Subj : Re: Brownie
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 18:10:10

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote:

> Trouble wrote:
>> Nick wrote:
>>> Trouble wrote:
>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Guess what unqualified political hack and failure as a director
>>>>> of a federal emergency management agency is back working with the
>>>>> feds as a consultant studying how the feds fucked up?  Does Bush
>>>>> TRY to fuck up? 
>> 
>>>> While politically embarassing, he was involved at a very high
>>>> level, and its probably worthwhile for the people investigating to
>>>> have access to him. 
>> 
>>> I agree that you want access to him but I don't see why you have to
>>> hire him to get it. 
>> 
>> Same reason you pay people for jury duty, you need them more than
>> they need you. I mean, he could be off writing his memoirs, looking
>> for a job, or writing a treatment for a movie of the week script... 
>> 
>>>> If he is supposed to be part of the investigating team as the
>>>> article seems to imply, Brown has zero independence and it
>>>> would/could/should be seen as a conflict of interest. 
>> 
>>> Absolutely.
> 
> 
> His information should come out as part of an independent
> investigation (i.e., he should be forced to testify). 
> 
> This situation looks to me like a deliberate conflict of interest. 
> If they hang Brownie out to dry, he might get mad and start blaming
> higher ups.  If they pay him to help "investigate," he'll politely
> take some of the blame while lambasting local authorities. And he'll
> keep his mouth shut about his bosses.


That isn't happening.
"Brown Blames 'Dysfunctional' Louisiana"
"WASHINGTON - Former FEMA director Michael Brown aggressively defended his 
role in responding to Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday and put much of the 
blame for coordination failures on Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New 
Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin. "My biggest mistake was not recognizing by 
Saturday that Louisiana was dysfunctional," two days before the storm hit, 
Brown told a special congressional panel set up by House Republican 
leaders to investigate the catastrophe."

Here is a link: http://tinyurl.com/av4w9

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