Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to imply that the Sunlight Foundation would have been expected to succeed; I was pointing to a group of talented, motivated ha

Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to imply that the Sunlight Foundation would have been expected to succeed; I was pointing to a group of talented, motivated hackers (like you might find here) who took a shot and learned firsthand just how difficult and convoluted the process really is.