Brown Blames Homeland for Katrina Response
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:29 pm
Ex-FEMA chief says he's a scapegoat: ’I certainly feel somewhat abandoned’
Updated: 2:29 p.m. ET Feb. 10, 2006
WASHINGTON - Top White House and Homeland Security officials were told that New Orleans was flooding just a few hours after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, former disaster chief Michael Brown said Friday, challenging agency officials who have said they did not know the magnitude of the problem until the next day.
“I find it a little disingenuous,†Michael Brown, who at the time headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told a Senate oversight committee. “For them to claim that we didn’t have awareness of it is just baloney.â€Â
Asked if he felt like a scapegoat, Brown responded “Yes,†adding: “I certainly feel somewhat abandoned.â€Â
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Updated: 2:29 p.m. ET Feb. 10, 2006
WASHINGTON - Top White House and Homeland Security officials were told that New Orleans was flooding just a few hours after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, former disaster chief Michael Brown said Friday, challenging agency officials who have said they did not know the magnitude of the problem until the next day.
“I find it a little disingenuous,†Michael Brown, who at the time headed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told a Senate oversight committee. “For them to claim that we didn’t have awareness of it is just baloney.â€Â
Asked if he felt like a scapegoat, Brown responded “Yes,†adding: “I certainly feel somewhat abandoned.â€Â
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