Reply #10: Of course they would. Just as they're now cheering the Get Out of Jail Free card he issued.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

The lame excuse that he "might" be shooting for the big fish to try doesn't hold water. Prosecutors don't tell the little fish, you're free, so now tell us what you know. They say, "You're going to prison, unless you tell us what you know."

Which doesn't even cover the fact that the now pre-pardoned CIA operatives are monsters deserving of trial. Or, that if they cling to the "just following orders" defense made famous by the likes of Eichmann, they should stand trial and leave the verdict to the courts whether that's a viable defense.

Nor do they acknowledge the ACLU's part in forcing Obama's hand in releasing the memos.

But, the worst of these, are the ones who blithely state that the torturers should walk free because it would be politically dangerous for the administration to try them. Which amounts to saying that criminals shouldn't stand trial because it's bad PR.