The Metro PD came out and said there is no truth to the speculation that Gary Condit asked his girlfriends not to carry ID when they were with him. That whole scenario was apparently a figment of someone's imagination.
This statement was not made by the DC Metropolitan Police, but rather the FBI. And they didn't `come out and say it'; it was a single anonymous source. You were correct, however, in stating that it was printed in the Washington Times. But please note that no other news agency has reported the same to my knowledge, and once again, the FBI has not officially said anything of this nature.
Okay, I was wrong, it's not a single source at the FBI, but the article attributes it to ``official sources'', not necessarily the DC Metro.
Here's the URL regarding what was said:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b84a84d50fe.htm