Report finds "US government 'failed' on Katrina"

[dcentity2000]

All levels of the US government, from President Bush down, were at fault for the poor response to Hurricane Katrina, a leaked Congressional report says.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is singled out for particular criticism in the document, which is due to be published on Wednesday.

Overall, it says, the government's response was marked by "fecklessness, flailing and organisational paralysis".

The report, leaked to the US media, is one of several into the disaster.

Entitled "A Failure of Initiative", the 600-page document suggests something approaching a national disgrace, says the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington.

Produced by a special Republican-dominated House inquiry, it issues 90 separate findings.

"Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare," says the report's summary, seen by the Associated Press.

"At every level - individual, corporate, philanthropic and governmental - we failed to meet the challenge that was Katrina."

Source and full article: BBC News



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[Free4Life11]

Now let's see if Congress will actually DO anything based on their findings. They seem to do an excellent job of writing ridiculously long reports on problems...but when it comes to finding solutions to the problems they seem to be much more lacking.

I'm not holding my breath.

Also I don't consider $2B+ given to charity a "philanthropic failure." I'd like to see how much those who made this report gave to charity...

 

[Planogirl]

Also I don't consider $2B+ given to charity a "philanthropic failure." I'd like to see how much those who made this report gave to charity...

It's not a failure compared to the other entities but it barely scratches the surface once the money filters down to where it's needed. Or so I've heard.