Report: SAFB considered for new spy agency office since 2005
(AP) — Proposed plans to relocate a federal spy agency's new regional headquarters from downtown St. Louis to Illinois' Scott Air Force Base have been around for over a decade, according to a newspaper report.
A copy of the minutes from a 2005 meeting of top Pentagon leaders show they considered only the Illinois option for moving the facility according to The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/1XB7swn ), which obtained a copy of the minutes.
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay's spokeswoman Maggie Crane deemed Illinois' land offer a "political move," but indicated St. Louis officials would be prepared to offer more acreage.