Reply #4: Bush put Allbaugh in FEMA to gut it; only 9/11 stopped that plan.

[Divernan]

Allbaugh brutalized and terrorized FEMA's civil service professionals from day one and succeeded in driving many of them out of the agency. One reason he left FEMA , in addition to making big bucks as a terrorism consultant/profiteer, was that he had to clear stuff through the DHS czar. Whatever good work FEMA did while Allbaugh was Director was done despite Allbaugh, not because of any leadership on his part. His violent and explosive temper (similar to Bush's) meant that FEMA professionals avoided running any decisions by him as much as possible.