If pride does indeed goeth before a fall, that banana peel is only a half-step away

How's this for hubris?

The U.S. State Department has changed its stance on a new Brazilian security process for U.S. citizens entering the South American nation. Washington is now urging Brazil to alter its new process of fingerprinting and photographing U.S. visitors.

"We have told the Brazilians that we think that these are measures that provide tremendous inconvenience to travelers and that they need to be changed," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Tuesday. ...

Brazil's program began after a similar process was announced for the United States.

I think we have another serious contender for the coveted Hypocrisy Award. And so soon, too.