Well said, Janie. Those were the points I had in mind.

Much of the impulse behind some people's zeal to prosecute a whole lot of people from the past Bush administration is driven as much by a desire for vengeance as anything else. To seek justice is wise. To seek vengeance is, in my opinion, exceedingly unwise.

If Obama is wise, he won't involve himself much in taking vengeance on the past administration, he'll get on with whatever needs to be done now.

I understand that as a matter of legal principle it is important to take some action over illegal acts committed by a previous administration, if only establish a precedent against some future repetition of such illegal acts. Fine. Leave it to the courts and lawyers then, but don't let it become a political football for the new administration to kick around, because I think it will waste their energy and bring them a lot of trouble they don't need.