To piss off the patriots and please his anti-Gitmo critics in one stroke.
And talk about using different tactics and actions and all events of the period to maintain a constant pressure:
FBI tries to shake down Phil Mickelson last Thursday on the golf course, a political spectacle aimed at the non-compliant rich.
Arizona is punished as a dumping ground for busloads of illegal immigrant children because it dared to enforce its border with Mexico.
With GDP negative the EPA moves forward with rules to make electricity more expensive for the already beleaguered masses.