[Eagle of Liberty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Study_Group

The MONEY part of the ISG CREATION:

The panel's work is being facilitated by the U.S. Institute of Peace and supported by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Center for the Study of the Presidency (CSP), and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy. It was expected to receive a US$1.3 million appropriation from Congress.

[piasa]

$1.3 million appropriation from Congress.

What an incredible waste of money to regurgitate things that have already been said. We could have hired some high school kids to plagiarize a theme paper and we would have equally valid results for the price of a case of beer. As it is we paid 1.3 million so some old has-beens and other policy clingons and can further pad their lobbying resumes.