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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (5048)	9/17/2005 10:20:49 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9838

I was just going to post that same thing! LA Officials Indicted Prior to Katrina Los Angeles Times ^ \| 9/17/05 \| Silverstein&Meyer Louisiana Officials Indicted Before Katrina Hit Federal audits found dubious expenditures by the state's emergency preparedness agency, which will administer FEMA hurricane aid. WASHINGTON — Senior officials in Louisiana's emergency planning agency already were awaiting trial over allegations stemming from a federal investigation into waste, mismanagement and missing funds when Hurricane Katrina struck. And federal auditors are still trying to track as much as $60 million in unaccounted for funds that were funneled to the state from the Federal Emergency Management Agency dating back to 1998. In March, FEMA demanded that Louisiana repay $30.4 million to the federal government. (Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ... latimes.com