I am hoping that next year will see, at the very least, a Truth and Reconciliation commission to haul out everything that was swept under the rug in the Bush Administration and give it a nice healthy dose of sunlight. (I’d like to see every malefactor prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, but that may not be politically feasible.)

That depends on just how much clamor gets raised by concerned citizens at election time. It would probably take a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate to make prosecutions possible, but even the House could use the power of subpoena to drag the truth kicking and screaming into the sunlight.

Very likely. As the bumper sticker at Making Light says, “I deeply resent the way this administration makes me feel like a nutbar conspiracy theorist.” Still, the only way these things will change for the better is if enough concerned citizens make very loud demands for justice.

One thing that will be worth pointing out is that sweeping Iran-Contra under the rug to avoid partisan rancor didn’t help; it just created more of it.

Wasn't that also the company involved in the gang-rape of a female employee?

Oh, believe me, this is just going to get worse. Companies like Blackwater represent the privatisation of war- already a nice business for bankers and weapons producers. As mercenaries and not part of the United States Army, they're not subject to military law, which is why the rapes committed by members of these companies go unpunished. Not only that, it seems that neither Obama not Clinton have plans to stop using the services of these mercenaries. I got this information from somewhere, although I can't recall where. Anyway, check this:
http://www.yuricareport.com/Corporations/BlackwaterWorldsMostPowerfulArmy.html