These US students are hacking the government to try to solve the world’s problems

Steven Weinstein, center, an instructor of a class called Hacking 4 Diplomacy at Stanford University, helps students from a variety of fields come up with strategies to solve real-world problems. (David Butow/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

SAN FRANCISCO: They're some of the brightest students in the country – a group of wunderkinds known for hacking their way through any problem thrown at them. So what could possibly stump a Stanford University student? 

Government bureaucracy, it seems.