For Immediate Release
May 24, 2000

Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office

The FBI today announced additional security measures for FBI Headquarters and other FBI locations.

On several occasions over the last five years in response to growing general security concerns the FBI has instituted numerous security procedures at FBI Headquarters. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Vehicular curbside parking on the streets adjoining FBI Headquarters has been eliminated.
• Placement of concrete security structures around the building.
• Closing the courtyard area to unescorted visitors and tourists taking the FBI Tour.
• All persons entering the FBI Tour must pass through a magnetometer, have all items carried thoroughly screened and are escorted while on the tour.
• Packages, mail and baggage entering FBI Headquarters are appropriately screened using x-ray machines or explosives detection canines, and, in some cases, physically searched.
• Visitors to FBI Headquarters must display photo identification, pass through a magnetometer, have packages screened and be escorted at all times while in FBI space.
• Vehicles entering FBI Headquarters space are subject to search and are physically inspected prior to entry.
• FBI police presence both inside and on the exterior of FBI Headquarters has been increased.
• Security at FBI Headquarters' public and "employee only" entrances has been substantially increased.

Based on recommendations received yesterday from the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, the FBI has implemented the following additional procedures:

• Non-FBI law enforcement officers, who do not have approved access clearance, will be required to surrender their weapons to FBI security personnel prior to entering FBI Headquarters' space.
• Positive identification of visitor security protocols have been supplemented.
• Except for visitors taking the popular FBI Tour, all visitors to FBI Headquarters must have verified sponsorship of an authorized on-board employee prior to entry into FBI space.

The safety of visitors to FBI Headquarters, as well as the safety of FBI employees and the general public, remains paramount. The inconveniences caused by these necessary procedures are regrettably unavoidable.

No specific threat gives rise to this announcement today. The FBI appreciates the congressional focus on this important issue.

The above list of security procedures is not intended to be all-inclusive. Other sensitive procedures and equipment are deployed as well.