The commission would also investigate how the gunman was able to carry out his actions... [More]That's the crux of it right there, of course, and the answer couldn't be more obvious.
But there's public plunder to be spent, self-promoting publicity to be exploited and an agenda to be advanced, so what the hell -- forming a blue-ribbon panel that will give 'em all that and more, except for the damn truth, is the way things are done these days.
[Via Mack H]