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"Hey, Thanks for Not Blowing Stuff Up!"

If only homeland security were this simple: Conducter on a DC metro train:  "Passengers, please refrain from taking pictures of the train due ...

If only homeland security were this simple:

Conducter on a DC metro train:  "Passengers, please refrain from taking pictures of the train due to terrorist threats. Terrorists, please don't take pictures of the trains."

-- from DCist's weekly feature Overheard in DC, in which Washington, DC, residents submit snippets of dialog they happened to pick up (it's a feature DCist has knowingly borrowed from Overheard in New York).

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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