Auditors Find Huge Fraud in FEMA Aid
Thousands of applicants for federal emergency relief money after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita used duplicate or invalid Social Security numbers or bogus addresses, suggesting that the $2.3 billion program was a victim of extensive fraud, a Congressional auditor will report Monday.
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11876.htm
Bush lied over Katrina, sacked head of disaster agency says
Michael Brown, head of the federal disaster agency at the time of Hurricane Katrina, has reopened a painful wound for President George Bush, charging that the White House knew New Orleans' protective levees had broken far earlier than it had acknowledged.
https://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article344722.ece
From Information Clearing House
The Land of 10,770 Empty FEMA Trailers
Far from the victims of Katrina for whom they are meant, legions of wide-bodied mobile homes sit empty at Hope's Municipal Airport, a sprawling former military base. After all these months, storm victims can't seem to get the trailers, which are proving a mixed blessing to Hope and Arkansas.
https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021106B.shtml
https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11876.htm
Bush lied over Katrina, sacked head of disaster agency says
Michael Brown, head of the federal disaster agency at the time of Hurricane Katrina, has reopened a painful wound for President George Bush, charging that the White House knew New Orleans' protective levees had broken far earlier than it had acknowledged.
https://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article344722.ece
From Information Clearing House
The Land of 10,770 Empty FEMA Trailers
Far from the victims of Katrina for whom they are meant, legions of wide-bodied mobile homes sit empty at Hope's Municipal Airport, a sprawling former military base. After all these months, storm victims can't seem to get the trailers, which are proving a mixed blessing to Hope and Arkansas.
https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021106B.shtml
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