Interesting analysis today at CNN.com about Bush's pardons today.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/21/presidential.pardons.ap/index.html
Here's the crimes:
...embezzlement by a bank employee
...misapplication of bank funds by an employee
...possession of counterfeit obligations
...theft from interstate shipment
Not getting much coverage because of the terrible events in Iraq, but is it just me or pardoning people for economic fraud a little, well, not that surpising? Anyone know more about these cases?