Posts Tagged ‘Montanta’

Montana governer defies homeland security and Real ID

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

According to NukeSylo13, the governer of Montana is actually doing his job by upholding the constitution. Even is if means defying the department of Homeland security and the controversial Read ID act. An excerpt from the article:

Brian Schweitzer, the governor of Montana, wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. The letter informed Chertoff that Montana would not be complying with the REAL ID Act. Our quote of the day supplies one of the reasons for Governor Schweitzer’s rebellion. In response to the letter . . .

Secretary Chertoff called Governor Schweitzer and threatened him. Chertoff told Schweitzer that Montana residents would be banned from airplanes, or subjected to severe, time-consuming inspections at airports.

The Governor countered with his own threat, “How about we both go on 60 Minutes a few days after the DHS starts patting down Montana driver’s license-holders who are trying to get on the planes and both of us can tell our side of the story.”

Here is the full article.

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