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Washington Whispers by Paul Bedard

Still a Specter on Capitol Hill

March 11, 2007 12:00 PM ET | Permanent Link | Print

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Deliveries to Capitol Hill

Hello:

I have owned & operated a messenger courier service on Capitol Hill for over 20 years. The Capitol Hill cops know my face, and the familiar faces of my delivery personnel. The profiling of couriers is ridiculous. A courier did not deliver the anthrax to Capitol Hill; it arrived through the US Mail, by a unanimous source. Anyone who uses a personalized courier service understands that your delivery is in a controlled environment. Your documents are picked up and delivered to, from, and by known sources, completely the opposite of the US Mail.

Most of what we deliver to Congress these days is not enclosed in an envelope, but let’s face it, these are public buildings and business’s must have access to congress. Besides the focus is on the wrong industry, we should keep an eye on everything that goes in, I agree, but clamp down on the mail, and other supplies, which arrive in a more difficult environment to control.

Theo Harding

Capitol Hill Delivery Service, Inc.

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