So they don’t just “object”, they “object strenuously”. That should make all the difference. </sarcasm>
From a purely technical perspective it is a very logical idea to have one room dedicated solely to information sharing. The WH cannot support that. Every presser has to be set up from scratch and loaded out afterwards. Same as the capital, prior to and immediately after. Security is taxed, the infrastructure is in disarray, operations and daily routine are disturbed or halted altogether.
A dedicated site next door makes much more sense to the organized mind. Anything else reflects disjointed and disorganized planning.