Thanks for the ping.
I had heard a few days ago that they were probably going to do this. I forget who said it. It was in an interview with someone who said that the handover would probably be done a few days before the 30th, to throw off plans for attacks on the 30th.
I remember thinking at the time, it's stupid to announce in advance that you're gonna move the date up.
You know, 30 minutes ago I watched Kissinger explain it all for us dolts and was thinking... what's he doing up so late, live on FNC?