Cordoned-Off D.C. Is Turning Into Baghdad

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WASHINGTON -- Visitors arriving in the nation's capital by interstate highway are greeted by large signs instructing them: "Report any suspicious activity." And then there is an 800 number for them to snitch on any nefarious-seeming fellow citizens.

Whatever happened to "Welcome to Washington"?

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Cordoned-Off D.C. Is Turning Into Baghdad

"Security" is what happened; that's what.

Thirty-five years ago, a close British friend arrived for his first visit to the United States, and that night I took him to the U.S. Capitol, luminou...

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