A Mountain of Documents on Hurricane Response, but Democrats Seek More

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A Mountain of Documents on Hurricane Response, but Democrats Seek More

By ERIC LIPTON New York Times
Published: January 26, 2006

"WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — In their four months of digging, House and Senate investigators have collected hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and testimony from governors, mayors, Homeland Security and Pentagon officials and dozens of others touched by Hurricane Katrina.


After the Storm

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Democrats say crucial holes still remain, particularly related to what senior White House aides and the president knew, and how they reacted to this knowledge, right before the storm and after it.

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Asked what kind of aid he requested, Mr. Brown replied, "I'm being advised by counsel that I can't discuss with you my conversations with the president's chief of staff and the president."

Documents uncovered during the investigation show that the White House was notified early Monday, hours before the storm hit later that morning, that it was probable that Hurricane Katrina would "lead to severe flooding and/or levee breaching," adding, "This could leave the New Orleans metro area submerged for weeks or months."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/26/national/nationalspecial/26documents.html

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1. see this thread also (Globe editorial).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2404861

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2. Tks.