slozovsk wrote:
Что именно враки? Я ведь вполне конкретный факт привожу:
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, decided to take over the federal, state, and local operations officially on August 30, 2005, citing the National Response Plan.[98] This was refused by Governor Blanco who indicated that her National Guard could manage.
Вы оспариваете этот факт или нет? Документы, на которые вы ссылаетесь - никак не опровергают того, что привел я.
The harm from Katrina was on state land—mainly Louisiana, but also Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. As a result, President George W. Bush and the federal government were limited in what they could do. For example, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff wanted to take command of disaster relief on the day before landfall, but Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco refused. Federal response was hindered because the law gave first authority to state and local authorities.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... on_LEADTop
А кто-то еще пишет про Чертова и его желание взять власть в свои руки, или никто, кроме пары правых блогов ?
И, кстати, зачем ему понадобилась власть ? Он же был катастрофически неготов, по его собственным словам :
http://articles.cnn.com/2005-09-03/us/k ... f?_s=PM:US
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Defending the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argued Saturday that
government planners did not predict such a disaster ever could occur.
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Правда, его тут же уличили во лжи, но кто там слушает этих ученых...
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But in fact, government officials, scientists and journalists have warned of such a scenario for years.
Chertoff, fielding questions from reporters, said government officials did not expect both a powerful hurricane and a breach of levees that would flood the city of New Orleans.
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Полезно почитать сообщения фемовских инсайдеров :
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In the days before Hurricane Katrina hit land, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, FEMA Director Michael Brown and other top Homeland Security officials received e-mails on their blackberries warning that Katrina posed a dire threat to New Orleans and other areas. Yet one FEMA official tells NPR little was done.
Leo Bosner, an emergency management specialist at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., is in charge of the unit that alerts officials of impending crises and manages the response. As early as Friday, Aug. 26, Bosner knew that Katrina could turn into a major emergency.
In daily e-mails — known as National Situation Updates — sent to Chertoff, Brown and others in the days before Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast, Bosner warned of its growing strength — and of the particular danger the hurricane posed to New Orleans, much of which lies below sea level.
But Bosner says FEMA failed to organize the massive mobilization of National Guard troops and evacuation buses needed for a quick and effective relief response when Katrina struck. He says he and his colleagues at FEMA's D.C. headquarters were shocked by the lack of response.
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А сам Чертофф спихивал вину на ФЕМУ :
Testifying before a special House committee created to probe the slow federal response to Katrina, Chertoff deflected questions about his own actions by telling lawmakers he had relied on Federal Emergency Management Agency experts with decades of experience in hurricane response.
“I’m not a hurricane expert,” he said repeatedly.
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ну так какого ж черта ты терпишь на посту директора ФЕМЫ лоера, которого даже из возглавляемой им конной ассоциации попросили ?
И с вами по поводу локальных властей он че-то не согласен :
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When Brown testified before the committee last month,
he blamed state and local officials in Louisiana for the slow response to Katrina. Chertoff disagreed.
“From my own experience, I don’t endorse those views,” he said.
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