Lest we forget........Video shows Bush got explicit Katrina warning

[journalist3072]

As we approach the second anniversary of Katrina, it's worth remembering that Bush was indeed warned about the devastation Hurricane Katrina was expected to bring to NOLA.

Video shows Bush got explicit Katrina warning
President, Chertoff were clearly told of storm’s dangers numerous times


Updated: 11:01 a.m. ET March 2, 2006

WASHINGTON - In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.

Bush didn’t ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: “We are fully prepared.”


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Bush declared four days after the storm, “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees” that gushed deadly floodwaters into New Orleans. But the transcripts and video show there was plenty of talk about that possibility — and Bush was worried too.


Bush appeared from a narrow, windowless room at his vacation ranch in Texas, with his elbows on a table. Hagin was sitting alongside him. Neither asked questions in the Aug. 28 briefing.

“I want to assure the folks at the state level that we are fully prepared to not only help you during the storm, but we will move in whatever resources and assets we have at our disposal after the storm,” the president said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11627394/

[uppityperson]

1. k&r to hell with mrbush and his minions

[rudy23]

2. Great Palast article--they knew, they just didn't want to take responsibility

I posted this in another thread, so forgive me, but I think this makes the most sense--more sense than the President being oblivious to a major hurricane:

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1258

Which is worse, looking like you were caught off guard and taking a little political heat

or

admitting fault from the Army Corps of Engineers, and taking financial and moral responsibility for all the death and destruction caused by the storm?