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White House mulled seizing control of Katrina relief mission

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-09 00:35|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1734 views since 2007-05-07] Top

1 This act was last invoked in 1992 for the Los Angeles riots, but at the request of Gov. Pete Wilson of California..

Further clarification: Governor Wilson did not request federal assistance until the third day of the riots. Army troops (from Fort Ord) and Marines were not able to deploy until the following day.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-09 01:00|| 2005-09-09 01:00|| Front Page Top

2 First instincts are often the best ones, particularly with ass clowns in state and city government.

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-09 05:26|| 2005-09-09 05:26|| Front Page Top

3 According to the administration's senior domestic security officials, the plan failed to recognize that local police, fire and medical personnel might be incapacitated.

And this, folks, is something that no drill could ever have exposed.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-09 08:36|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-09 08:36|| Front Page Top

4 "Can you imagine how it would have been perceived if a president of the United States of one party had pre-emptively taken from the female governor of another party the command and control of her forces, unless the security situation made it completely clear that she was unable to effectively execute her command authority and that lawlessness was the inevitable result?" asked one senior administration official, who spoke anonymously because the talks were confidential.

This is exactly what Billary and the democracts would have wanted. Sick that they would expose thousands of [black, minorities] to this for political gain - but that is the Democrats nowdays....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-09 09:40|| 2005-09-09 09:40|| Front Page Top

5 And this, folks, is something that no drill could ever have exposed.

Um, it would, had the scenario been envisioned by disaster personnel.

The Navy trains (or trained - it's been over a decade for me) for major conflagration or damage, including loss of key personnel, equipment, communications, or entire repair parties.

Then again, they have history to fall back on.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-09 12:05|| 2005-09-09 12:05|| Front Page Top

6 Well, looks like they may have decided to throw FEMA's Brown to the dogs. Fox just reported that his #2 in the Katrina event, a CG Admiral, will take over on the scene and Brown is headed back to DC.

Posted by .com 2005-09-09 13:28|| 2005-09-09 13:28|| Front Page Top

7 He was, but he certainly didn't impress me. No loss except it will encourage the meme

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-09 15:08|| 2005-09-09 15:08|| Front Page Top

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