Who will be on Bush's "WMD Intelligence Review Panel"?

[eablair3]

my guesses:

Dick Cheney will head the panel. Others on the panel will be:

Richard Perle
Douglas Feith
John Ashcroft
Donald Rumsfeld
Ari Fleischner
One or two guys from the Heritage Foundation
One or two from the American Enterprise Institute

[HereSince1628]

1. no its bipartisan... so Zell Miller for sure will be on it n/t

[Gato Moteado]

2. dennis miller, too

henry kissinger will head the commission.

[cosmicdot]

13. or Sam Nunn ... or James 'greaseman' Baker ...

he's kind of like a Colin Powell figure ... people, in general, think he's a straight shooter ... although involved up to his eyeballs, and big-time "team player" ...

Maybe James Baker is finished stealing Iraq's money and resources.

[Arbustosux]

3. Zell Miller and Lieberman for bi-partisanship

and Maybe it will be headed up by an impartial jurist like Charles Pickering (worked for Tony Blair)

[Jacobin]

4. Lord Hutton as Chairman

He's a professional whitewasher.

Also, if Rush is out of rehab long enough, he would be ideal.

[Robroy]

5. Ollie North & Newt Gingrich

will stand by as alternates in the event they are needed to offset any semblance of partisanship.

[BOSSHOG]

6. Barbara Bush for balance

and a women's perspective.

[Faygo Kid]

7. Kenneth Lay has time for it; how about Katherine Harris, Alan Colmes?

Ken Lay would be the perfect Bush appointee; Katherine Harris the perfect Commission chair. How about Alan Colmes? He can make coffee and serve sandwiches to the others.

[Skittles]

8. Henry Kissinger

Barbara Bush (R-Hag)

[judge_smales]

9. 41 is free now- maybe he could help out.

Ya never know.

[Cooley Hurd]

10. We need to write our senators and congresspersons...

We cannot allow the Bush administration to frame the inquiry! This is WAY too important. Men and women are still being killed daily because of the Chimp's screw-ups! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!

You can find out who your congressperson is by clicking here

Here's the text of my email to my senators and congressman (please feel free to use my email as your own):

(Your senator or congresspersons here);

I'm sure you must be as troubled as I am by President Bush's insistence that he is allowed to choose the members of the yet-to-be-formed bipartisan panel that will be investigating the intelligence failures leading to the war in Iraq. This is absolutely not acceptable. Over 500 brave men and women of our Armed Forces are dead. Thousands more are injured and wounded.

The Bush administration needs to be held accountable for the decision to go to war with Iraq. Blaming the CIA is not an acceptable answer. When will President Bush accept responsibility for his actions? The answer is never, based on his track record. That's why it's time that members of congress, Democrats and Republicans alike, stand up to the Bush administration. Ask them about the Pentagon's "Office of Special Plans." Ask them why they feel it's necessary to stonewall the commission investigating the 9-11 attacks. Ask them why they feel compelled to withhold Vice President Cheney's documents regarding his meetings on energy policy. Those documents alone might hold the key to their real motives for invading Iraq. As per former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill (a man of impeccable integrity), the intent to invade Iraq came long before 9-11, which, according to the Bush Administration, was the event that made the case for launching a pre-emptive war against nations which posed a threat to the United States.

I implore you, (Your senator or congresspersons here), to spearhead opposition to the Bush administration's attempt to cover up yet another major mistake made by them. This has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with the United States' credibility at home and abroad. If we don't, the United States will not be trusted for many years to come. Thank you for your consideration in this matter.

Regards,
(Your name and address here)

[Supormom]

11. Judge Roy Moore

Moore will ensure all proper legalities are followed.

[Faygo Kid]

12. He will (hopefully) be too busy running for president

He continues to threaten to run for president. Dare we hope he does for Bush what Nader did for Gore?

[ComerPerro]

15. LOL, no kidding

because we know that the SOB has so much respect for the law.

[ComerPerro]

14. Here is the complete roster

http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm

Or here

http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. heard on cable news ...Perry, Hart and Rudman...?

[Stephanie]

17. Here are the names the NY Times lists:

Note that bush pretends to be in charge while Cheney actually makes the list:

Mr. Bush, the White House said, plans to appoint the members himself, though Vice President Cheney has been calling around Capitol Hill sounding out ideas.

Among the names being mentioned by members of Congress and administration officials as candidates are Robert M. Gates, the director of central intelligence under President Bush's father; Warren B. Rudman, a former senator from New Hampshire and an intelligence expert; Richard J. Kerr, a former deputy director of central intelligence who has been leading the C.I.A.'s internal review of Iraq intelligence; and David A. Kay, until recently the chief American weapons inspector in Iraq. William Perry, who has extensive experience in intelligence matters and was defense secretary under President Clinton, and Gary Hart, a former Democratic senator from Colorado who is a national security expert, have also been mentioned.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/03/politics/03WEAP.html?pagewanted=all

[King Coal]

18. Jim Baker would be a good choice.

<snarky sarcasm=Yes>Tie the scurvy dog to the yard arm!</snarky>