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Nothing solid. It's late, I was speculating out loud.

I started with the governor''s and mayor's responses about the 'legality' of issuing a mandatory evacuation order. Also heard how the "levee board" knew the sections that ended up breeching, were known to be on the priority list for repair/upgrade, and were using a temporary(semi-permanent) levee system.. People involved in the Orleans Levee Board corruption are prominent lawyers who are part of the Governor's legal counsel. Small state politics, long trail of people already convicted. Bush would do well making the corruption of NO a national debate, and install a special prosecutor.

This is all new to me, over the years I've researched NJ's horrible corruption and because I'm here, learned the NJ system first hand. This is the first days I've seriously looked into La.'s politics. I don't see any way the people responsible will leave paper trails.

I'll return to this in due time, and am sure we will see others exploring this line of inquiry.

That is interesting. I worked for the Port of New Orleans during my summers in college. And, what you are saying does not surprise me too much. I was never over at the Levee Board. However, there are lots of lawyers and law firms in New Orleans who are no friends of these small state politicians. Years ago the old "Dock Board" (Port) was pretty clean. My boyfriend's father (Republican I might add, I was still a young Democrat), was the director of the Port (don't remember the exact title), and yes, he got me my summer job. I repaired the old maps of the docks, which included (or showed at least) levees from the 19th and early 20th Centuries. It was a great summer job and I learned a little about how the City grew up.