Louisiana officials demand answers from FEMA

[babylonsister]

Louisiana officials demand answers from FEMA


From Abbie Boudreau and Scott Zamost
CNN Special Investigations Unit


(CNN) -- Louisiana officials are demanding that hurricane supplies the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave away be returned to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Their request comes after a CNN story Wednesday revealed that FEMA had given away $85 million in supplies that lingered on storage shelves while hurricane victims suffered without the items they needed.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Sen. Mary Landrieu demanded answers from FEMA.

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The CNN investigation found FEMA gave away extensive stocks of items such as cots, cleansers, first-aid kits, coffee makers, camp stoves and other items that had been bought as "starter kits" for people living in trailers after the 2005 hurricane.

"There is a particular and critical need for exactly these materials -- especially household goods --- by organizations dealing with the critical problem and homelessness as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita," Landrieu wrote. "One such organization is Unity of Greater New Orleans, which works with FEMA to house homeless hurricane victims and was featured prominently in the CNN piece."

Martha Kegel, the director of Unity of Greater New Orleans, said she was shocked to learn about the existence of the goods and the government giveaway.

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/fema.katrina.supplies/index.html?iref=newssearch

[Bob Dobbs]

1. fema branch of rethuglican party

Criminally negligent.

Indict, convict, imprison.

[Dogtown]

2. A detailed accounting

of the receivers of this bounty should be required. Who benefited from this give-away?

Did these goods go to organizations aiding in the flood disaster current in the midwest, or to cronies, "faith-based" proselytizers and RW supporters?



There hasn't been this much graft, theft and corruption in the US government since Reconstruction.