Janet's New Digs

Old news by now, but something kept nagging at me about the DHS getting a new building all their own for 15.000 employees at a cost of $3.4Bn.

The new building to be located on the campus of a now abandoned insane asylum would be about a city block square, and 3 stores high*, similar to the Lubyanka building in Moscow which at one point served a similar purpose.

The building should perhaps be named Lubyanka West and a statue of "Iron Janet" placed out front.

I especially liked the Russian joke about the original which described it as the tallest building in Moscow, since one could see Siberia from its basement.

*Size based on BOE calculations of 9 sq yards/employee times 15,000 employees. Sub basements for parking, detainees, and training are assumed, as is a set-back penthouse for upper management offices. See pictures at the link.