The Washington Post is reporting that the District seems to have taken the increased security alert in stride, with the increased searches of vehicles and police presence not significantly changing normal routines.

Apparently only “short lines” formed at the entrance of the International Monetary Fund’s underground parking structure, as police quickly checked identification and swept the cars for explosives. The photo illustrates a private security office checking IDs at the door. Similar checks near Capital Hill also went smoothly. The Post includes the following reflections from a random tourist on the new security state:

Jan Kammert, a 45-year-old middle school teacher from Vashon, Washington, was among a few hundred tourists waiting for a tour of the Capitol. “I don’t feel afraid,” she said. “There sure are a lot of police around.”

But Kammert found something sad in the spectacle of police and road barriers and checkpoints. The last time she was in the nation’s capital was 30 years ago, when she could walk into buildings and visit monuments with ease. “What I view as ‘the people’s city’ has been taken away from me,” she said.

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