This story is nothing more than a very convenient false outrage that happened to come out almost at the same time as the real news story about who the $170 BILLION in AIG bailouts went to. Think about that, we are getting all riled up over about .1% of the bailout to AIG. If you don't think this story is very helpful to Obama/Congress, then you do not understanding the issue.
Link to Bank Bailouts
Above is a link to the real AIG story, which would have/should have been the real issue before the American public instead of this faux outrage over a tiny amount of the bailout going to bonuses (yes they are wrong, but they are merely obscuring the real issue). Think about what just happened, the US government essentially handed billions of dollars of our money to European banks (which the Europeans won't help) and even more money to the same US banks that already had access to TARP for various risky bets they made that now get to pay out at near or at 100% of their face value. This is another huge transfer of wealth in which the taxpayers get nothing, since the payouts through AIG come with no strings attached or equity stakes. This is nothing more than the government setting up a money laundering scheme to pay off their financial overlords and now we have the Obama administration and congress (hope/change anyone) using this bonus ploy to cover over the legitimate news story of the tens of billions that we are giving free and clear to global banks. I really hope that the real story here eventually gets reported on, because it is a good one.