Another day, another media-fueled non-scandal. Via Drudge/AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. officials.
The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking.
The day before the storm hit, Bush was told there were grave concerns that the levees could be overrun. It wasn’t until the next morning, as the storm was hitting, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had inquired about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing.
So, um, there really was no earth shattering news yesterday to begin with as it related to the video and transcripts the AP got their hands on. And the reactionary Democrats who immediately siezed on the video and called for yet another ‘where the Katrina response went wrong’ investigation: will they still pursue that, once they read the AP’s correction? Don’t bet on it.
(Hat tip: ST reader Severian)
Others commenting on this: Powerline, Captain Ed, Mark Noonan at Blogs For Bush, RightWinged.com
Related Toldjah So posts:
- The Katrina kerfuffle, part deux
- Governor Blanco named one of the nation’s worst Governors
- How much blame goes to Blanco?
- Hurricane Governors ratings soar - except for Blanco
- I love General Honore!
- Nagin reverses course, suspends N.O. reopening
- Impeach Blanco blog
- Taking responsibility equates to taking “full responsibility”
- Blanco Incompetence Caught On Camera
- Katrina response: an honest analysis
- Levee breaches
- Blanco Passes Buck Back to Nagin
- Money Flowed to Questionable Projects
- Media groups say “show us the bodies”
- Katrina: Urban legends, Nagin’s eye openers, etc
- Disastrous disaster response from local and state La. officials
- About those levees
- Media pushes “white guilt” angle
- Bush personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation
- Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding
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“Inaccurate but true” - again.
Comment by Mwalimu Daudi @ 3/3/2006 - 11:09 pm
“breach”,”overrun”, this seems to be a Clintonian moment when what the meaning of the word “is”, is, can keep you out of jail. Peace
Comment by steve @ 3/4/2006 - 10:23 am
Something which you are a master of steve, since you have essentially used “what the meaning of the owrd” is in a few of your posts.
As for meanings, look up the words.
If people like you and the media would use a dang dictionary we would not have to keep correcting you.
Comment by sanity @ 3/4/2006 - 10:58 am
steves head has been breached and over run more times than any big city whore on a busy night. Leetle head breecheen fairies. Fly away and be free!
Comment by forest hunter @ 3/4/2006 - 7:02 pm
Jethro Tull - “Thick as a Brick”, comes to mind.
Comment by forest hunter @ 3/4/2006 - 7:34 pm
Edited. –ST
Comment by steve @ 3/4/2006 - 8:08 pm
Typical lib, when caught in thier lies, caught in saying something stupid, all they have left is to attack you personally and not offer anything more of substance.
Comment by sanity @ 3/4/2006 - 8:18 pm