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Former FEMA chief Michael Brown lied under oath at hearing on Katrina disaster

by Open-Publishing - Wednesday 28 September 2005
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Catastrophes USA

Get the word out. Today Michael Brown lied through his teeth when he told the Katrina hearing that Blanco NEGLECTED to include NOLA and adjacent parishes in the disaster relief request. And then, Rep Stephen Buyer R-IN, repeated it. Boldface Lie ! Here is the proof.....UNCOVERED BY BRILLIANT DU’ers!!! BRAVO....

WHAT BLANCO ASKED FOR: SHE INCLUDED ALL PARISHES
http://gov.louisiana.gov/Disaster%2...

WHAT BUSH ISSUED...HE LEFT OUT NOLA AND ADJACENTS
Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana

The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn.

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding.

Representing FEMA, Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named William Lokey as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/rele...

Forum posts

  • He only did what he is being paid to do!.

    9/11 was not an intelligence failure, going to war with Iraq was not a mistake, FEMA DID NOT FAIL on Katrina . and the 100’s of other frauds.......

    ALL DONE ON PURPOSE. No Mistakes . Mr. Brown has done and is doing exactly what his superiors wanted him to do. It is all by design and on purpose.
    So many people say BUSH should admit he make mistakes? .. That would be ridiculous considering that it has all been calculated and executed as planned.