"It is in no one's interest for this situation to continue," the commission wrote.

"To date we have seen no evidence that these or the earlier contacts ever developed into a collaborative operational relationship," the commission wrote.

That was the day after the commission wrote a letter to the doctor, asking him to meet with its investigators.

"Typically a federal commission writes a report, makes its recommendations and there's no follow-through."

The 1979 commission practically wrote the script for the 1989 statement by the governors.

"It would appear that the budget is insufficient for current services," the commission wrote in its study, which was issued in October.

Others argued that the current regulations that the judge struck down could remain in force until the commission writes new ones.

In its decision, the commission wrote that the facts of the case were "largely uncontested."

Two officials asked for protection, the commission wrote, because they feared they were on the verge of being fired.

"The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific," the commission writes.