So much is happening today. We hope to bring you an inauguration eve interview with Rep. Barney Frank later today and we’re also going to be launching a new blog. But I just have to comment on how bizarre it is that the folks down at Gitmo are rushing to get through one more day of military tribunal hearings before President Obama presumably suspends or otherwise cuts short the process tomorrow. I did not realize it would be this surreal, literally getting in as much as they could until the very last minutes of the Bush presidency.
Remember too, President Bush has roughly 26 hours left to exercise the pardon power, whether the old-fashioned kind or those for crimes and liabilities in which he played a part. Taking the Gitmo stuff down to the wire is making me think he’s going to put those remaining hours to good use.
