On November 28th, Walter Pincus at The Washington Post published an article about an interesting project posted up for bids by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The project was for the construction of a five-story underground facility intended to house the Israeli Defense Forces. The name of the site is mysteriously referred to as “Site 911”.

Pincus reported that the listing described the site as a $100 million facility with classrooms, an auditorium, a laboratory and even shock-resistant doors and protective materials to block radiation from the outside.

The site is also highly classified, with only Western contractors allowed to bid, and apparently the Corps notice also stipulated, “The employment of Palestinians is also forbidden.”

Apparently when it comes to national security, equal opportunity employment is tossed out the window.









Listing Disappeared

The Washington Post published the Pincus article on the 28th, and in the following week, news outlets all across the world spread the story far and wide, in many cases copying the article verbatim – as mainstream media outlets often do.

However, the level of detail that Pincus went into when describing the alleged facility appeared to extend far beyond what any listing in the FBO.gov service should likely detail for what is supposed to be a highly classified facility.

Pincus described the facility even further:

“The site ‘shall have one gate only for both entering and exiting the site’ and ‘no exit or entrance to the site shall be allowed during work hours except for supply trucks.'”

Pincus went on to describe the listing details as asking construction bidders to include the application of a mezuza – a parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah – attached to every door or opening in the Site 911 building.