Subj : Re: Brownie
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 14:43:37

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


Nick wrote:
> 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

Blanco should testify as well. There are a lot of questions about her
actions I'd like to see answered.  

Ken

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