Thursday, September 15, 2005

KR Report: 'Confused' Chertoff Delayed Federal Katrina Response

KR Report: 'Confused' Chertoff Delayed Federal Katrina Response: "KR Report: 'Confused' Chertoff Delayed Federal Katrina Response

By E&P Staff

Published: September 14, 2005 12:30 PM ET

NEW YORK In a major scoop, three reporters with Knight Ridder's Washington bureau report that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, not ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown, was the “federal official with the power to mobilize a massive federal response to Hurricane Katrina.”

In a damning allegation, they suggest that Chertoff “may have been confused about his lead role in disaster response and that of his department.”"

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