Reply #467: 9/13 Chertoff STILL Impeding FEMA Efforts

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Whistleblower: Chertoff Impeding Rescue NOW!

HS is scrambling to resurrect/protect it's tarnished image, and that of *, so much, they are screwing up even more! They definitely got the call from Rove..."look good, at any cost!"

<http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/13/164257/615 >


On last night's Nightline, FEMA staffer Leo Bosner appeared, careful to say he was giving his personal views, not the agency's official ones. He spoke quietly but did not mince words:

"Right now as we talk, unfortunately, Homeland Security is actually impeding - in my view - impeding the rescue effort. As I mentioned, we're running a 24/7 operation down there and we're trying to do the best we can at FEMA. And we're getting held back because we're bombarded with telephone calls, day and night, from Homeland Security, saying, `Oh, Secretary Chertoff has a press conference coming up, uh, stop everything and get us this information: Can you tell us exactly how many pounds of ice have been delivered to such and such county,' or, `Why are the number of rescues different from what they were six hours ago?' They're impeding the effort right now."