(nyt) White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger (levee breach)

[rodeodance]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/national/nationalspecial/24katrina.html?ei=5090&en=d81fc8a7ee2ec8cd&ex=1295758800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

January 24, 2006
White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger
By ERIC LIPTON

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The White House was told in the hours before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans that the city would probably soon be inundated with floodwater, forcing the long-term relocation of hundreds of thousands of people, documents to be released Tuesday by Senate investigators show.

A Homeland Security Department report submitted to the White House at 1:47 a.m. on Aug. 29, hours before the storm hit, said, "Any storm rated Category 4 or greater will likely lead to severe flooding and/or levee breaching."

The internal department documents, which were forwarded to the White House, contradict statements by President Bush and the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff, that no one expected the storm protection system in New Orleans to be breached.

"I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," Mr. Bush said in a television interview on Sept. 1. "Now we're having to deal with it, and will.".......

[rodeodance]

1. recall--from Condi--We could not imagine planes flying to buildings.

[benfranklin1776]

2. How do you know Junior is lying

Answer: His lips are moving. This is the same administration that says: "trust us" we are only spying on bad people, we are "vigorously" enforcing mine safety laws, we "care" about civil rights, we "reformed" student aid not cut it etc." This is the most mendacious bunch of lying weasels to ever occupy the executive branch in this nation's history. They do the exact reverse of what they say publicly. Indeed that is a good barometer of where the truth lies, in diametric opposition to their hollow snake oil sales pitches.


:kick: to recommend.

[shanti]

3. doublespeak

this is the junta's MO.

[Zambero]

4. Bush strummed while New Orleans breached

How 'bout that prez. He's doin' one helluva job!

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushfishingvacation.htm

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5. Duplicate

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