To be honest about it, I've been so angry over it I haven't given much thought to who benefits. Best i can come up with on short thought is that having it open gives the "powers that be" a place to exile those who are bothersome. They can arrest them without charging them and exile them to gitmo indefinitely. I'm certain I can figure it out if I set my head to it though.

Ne jamais interrompre votre adversaire alors qu'il commet une erreur Napoleon Bonaparte