Like probing a murder without a corpse

A lawyer-friend tells me that the Senate pork-barrel scam inquiry would be less frustrating if Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Teofisto Guingona III would only focus the inquiry on establishing facts like the existence and commission of a crime or crimes

Instead, he has been running in around like a headless chicken. He has usurped the powers of the executive in investigating the scam. He has allowed the hearings to be dominated by publicity seekers, so-called whistle blowers, kiss-and-tell witnesses seeking to avoid prosecution, and grandstanding colleagues.