[thoughtomator]

If you check the archives on "9/11 commission", some of the earliest stories are about Kissinger and Mitchell resigning from the commission, the latter at least due to a "conflict of interest"... yet Kean, with a big conflict of interest of his own, is chair, and the Democrat side of the commission (and let's face it, there may not be a GOP side to the commission but there is definitely a Democrat side) is a bunch of people whose reputations are personally on the line, or close associates of people whose reputations are on the line.

Gorelick, Ben-Veniste, Kerrey... come on, this is ridiculous!

[shhrubbery!]

Kean, with a big conflict of interest of his own, is chair

Kean is a RINO and a wussie and completely inadequate to counter the feverishly partisan Dims on the panel. But what is the conflict of interest with his being on the commission? (Not questioning your assertion, just wondering what it is.)