Mark Benjamin reports that Bush may issue a blanket pardon to protect his administration from war crimes. Benjamin also describes how Obama may approach Bush’s use of torture:
The Obama plan, first revealed by Salon in August, would emphasize fact-finding investigation over prosecution.
It is gaining currency in Washington as Obama advisors begin to coordinate with Democrats in Congress on the proposal. The plan would not rule out future prosecutions, but would delay a decision on that matter until all essential facts can be unearthed. Between the time necessary for the investigative process and the daunting array of policy problems Obama will face upon taking office, any decision on prosecutions probably would not come until a second Obama presidential term, should there be one.
But Digby doesn’t think it will happen:
A congressional commission would be great. But at the risk of sounding cynical, the odds of that happening are about as good as Sarah W. Palin becoming a Supreme Court justice. We’re now heavily into let bayhgones be bayhgones mode and I’d be shocked if this congress would do it.
The Dish 