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Homeland Security Blinks on Maine

3 April 2008 · Comments Off

Privacy

Seen at Threat Level:

Citizens of all 50 states are now free to board airplanes using their driver’s licenses—at least until 2010, after the final renegade anti-Real ID state—Maine—won a time extension Wednesday from deadlines attached to new federal identification rules.[...]

On Wednesday, Maine’s governor agreed to seek legislation to tighten licensing restrictions, including restricting licenses to residents and those who can prove their legal status in the United States. He did not, however, have to promise the changes would happen.

And thus we see that the SEP (Somebody Else’s Problem) field is fully functional at DHS, in these waning days of the Bush Administration.

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Obama Wins Maine

10 February 2008 · Comments Off

2008 Elections

First Obama won the Louisiana primary, and caucuses in the Virgin Islands, Nebraska, and Washington Saturday.  And on Sunday, one more notch was added to his belt.   CNN reports:

With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Obama was leading Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York 59 percent to 40 percent. At stake are 24 delegates to August’s Democratic national convention in Denver.

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