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Washington Post Editorial Board: Secure the Capitol. But don’t deface it with a permanent fence.

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THIS WEEK, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) announced she will introduce legislation to bar the use of federal funds to build a permanent fence around the Capitol. It really shouldn’t have to come to that. Walling the Capitol into a fortress so clearly goes against the grain of America’s proud tradition of government open to the people that one would hope the Democratic leadership of Congress would just squelch this bad idea. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) have taken a wait-and-see approach. They should make clear now that they will not let the Capitol fall victim to the rigid security thinking that has scarred far too much of Washington with fences, bollards and concrete barriers.

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