going to the operation on what day? in august we were confirmed in the prior august. 2012. yes and shortly thereafter we would be sworn in. there is an idiosyncrasy to the statute that i would point out which is only the four part-time members were confirmed in august of 2012. only the chairman has the statutory authorization to hire the staff or the executive director. and mr. medine wasn t confirmed until may of 2013 so we didn t have the statutory capacity to hire the staff or an executive director to say nothing of our intent to find office space or intranet, everything that needs to be done for an agency. so, that takes me to the question of an independent advocate who could appear in the court representing a public interest. .. of how that individual gets managed and supervised, i get more anxious. i think if the person is an appointee of the chief judge of the court or chief justice of the united states, they risk becoming the pet lawyer of that individual. i
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