The security culture has its own momentum, wiping away other values, such as openness or privacy. You can't get into any self-respecting building in Washington, public or private, without showing ID and signing a visitors' log. When I went to give a talk at the National Defense University last week, it was like entering the Green Zone in Baghdad. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.