Chertoff's priorities

[riverwalker]

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/nation/12657190.htm

As New Orleans flooded, Chertoff discussed avian flu in Atlanta

By Shannon McCaffrey, Alison Young and Seth Borenstein

Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the U.S. official with the power to order a massive federal response to Hurricane Katrina, flew to Atlanta for a previously scheduled briefing on avian flu on the morning after the storm swept ashore.

Chertoff's decision to fly to Georgia for a business-as-usual briefing even as residents in New Orleans fought for their lives in rising floodwaters raises new questions about how much top officials knew about what was happening on the Gulf Coast and how focused they were on the unfolding tragedy.

In fact, Chertoff didn't know for sure that New Orleans' life-preserving levees had failed until a full day had passed.

Not until Chertoff was returning from Atlanta on Aug. 30 did he begin writing the memo that declared Katrina "an incident of national significance" and put the full force of the federal government behind the relief and rescue efforts.
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[opihimoimoi]

1. I wonder what kind of staff he has that let him down like this??

Same goes for Bush...what kind of staff lets their man fuck up so badly...was that intentional??? "let the bastard roast a good one"

"Blind side him?"

Doesn't both of them ever watch the fucking News??? Especially a Cat 5 bearing down on the one city in the USA that is below sea level???

I really wonder if they comprehend "Below sea level"

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Bush, Chertoff, Republican priorities on web site: Biz first, kids last

See the primary DHS website http://www.ready.gov/

September is Preparedness Month (I wonder why) and the incompetents can't even get the Kids part of it up and running even though the month is half over and they are advertising the site WITH KIDS on TV.

They weren't prepared! And they weren't prepared in late August when they should have been, well before Katrina hit!

No Child Left Behind except by the DHS. Homeland Security means security for business.

Republican values at work: All rhetoric and no truth. All hat and no cattle.

[leftofthedial]

3. LIHOP

Maximum rebuilding dollars for Halliburton

maximum disruption to an unfriendly voting bloc