ID Card Trick: Can we count on the DMV to foil terrorists?

Reason magazine on the "Real ID" act.
Reason: ID Card Trick: Can we count on the DMV to foil terrorists?
The answer -- duh! -- is 'no.' This is another example of the eternal truth of government service: it's more important to be seen doing something than it is to do something effective. Thanks Senator Warner, Senator Allen. We'll remember next November.