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The John Sevier State Office Building, also known as the Tennessee State Office Building, is a historic building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.. Located on Tennessee State Capitol grounds, it was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by Emmons H. Woolwine, and completed in 1940. [1] It was named for Governor John Sevier.
The WITSEC program was formally established under Title V of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, which states that the United States Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a witness or potential witness of the federal government or a state government in an official proceeding concerning organized crime or other serious offenses.
It was announced in 2015 that the Cordell Hull Building would be renovated, and the Legislature would move its scattered offices from the Legislative Plaza, War Memorial Building and Rachel Jackson Building. A new tunnel to connect Cordell Hull to the Capitol was under construction in 2016. Projected completion for the entire project was Fall 2017.
The Tennessee State Capitol sits atop Capitol Hill, the highest point in Downtown Nashville. It is surrounded by a number of state government buildings, including the Tennessee Supreme Court building for the Middle Tennessee Grand Division. Directly south of the capitol is Legislative Plaza, a public plaza located between a number of state ...
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In the United States, threatening government officials is a felony under federal law. Threatening the president of the United States is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 871, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment, that is investigated by the United States Secret Service. [1]
The Rachel Jackson State Office Building, also known as the Rachel Jackson Building, is an eight-story building in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [1] It was built on the site of the 1925 Cotton States Building, [2] and completed in 1985. [3] It was designed in the modernist style by Taylor & Crabtree. [4]
From 2002 to April of 2008 the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation worked with the FBI on Operation Tennessee Waltz, the undercover investigation portion of the operation started in 2004 and ended in 2005. This operation resulted in the arrest and convictions of a dozen state and local public officials, several of which were state senators.