12/11/02--George Mitchell resigns 9/11 Commission over "conflict of interest"

As did the 9/11 Commission's original Chairman, Henry Kissinger.

• Even a corrupt organization like the federal government wouldn't accept a verbal assurance of "impeccable integrity."

Both Kissinger and Mitchell were asked to provide sources of their income and a list of their clients and declined to do so. In 2002, Mitchell's "potential" conflict of interest was enough that he had to resign from the commission. (Not that the Commission was ever going to solve anything anyway).

• Mitchell was not about to be denied the public and media spotlight again, even if all he did was xerox the results of others' work and collect millions for himself. The appearance of propriety (forget about the real thing) is eschewed in MLB, where Mitchell's actual conflict of interest was completely accepted by the independent nation state of aw-shucks Bud (MLB, MLB.com, etc.)

(Comments about the so-called Mitchell Report run in a continuous loop on Yankees.com. If you're tired of hearing about it, call MLB.com)

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