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Some of you may have read news articles about President Bush appointing a panel to examine the pre-invasion intelligence reports dealing with "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. You may not, however, have read anything about its composition or its schedule.

From MoveOn's "Daily Misleader":

[T]he president will appoint the entire commission himself, breaking the previous tradition of allowing lawmakers from both parties to appoint commission members. Although lawmakers have raised objections to the commission's lack of independence, the White House is moving forward with its plans.

Additionally, despite the fact that the commission's work will be critical to national security, the president will only authorize a commission that produces a report after the election -- so as to minimize any political fallout for himself.

It looks like we can expect another (cough) unbiased report along the lines of Senator Danforth's whitewash... er, "investigation"... of the Waco Branch-Davidian fiasco. If the Bush appointees insist -- against all credulity -- in actually conducting a real investigation, it will no doubt meet the same fate as the inquiry into the September 11 attacks which the Bush White House has mysteriously insisted on stonewalling at every turn.

Thanks to Louise, my sole remaining blogfriend, for the link.