The Center for Public Integrity’s John Solomon and I discussed Metro security on the Kojo Nnamdi show today. We didn’t quite get time to get into the photography angle, but both agreed that resources are best spent on police officers and investigators to catch potential terrorists, not on “security theater” (or as John called it, “sugar pills”) like barricades around buildings and memorials.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.