Katrina and Terror Coverage Win Pulitzers
Apr 18, 2006 Two Gulf Coast newspapers took home the big award for their hurricane reportage; Risen and Lichtblau of the N.Y. Times won for their stories on Bush's eavesdropping; and Dana Priest of the Washington Post earned a Pulitzer for reporting on secret CIA prisons. Full list of winners.
Caught on Tape
Mar 4, 2006 This Washington Post editorial cuts through the smokescreen of Bush's Katrina apologists.
Katrina Video Refuels Debate Over Bush’s Response
Mar 3, 2006 The video that made a liar out of Bush on Katrina has reignited the controversy over his administration's incompetent response to the hurricane. Democrats are calling for an independent probe into the catastrophe, and the video has even taken enough of the heat off ex-FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown so that he's now calling for the firing of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff.
Tape: Bush Warned on Levees Before Katrina
Mar 2, 2006 Confidential video footage obtained by the Associated Press proves that federal officials warned Bush that Hurricane Katrina could breach levees and cause a tidal wave of disaster Watch the video Ex-FEMA chief Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown says Bush was overconfident about FEMA's response to Katrina FireDogLake: In an attempt to spin the story and make Bush seem in charge, the White House leaked Newsweek transcripts from FEMA conference calls during and after Katrina.
Bush’s Katrina Understatement of the Year
Mar 1, 2006 In an ABC interview, Bush says he saw people screaming for help on TV and "realized that our government was--could have done a better job of comforting people." "Could have done a better job of comforting people"? How about "could have done a better job saving people"?UAE Gave $100 Million for Katrina Relief
Feb 25, 2006 The country seeking control over six U.S. ports donated nearly four times the total of all other countries combined. The State Department denies there's a connection between the gift and the pending port deal.Halliburton Wins Contract to Reconstruct Cheney’s Reputation
Feb 18, 2006 The $42-billion contract represents the first time that the company has been employed to put its reconstruction expertise to work on one embattled human being. (satire)
White House Knew of Levee’s Failure on Night of Hurricane
Feb 10, 2006 Remember when Bush said that he hadn't heard about the devastating levee failure in New Orleans until the day after the hurricane hit? Well, now it turns out that former FEMA Director Michael "Heckuva Job" Brown had told the White House about the breach the night before. | story‘Heckuva Job’ Brownie Takes the Money and Runs
Jan 26, 2006 Former FEMA head Mike Brown stayed on full salary as a consultant in the wake of his disastrous disaster leadership But now that he's cashed his checks, he won't cooperate in the Senate investigation | storyPerhaps he's too busy mucking out Arabian horse stalls .Army Corps of Engineers Calls Chocolate City Unfeasible
Jan 24, 2006 "The last thing you want is a city that a bunch of hungry drunks are going to eat."
