On the morning that Michael Brown has threatened to tell all to Senate
regarding the Katrina failures, the New York Times publishes a story that shows
Bush’s first reactions to the storm were based upon lies:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush
administration officials said they had been caught by surprise when they
were told on Tuesday, Aug. 30, that a levee had broken, allowing floodwaters
to engulf New Orleans.

But Congressional investigators have now learned that an eyewitness
account of the flooding from a federal emergency official reached the
Homeland Security Department’s headquarters starting at 9:27 p.m. the day
before, and the White House itself at midnight.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency official, Marty Bahamonde, first
heard of a major levee breach Monday morning. By late Monday afternoon, Mr.
Bahamonde had hitched a ride on a Coast Guard helicopter over the breach at
the 17th Street Canal to confirm the extensive flooding. He then telephoned
his report to FEMA headquarters in Washington, which notified the Homeland
Security Department.

“FYI from FEMA,” said an e-mail message from the agency’s public affairs
staff describing the helicopter flight, sent Monday night at 9:27 to the
chief of staff of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and recently
unearthed by investigators. Conditions, the message said, “are far more
serious than media reports are currently reflecting. Finding extensive
flooding and more stranded people than they had thought — also a number of
fires.”

Michael D. Brown, who was the director of FEMA until he resigned under
pressure on Sept. 12, said in a telephone interview Thursday that he
personally notified the White House of this news that night, though he
declined to identify the official he spoke to.

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Remember on Tuesday, when this lie came out, what Bush was doing?

Yup! He was accepting that guitar from country singer Mark Wills. To Bush
going out and playing politics and getting his photo ops are more of a priority
than the lives of Americans.

UPDATE:

Michael Brown has just told Senate that decisions and policies of Homeland
Security put FEMA “on a path to failure”