More barriers go up that may never come down. Six-day
work weeks with 12-hour days are the new norm for those guarding
Congress. People in metropolitan New York and the capital are asked to
be alert, today, tomorrow, indefinitely into the future.So begins a
Code Orange marathon, a three-month or longer stretch of expensive,
inconvenient, anxiety-inducing vigilance with no finish line drawn. The
government has decided this must be the price of safety from terrorism.
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