"Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie" went the Times headline. "Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed" front-paged The Washington Post. The A.P. led with the thrilling words "Bluntly contradicting the Bush Administration, the commission ..."

All wrong.

Yesterday, Governor Tom Kean, commission chairman: "Members [of the 9/11 commission] do not get involved in staff reports."

Not involved?