Tick, tock, tick, tock . . . Wasting no time, SuperPrez signed an order today to close down all secret prisons and detention camps monitored by the CIA. The order also puts an end to all the coercive interrogation tactics implemented throughout the Bush regime.

One small executive order by Obama is indeed one giant leap for America’s comeback, but the plan has its snags. Obama and company still haven’t decided what to do with the dangerous prisoners who can’t be tried in American courts, or how to prevent other countries from torturing transferred prisoners. These matters will be revisited at a later date, but for now, let’s just be happy that we’re finally out of the wilderness and on our way back to civility.

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