Hugh Kaufman on CNBC.

[GumboYaYa]

He apparently is at the EPA. They did a story on the health problems of people exposed to dust from the WTC. Kaufman directly accused Whitman of lying and said she was the highest level govt official to have been aware of the lie. He said we need investigations in order to find out who else knew.

Anyone know anything about this Hugh Kaufman?

<ON EDIT> The lie was a public statement that the EPA had tested and the air quality was okay. He also said it would only take the money from about two days in Iraq to clean the mess before people moved home.

[barbaraann]

1. Here's a little something

http://www.house.gov/nadler/Feb142002_feb14EPA.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Schmeltzer
February 14, 2002 202.225.5635

U.S. REP. NADLER ANNOUNCES HEARINGS INTO POST- SEPT 11TH DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Congressman will host EPA Ombudsman for the first investigative hearings into the matter next week
WASHINGTON - As a result of today’s revelations that US Department of Energy contract scientists found that the air pollution in lower manhattan was worse than the air pollution in the Kuwait oil fields when they were burning during the Gulf War, and in light of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) erroneous statements on air quality as a result of the WTC attacks, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) is announcing that he will host investigative hearings by the National Ombudsman of the EPA on these and other related matters.

“I am pleased that the EPA Ombudsman, Robert Martin and Chief Investigator Hugh Kaufman will hold hearings on hazardous waste cleanup and ensuring air quality,” said Rep. Nadler. “Clearly, as the weeks pass, we have learned more and more that the EPA has simply looked the other way from one of the biggest calamities to ever happen in the United States. I am hopeful that these hearings will help provide the answers we need from the EPA, as well as get additional information on exactly how safe or unsafe downtown is.”
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[GumboYaYa]

2. Wow, well he was just giving a live interview

and clearly implied that he felt people higher than Whitman knew about this. He called for Congressional investigations into what happened.