Vice President Joe Biden may have revealed the location of a secret bunker designed to protect the sitting VP. While attending the Gridiron Club dinner in lieu of President Obama, Biden told his dinnermates about a tour he took of the vice presidential home (he old U.S. Naval Observatory), during which he was shown the hideaway, hidden behind a massive steel door below the Observatory.
Biden’s people quickly did the turnaround, denying the existence of such a location, stating in a statement that he was talking about “an upstairs workspace […] that was converted into an upstairs guestroom when the Bidens moved in.”
The existence of such a bunker is disputed, most notably by government officials. However, it is said that Vice President Cheney was hidden there in the days following the 9/11 attacks. In December 2002, neighbors complained about loud construction, and were issued a letter stating that the work was “sensitive in nature,” and needed to be completed on a “highly accelerated schedule.” These residents said it looked like the construction was going deep into the ground, which would substantiate the existence of the VP bunker. Read more…