More on the Commission

This from a NY Times article today:

By using an executive order to establish the commission, Mr. Bush will retain greater control over its membership and mission; aides said it will probably be given until next year to complete its work.

This makes it pretty clear that the Bush Administration is trying to put off the findings of the commission until after the election so that they won't be held accountable for misleading the American people. In the words of Senator Tom Daschle:

"truly should be independent. It sounds as if the president is going to call for one where he gets to appoint each of the members and dictate the design and ultimately the circumstances under which they do their work."

Posted by Mike Bitondo at February 2, 2004 02:53 PM in Iraq