INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
During my 22 years as a security correspondent, I covered various operations in which gardaí and troops sealed off particular areas they
Some called it 'a ring of steel', a phrase I didn't like and never used
However, I must admit 'a ring of steel' would have been appropriate in describing the lockdown of Washington, DC, for the inauguration of
Joe Biden as US president last week.
This article first appeared/also appeared in TheIndependent.co.uk
