Photos Of The Floor Of The Cia Bldg
Here you ll be able to take an unprecedented look inside the cia.
Photos of the floor of the cia bldg. Indeed prior to 1942 the country lacked any civilian intelligence agency. The emergence of the cia. Army intelligence and by the fbi. The headquarters is a conglomeration of the original headquarters building ohb and the new headquarters building nhb that sits on a total of 258 acres 1 04 km 2 of land.
Information was collected in an unsystematic way by the office of naval intelligence by u s. Due to staffing growth and demands the cia leadership soon began to consider whether an auxiliary building was needed. The cia s original headquarters building ohb was finished and completely occupied in may 1962. It s a unique opportunity to learn more about us.
Inside the world s most famous spy building the cia never allowed live coverage of a press conference until now. By may 15 1962 the new cia headquarters building was fully occupied. The designers followed the vision of former dci allen dulles who dreamed of a place where intelligence officers could work in a college campus like atmosphere. Welcome to the cia s headquarters virtual tour.
You ll see sights such as our memorial wall the bubble our presidents and directors galleries and more. Though the goal of ohb was to house all cia employees under one roof it never happened. The seventh floor director s suite was finally completed in march 1962. Near to washington d c.
From the start ohb had been too small for a rapidly growing workforce. But it took nearly two decades before the cia could begin plans for an additional building on its headquarters campus. The george bush center for intelligence is the headquarters of the central intelligence agency located in the unincorporated community of langley in fairfax county virginia united states.