America's derelict Congress: part XIV

Via Spencer Ackerman we see Congress failing, yet again, to even be a weak check against hideously destructive excesses committed by the other branches of the government. In this case Congress is choosing not to carry out one of its core responsibilities, oversight of the executive branch, on issues tied to one of the biggest blunders made by any administration in decades. It appears that Congress will leave the investigation of executive branch shenanigans that led to the cooking of intelligence - and hence to our invasion of Iraq - to a commission appointed by the president. And as if that wasn't a pathetic enough turn, surprise, surprise, it appears that the commission will have relatively little to say on the matter at all. [source: Bloodless Coup]