC to Annie Marie Scheitlin Hoover and Dickerson Naylor Hoover. Hoover attended night classes at George Washington University while working as a clerk at the Library of Congress. After being admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1917, his uncle—who was a judge—helped him land a job in the U.S. Justice Department. Within two years, Hoover became a special assistant to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. In this position, he was given the responsibility of heading a new section within the Justice Department’s Bureau of Investigation called the General Intelligence Division (GID). The GID was created to gather intelligence on radical groups, and was responsible for organizing the arrest or deportation of alleged seditionists. This led to the controversial “Palmer Raids,” in which Hoover and his associates arrested and deported left-wing radicals, especially anarchists, from the U.S.
Designed by the Chicago-based firm C.F. Murphy Associates, the building was constructed in several phases starting in 1967. The design for the building includes features typically associated with late modern Brutalist architecture: exposed concrete, deep window recesses, strong, powerful massing and monumentality. Combining asymmetrical elements and masses with repetitive and symmetrical bays, the design attempts to be both monumental and fitting within the urban neighborhood. The building was dedicated in 1975, although some areas were not entirely completed until 1977. The building was constructed by Norair Engineering and Blake Construction Company, both based in Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
The J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building was the first purpose-built headquarters of the FBI, the federal government’s chief investigative law enforcement agency. The FBI was founded in 1908 to address a perennial lack of detective personnel in the federal government. The late 1950s and early 1960s represented a pinnacle of the Bureau’s power and prestige and demonstrated the necessity of a permanent agency headquarters to house the massive depository of fingerprint records, custom built training facilities, shooting ranges and laboratory equipment essential to the agency’s function.
Advancing from assistant in 1921 to director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, Hoover emphasized modern technological investigative techniques, improved training, and obtained increased funding from Congress for the organization. During the 1930s, the FBI exploits against notorious gangsters, particularly John Dillinger, made Hoover a national hero. A string of high-profile gang arrests by the Bureau led to an expansion of power for the organization, and the Bureau became the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1935.
Unquestionably one of the most powerful men of his day, Hoover’s legacy is mixed. He greatly expanded and modernized federal investigations, however, his questionable methods, including illegal wiretaps, burglaries, planted evidence and blackmail, have tainted this legacy. Today, FBI Directors are term-limited to prevent another individual from amassing the type of power held by Hoover. J. Edgar Hoover died while still in office, on May 2, 1972.
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Thinking back to your comment about pointing the Ship of State in the right direction, its pretty clear that liberal judges are determined to thwart such a change of course. They have a full court press on trying to box Trump in with hundreds of cases against him. Its lawfare in the extreme.
At some point Trump is going to have to pick a hill to fight, fight, fight on. If he doesn’t the judges will effectively cripple his presidency and the MAGA agenda.
Trump is going to have to stop being so deferential to the courts and start vigorously defending his legitimate and necessary executive authorities. Additionally, the DOJ needs to start prosecuting people who have engaged in unlawful, politically motivated activities. Until there is retribution, there will be no changes in the Left’s tactics or respect for executive power.
In sum, because of his short term Trump cannot afford to play defense much longer and needs to go on the offensive if he is to have any hope of pointing the Ship of State in the right direction. It truly is time to fight, fight, fight.
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