I think you're right in the short term ...

sod all!

Bush is flying under the radar these days as people wait for him to pass on.

Noones gonna want to chase him down for it now they know he's off and noones goonna care when he's gone.

I suppose it could affect McCain if he was linked to it.

The most important things are information, dissent and healthy scrutiny.

Practically, there clearly needs to be a system or process through which this kind of stuff must be made accountable so that it can't happen again.

That's one good thing about the UN at least.

But America could do with its own official checks and balances.

The American people are sick of beiing the worlds bad guys and they keep getting let down by the corporatocracy that rules them.