Hurricane Katrina - Was Brown the Fall Guy?
A video of Bush being briefed the day before Hurricane Katrina.
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The video shows Bush and his federal disaster officials being warned that the levees in New Orleans could be breached.
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And yet....
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After the hurricane struck, Bush later went on television saying: "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."
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And as for the Federal response, for which Michael Brown is still harshly criticized:
Brown raised the possibility that emergency officials would not be able to adequately help all those who might end up displaced in places like the New Orleans Superdome.
"I'm concerned about...their ability to respond to a catastrophe within a catastrophe," Brown said.
"We're going to need everything that we can possibly muster, not only in this state and in the region, but the nation, to respond to this event," Brown warned.
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