Marion Barry, who’s had his share of brushes with the law, gets off a good line in today’s Examiner Yeas and Nays column:

Just when we thought Anacostia might finally have a bright future, we find out that the government has a Guantanamo-like facility there?
Yes, fans of the hit Fox show “24” may have noticed that during Monday’s episode, the president of the United States’ sister, Sandra Palmer (played by Regina King), and her boyfriend, Walid Al-Rezani (played by Harry Lennix), who’s with the Islamic American Alliance, are sent to “one of our provisional facilities” (says a presidential aide) after Palmer deleted personnel files sought by the FBI.
What does Council Member Marion Barry, who represents Anacostia, think of the prospect of an Anacostia-based detainment facility?
“There’s nothing funny or entertaining about such a scenario,” he told Yeas & Nays. “We’re not that much in need of development that we would tolerate something like that.”

By the way, the Extreme Mortman family watched that scene a few times on video, and was struck by how sunny and nice the weather was at the Anacostia detention facility.  Couldn’t find a palm tree, but the shrubbery looked very Southern Cal.