What is the origin of the saying in the loop?
I am not sure where this came from but as a resident of Washington DC, this is my thought. Washington DC is surrounded by a highway known as the beltway with an inner and outer loop. The players (important people) of DC are said to be inside the beltway or ‘in the loop’. Those ‘out of the loop’ are not informed about what is happening on Capitol Hill. Just a guess.
