PALAST:HURRICANE EXPERT THREATENED FOR PRE-KATRINA WARNINGS

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HURRICANE EXPERT THREATENED FOR PRE-KATRINA WARNINGS


A Greg Palast special investigation for Democracy Now!




Monday, August 28. From New Orleans.

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It wasn't the hurricane that drowned, suffocated, de-hydrated and starved 1,500 people that week. The killing was done by a deadly duo: a failed emergency evacuation plan combined with faulty levees. Behind these twin failures lies a tale of cronyism, profiteering and willful incompetence that takes us right to the steps of the White House.

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Here's the story you haven't been told. And the man who revealed it to me, Dr. Ivor van Heerden, is putting his job on the line to tell it.

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Dr. van Heerden offered this life-saving info to FEMA. They wouldn't touch it. Then, a state official told him to shut up, back off or there would be consequences for van Heerden's position. This official now works for IEM.


Watch this special investigative report about Katrina on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/this morning or hear it on your local Pacifica or NPR station. You can also download it at DemocracyNow.org.


And catch the one-hour special report, "Who Drowned New Orleans?" on LinkTV,http://www.linktv.com/ with Greg Palast in New Orleans plus an exclusive interview with Amy Goodman. (Get it on Direct TV channel 375 and Dish TV channel 9410. Or check your cable listing at LinkTV.com.)

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1. I remember seeing him on TV...

I think the history channel did a special on Hurricane Pam (the test scenario which was basically like Katrina) and well they put it on way before Katrina ever happened.

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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1995878

Time to bump the other one to the top.