DHS Blinks

Love it:

The information the government wants the states to keep and share in Real ID is ripe for abuse, despite the government's privacy and security promises, he said.

"They tell us our data is safe," Schweitzer said. "You tell that to the passport people"

Brian Schweitzer, you are my favorite person for the day.

Dems in Congress

Honestly, given what we've seen, it's never a surprise when they do capitulate to Bush. It was more of a surprise when the House actually stood up to the President's bullying on FISA. Anyway, what seems odd to me is how inept they are at political strategy. Here's the latest point on this, and I agree completely. Greenwald also mentioned this phenomenon in regard to FISA before they eventually did show a little backbone. That time they did seem to get the point after a while. Will they now?