The Women Who Lived at CIA

[Witchit]

The Women Who Lived at CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

Margaret and Florence had been living comfortably on their estate for fifteen years when the US Government began purchasing the surrounding land for federal use. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) acquired 742 acres near Georgetown Pike to build a research facility. Watching the government buying up the surrounding acres, Margaret and Florence decided to be proactive and reached a settlement with the government. The women would be paid $54,189 upfront to purchase their property, but they could remain living onsite. Once both women passed away, the government would take over the property.

Satisfied with this agreement and optimistic that the FHWA would be their only neighbor, the women returned to life as normal on the estate. The CIA was only a year old at the time and headquartered on E St. in Foggy Bottom. The possibility of its relocation never even crossed their minds.

The CIA workforce, however, was quickly outgrowing its temporary buildings scattered across the National Mall. In time, CIA Director Allen Dulles began looking for a location to build a new headquarters building. He wanted a location that would offer a campus-like setting, land that would afford greater security and privacy, and an area accessible to CIA employees. Of the several sights he was considering in the Washington, DC area, the land surrounding the Calvert Estate was the most suitable.

Very interesting read, and nice share by the CIA on International Women's Day, 2018.

 

[MisterBeale]

Allen Dulles is the worst piece of shit that should have been strung up for war crimes.

 

[BlackSand]

Pretty neat story ... Thanks.

I really like the part where Margaret invited the Sandinistas.
Then they showed up at the gates looking for the house.

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[Witchit]

Same here.

And a little more background;


https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0005743960.pdf

 

[harmonica]

I just watched Patriot Games yesterday and the ladies' house reminds me of CIA analyst Ryan's house..not exactly of course

 

[whitehall]

The CIA was never on top of any major incident since WW2. The Korean invasion came as a surprise to the Truman administration. The Berlin Wall came as a surprise to JFK but the CIA managed a little bit of treason when it raised and trained and equipped an illegal Cuban invasion army. LBJ let the CIA run the Vietnam war. How did that turn out? The biggest failure of course was 9-11 when somehow the CIA was still focused on Europe or Vietnam. The CIA came back and tried another episode of treason when the Agency tried to blame the Bush administration for "outing" a socialite former agent, Valerie Plame, when evidence indicated that journalist Robert Novak was the culprit. In light of the failures and the treason and the political intrigue it seems that the CIA has become redundant and useless.

 

[harmonica]

the CIA screwed up with the:
..Bay of Pigs
..William Buckley where they got over 400 pages of intel from him-not counting captured material
..Camp Chapman--a very ''unbelievable'' screw up!! idiots--even a teenage WW2 spy reader would know you never let an informant know about other cells
..the Mossadegh overthrow which led to mistrust of the US/etc
etc etc