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''Due to its sensitive nature in support of national security and homeland defense, project-specific information is classified and cannot be released,'' Gillard wrote. ''In addition, please understand we are severely constrained by operation requirements to perform this project on a highly accelerated schedule; therefore, it will not be possible to limit construction activities to the daytime, as you request.''

Doggett said the letter raised as many questions as it answered. ''I got back an information sheet that I thought was just not pertinent,'' she said. ''They do not have to tell us exactly what is happening, but they do need to minimize the impact.''

The matter has alarmed D.C. Council member Kathy Patterson, a Democrat from Ward 3, who said she has asked Deputy Mayor Margret Nedelkoff Kellems to press White House officials to work out a resolution.

''If the federal government is not being a good neighbor, we'll elevate the issue to a level where something can be done,'' Patterson said. ''We want to know what we can know about what they're up to and if they are able to be a bit more responsive.''

Well, ok lady. You have been told what you can know and you have been told that they can't be more responsive. So shut-up and start working on the types of things that you are supposed to work on. Like fixing those pot-holes, reducing crime and improving the efficiency (insert laugh here) with which the DC government opperates at.

It doesn't take a genuis to figure out that the nation is at war. If they are blasting, then they are digging prety damn deep into the ground. You can rest assured they are not building an underground swimming pool. You can also rest assured that regardless of your personal opinion of yourself, you are not important enough to be included in the decision making process here.