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The Slow Push to ‘Free the Capitol’ From its Fencing
Intelligencer
3/14/2021
Ben Jacobs
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A view of the U.S. Capitol on March 12 through the temporary security fencing erected following the January 6 attack by a pro-Trump mob on Congress. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
For the past two months, Washington D.C. has been part-fortress. Stepping out the grand marble entrance of Union Station, the typical vista of the U.S. Capitol remains marred by high fencing topped with razor wire, which stretches four miles around the Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress, and various congressional office buildings. Behind the fence are armed National Guardsmen idly standing watch. Even during the Civil War, when the enemy was just across the Potomac and a military prison stood at the current site of the Supreme Court, there was not this level of security. ....

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