Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S. Capitol, says aide

Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by t0mas88 on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:36PM (#25691426)

Dutch Parliament has a visitors entrance and is (in non-covid times) easily accessible to the public. But for obvious security reasons their private offices are behind these kinds of locked doors. Since a few years I think you have to go through a metal detector to be allowed into the public areas.

It makes no sense at all that the US Capitol doesn't have stronger barriers between the public areas and the private offices. Every bank or other large company has such a setup for information security reasons.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by brudgers on Saturday January 09, 2021 @02:55PM (#25704047)

The offices are public areas because they serve public officials carrying out public office.

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Re:Laptop stolen from Pelosi's office during storming of U.S... by t0mas88 on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:27AM (#25729181)

But why does a public official's office need to be a public area? I'm sure you're not allowed to walk into it without an appointment, so having appropriate security barriers wouldn't stop them doing their job at all and would improve security.

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