President Briefed On Possibility of Katrina Disaster


The Associated Press released transcripts and video footage showing President Bush being personally briefed the day before Hurricane Katrina hit land. The predictions he heard were accurate—including the failure of the levees:

•The chief scientist of the National Hurricane Center warned that a major levee breach was "obviously a very, very grave concern."

•Michael Brown told the president that if New Orleans flooded the Superdome emergency shelter would likely be under water and short on supplies, creating a "catastrophe within a catastrophe."

•Experts and officials implored the President to prepare for, as the AP described it, "devastation of historic proportions."

President Bush didn't ask a single question during the briefing. In the next two days he campaigned, attended birthday parties and played guitar while the worst natural disaster in American history unfolded.

5 days later, Bush claimed "no one could have predicted" the failure of the levees...

Here's how the media are spinning this disclosure, one way or the other.


Posted: Thu - March 2, 2006 at 09:16 AM          

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