So how long is Chertoff going to stick around? Isn't it time the US has a team of professionals protecting the country and not a bunch of lazy political appointees? Each day it becomes clearer and clearer that Bush has ruined the organization and his so-called leaders lack any leadership capabilities. Who would have guessed that packing an organization with a bunch of political cronies and yes men would have such a negative impact? Well, for starters, FEMA people.
"We told these fellows that there was a killer hurricane heading right toward New Orleans," Leo Bosner, a 26-year FEMA employee and union leader told CNN. "We had done our job, but they didn't do theirs."Impressive leadership in action. Running every decision through the political grinder and packing every post with political cronies is no way to run a country. I realize this administration has a love affair with tactics used by communist regimes but we live in a democracy and people need to be held accountable.
"New Orleans is of particular concern because much of that city lies below sea level," he warned in his daily alert [27 August] to Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff, then-FEMA chief Michael Brown and other Bush administration officials.
A year ago he raised concerns that Brown was in over his head. Brown stepped down earlier this month after he was removed from leading the government's Katrina relief effort.
Chertoff worked from home the day Bosner first warned of the hurricane's catastrophic potential for New Orleans, CNN's Tom Foreman reported. Chertoff also has been criticized for writing a memo the day after Katrina struck, delegating authority to Brown and deferring to the White House rather than taking charge.
