DHS said Katrina tape was given to Congress "months ago"

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060302/ap_on_go_pr_wh/katrina_video

.......The footage — along with seven days of transcripts of briefings obtained by The Associated Press — show in excruciating detail that while federal officials anticipated the tragedy that unfolded in New Orleans and elsewhere along the Gulf Coast, they were fatally slow to realize they had not mustered enough resources to deal with the unprecedented disaster.

Linked by secure video, Bush expressed a confidence on Aug. 28 that starkly contrasted with the dire warnings his disaster chief and numerous federal, state and local officials provided during the four days before the storm.

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"I hope people don't draw conclusions from the president getting a single briefing," presidential spokesman Trent Duffy said, citing a variety of orders and disaster declarations Bush signed before the storm made landfall. "He received multiple briefings from multiple officials, and he was completely engaged at all times."

Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said his department would not release the full set of videotaped briefings, saying most transcripts — though not the videotapes — from the sessions were provided to congressional investigators months ago.......

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. They just keep holding out on us. Had we known about this

months ago, it's unlikely that Bush would have gotten this far with the Ports deal.

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4. wonder if any Senate Committee members looked at it?

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6. Tucker show right now--O'Donnel saying came from 'inside' the government.

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7. norah keeps saying--Bush said NOTHING during the conference.

[Patsy Stone]

9. TomInTib thinks it's Brownie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x552643

I can't say as I disagree.

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12. well, we know Congress had it for months and did not say anything --

until now--it suddenly shows up.

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2. so who in the Senate committee/staff gave it to AP?

[C_U_L8R]

3. Oh you mean the "do-nothing" republican-led congress

as if ... !!!

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8. I mean the Collins/Lieberman Senate committee who is investigating

Katrina.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Hi, RD!

Um... "he was completely engaged at all times"??? Was this before or after the lack of "situational awareness"?

Oh, brother!

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14. hi back to you patsy. his 'engagement' translates into 'cluelessness"

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10. says there is more video but DHS will not release.

Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said his department would not release the full set of videotaped briefings, saying most transcripts — though not the videotapes — from the sessions were provided to congressional investigators months ago.......

[Flabbergasted]

11. So the question about this is: Were they: #1 incompetent and #2

completely ignorant, adolescent, and un-compassionate. That's what this debate is about? So when does it become criminal? When they are firing quail shot them-self? Not even then!:mad:

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13. I know the Collins committee was upset that WH would not release

the documents. seems they released some.