This whole political argument against prosecuting the former (yip-pee!) administration for crimes is just total bullshit! Not only do we need to proscecute in order to prevent a precedent of anything goes if the President says so, but the United States stands (supposedly) as a beacon on the hill for oppressed citizens around the world who are trying to get some kind of "rule of law" established in their countries. Our letting the administration off scott free totally destroys our reputation, even worse than Bush did on his own. Bush tarnished it badly, but many held out hope that either Congress through impeachment , or the next administration through proscecutions would eventually remedy the problem and repair the reputation. If we intentionally let it slide for the sake of expediency, our reputation would become damaged beyond repair, and aslo give the green light to abusive leaders around the globe that they can do whatever the hell they want.

I've been pissed for two years at Pelosi & congress for having no balls. If Obama's administration fails this, he will be a flat out failure in my view.

Sure we have lots of huge problems that need to be solved and some see Bush proscecution as just a distraction, but remember this key point -  almost all the 'bigger' problems are directly related back to Bush behavior. Proscecution needs to extend way beyond just wiretapping and torture issues and should encompass all the things he and his croonies did that have destroyed the world economy.