Who gave the order to turn away help and was there such an order?

[xiamiam]

why were so many civilian rescue teams bringing boats, medical aid, doctors, water turned back? why were a team of firefighters from utah asked to hand out fliers? who gave these orders?...seems like someone must have said no civilians are allowed in NO.even to help...there is a similar response across the board of turning away help..that on top of their own incompetence...what were the orders they were operating under? and who gave them? and why?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. "Because the helpers might be "terraists" dontcha know. Gotta, gotta..

gotta go through that red tape. Not as good in a terraist event as duct tape, but it'll do. We're red-tapers. We tape red stuff. Hehehheheh"

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[mzteris]

5. and a darn good impression it was! n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Thanks. I've been studying Jon Stewart very closely *g*

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[nadinbrzezinski]

2. FEMA, a taem from Californuia went into Missisipi

after the Governor requested them at the border... simple as that... they no longer were working for the Feds but for the state... oh and this little trick was used all across...

[spuddonna]

3. The only info so far is FEMA looks to be heavily involved...

Hopefully, we'll get some more leaked memos soon... :(

[Lerkfish]

4. yup. good questions, and welcome to DU

here's some more questions...

we NOW have (too late) 60,000 troops in a nearly evacuated city. That's more than Baghdad. why?
Bush wanted to "federalize" Lousiana before he would offer aid . Why?
Blackwater mercs and experimental crowd control weaponry was in place before federal aid. Why?
People in the Convention Center were prevented by armed troops from leaving and walking across the bridge. Why?
No autopsies will be performed. Why?
No photos of bodies are being allowed by troops. Why?
Troops are beating up professional photojournalists and confiscating their cameras and film. Why?


there are a lot of unanswered questions...but I think you'll see, if you stack all unanswered questions up, they suggest an overall answer, don't they?

[oasis]

8. That's a ton of questions.We need an independent commission to

get to the bottom of it.

[shraby]

6. There had to be an order because subordinates

do not make those kinds of decisions on their own.

[CabalPowered]

9. Yes. CBS's site has the story..

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/07/katrina/main821650.shtml

edit: confusing subject line..oops