WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?

![](http://31.media.tumblr.com/fc3b95bfaae5171f3c2bb95bf0f3fe7d/tumblr_n1cau5Yree1r8xg9ho1_500.jpg "HELLO THERE")
If I *don't* pass `Bearer ` into this, the token is invalid? I really don't understand this implementation.

@robyoung can you shed any light? Maybe this is a legacy thing, and if so, can we remove it?