The now-deleted list of hundreds of U.S. government properties, which the Public Service (GSA) plans to sell, includes most of the sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia, which also has a secret Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facility, Wired learned.
GSA’s efforts to sell hundreds of U.S. government property are part of the federal government and its workforce, led by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Doge’s efforts, partly provided by young engineers without government, have resulted in a massive reduction, effectively closing completely independent institutions, and a series of lawsuits seeking to mitigate Doge’s abandonment of the government over the past six weeks.
The GSA released the list on Tuesday and took it off the next day. More than 120 properties have been quietly scrubbed before deleting the full list of 443 properties, including 14 buildings that appear to be unlisted, which are the comprehensive public database of GSA Holdings.
Most of these properties except those identified only as “Butler” or “Franconia”. All of this is part of a large federal facility called Parr-Franconia Warehouse Complex, or the GSA warehouse, located on Chainlink at 6810 Loisdale Road, Springfield, fenced by Chainlink.
Most of the buildings in the complex date back to the early 1950s and are dominated by a 1,005,602 square foot warehouse that has long been used as a government supply warehouse, which is believed to be used for mundane purposes by various government agencies. However, right in the middle of the complex, adjacent to the warehouse and Catty-Corner, adjacent to the listed Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) headquarters, is a U-shaped building known for its connection to the CIA.
“Obviously, there are people who haven’t looked at the long history of the property,” said Jeff McKay, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. “It’s usually not like this, so to speak, but everyone knows this is here, obviously the one who puts this list together.”
The CIA’s use of buildings located at 6801 Springfield Center Dr., not all of which can be observed from the street level, was first reported by the Washington Business Journal, which at the same time claimed that the CIA’s presence in the area was “perhaps Springfield’s worst secret.” As the publication points out, the most specific description of purpose can be found in 2011 non-fiction books centered on spy agents Fallout: The true story of the CIA’s Secret War on Nuclear Trafficking Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz wrote while describing the covert operation: “The agency has two picky experts at the secret facility in Springfield, Virginia. In a warehouse there, the CIA trained a group of technicians to eavesdrop on offices, break into houses and penetrate computer systems.” (Whether it is currently used for these purposes is unknown.)
