As a spy reporting from here in the swamp I have to tell you that a blue ribbon panel is the VERY LAST THING you want. Every swamp dwelling rascal will be yelling YEE HAAA! first because of the commission meetings with receptions and dinners afterwards, but more especially because such commissions take minimally two years to get a report out. The DOJ will then unctuously report to congress that it is establishing a 223 point program to implement the recommendations and is establishing another blue ribbon panel to advise on the implementation process.
And there will be just one minor little objection, of the 223 recommendations, they accept 222, all except the one about fewer and better staff. You see they have already done a staffing review, and you might not have realized it, but the DOJ is woefully understaffed, though since there seems to be some disparity in recommendations, DOJ will establish another blue ribbon panel, to report out in another 2 years to validate the staffing plan reviews.
You board yet? Believe me, the Congressional committees tracking this have already fallen asleep, and not a thing has happened yet.
You want change - you get a Pruitt or a TREX or a Maddog or a Trump for the really tough problems. What you don't do is ever again mention the words commission, panel, review, study or report to Congress. It's the quicksand that keeps any serious threats away from the deeper parts of the swamp cess. And when you add Blue Ribbon to the title, then you get a bipartisan panel chaired by two retired congress critters, one from each party, or maybe a Packard or an Augustine or some such that have been chairing these review for years.
And that is how the swamp stays the swamp.
Good username. Very fitting. :)
God bless ya!