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Good morning all!

The Blanco memos on Katrina are hitting this morning, something I have been looking forward to with relish!

XNN highlighted the story this morning and used negative language connected with it. I took this to mean that it was truly bad news for Blanco.

Fox just spun it as showing support for Blanco.

These releases do show a coordinated policy of blaming it all on FEMA and GWB.

Here are the AP releases:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_BLANCO_CORRESPONDENCE_GLANCE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KATRINA_BLANCO_CORRESPONDENCE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

This is apparently the original -note the last few paragraphs left off the main feed releases!:

http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/NEWS01/512040318/1002

Here is the NY Slimes view- surprisingly critical of Blanco (in spite of the Blame Bush mentality):

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/national/nationalspecial/04blanco.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=2f10e8213e46f9e0&hp&ex=1133758800&adxnnl=0&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1133700250-Yij0TSaWk8IduXxknDA0Gg

I cannot find a link to the raw data mentioned several times. It supposedly is on a Louisiana web site with access only to journalists. Maybe a fellow freeper could get access.

Here is the info on the Congressional Committee..apparently the have not created a web site.

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?site=ctc&lang=&commcode=hkatrina

The spin on this is gonna be wild!

Alas Babylon, thanks for the thread and will you put me on your ping list. Thanks.