The Financial Times’ Jurek Martin is peeved. He hates Dulles Airport, the large international gateway way out in the Virginia suburbs so much so he calls it a “hell hole” and has even called the Post to press them to investigate Dulles and break the “silence in the American media” about its horrid service, particularly its far-from-tolerable waits to clear security in the Eero Saarinen-designed terminal.

From Martin’s “Letter to America” in this weekend’s FT:

Two recent personal trips, and anecdotal evidence beyond number, show an airport in chaos — think Calcutta, Nairobi or any other erstwhile Third World hell hole, where to get on or off a flight was often an achievement in itself, and you have Dulles. This is not exactly appropriate for the world’s only superpower.

Then Martin did something odd. “I used my time in line to call The Washington Post to say I thought there was a story here that a reporter might investigate, but I don’t think one ever appeared.” DCist thinks the Post probably knows about the security woes at Dulles, but we’re sure the newsroom appreciated the tip.