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.

The seventh floor director s suite was finally completed in march 1962. It s a unique opportunity to learn more about us. Information was collected in an unsystematic way by the office of naval intelligence by u s. From the start ohb had been too small for a rapidly growing workforce.

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. Due to staffing growth and demands the cia leadership soon began to consider whether an auxiliary building was needed. By may 15 1962 the new cia headquarters building was fully occupied. But it took nearly two decades before the cia could begin plans for an additional building on its headquarters campus.

Near to washington d c. The united states was the last of the major powers to establish a civilian intelligence agency responsible for the collection of secret information for policy makers. 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. The cia s original headquarters building ohb was finished and completely occupied in may 1962.

Indeed prior to 1942 the country lacked any civilian intelligence agency. Behind the scenes at the cia. Inside the world s most famous spy building the cia never allowed live coverage of a press conference until now. Though the goal of ohb was to house all cia employees under one roof it never happened.

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. 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.