[Tempest]

Serious: My guess for CBS's "independent panel" would be.

Michael Moore
Joe Lockhart
John Kerry
Barbara Streisand
Sean Penn
Alec Baldwin
Larry Flynt (you know to add some publishing credibility. ..)

[Paul Atreides]

I think it will consist of:

Woodward
Bernstein
Helen Thomas
Mark Shields
Eleanor Clift
Clarence Page
John McCain

[Ken H]

You've unfairly lumped Larry Flynt in with a bunch of sleazeballs:)