I guess not everybody in the government isn't a coward or a traitor.
THey are good people trying to do their jobs, but with no clear cut line of command they are screwed. This is STRAIGHT out of my text book:
“2.2.6 Link Emergency Response to Disaster Recovery and Hazard Mitigation
No clear line separates emergency response and disaster recovery. Some portions of the community will be engaged in emergency response tasks while others conduct recovery tasks. Response planning should be linked to recovery planning, which will speed the process of disaster recovery. It will also ease the integration of hazard mitigation into disaster recovery (Wu and Lindell, 2004). The necessary coordination can be achieved through organizational contacts between officials and personnel responsible for these activities.”
(Perry, Ronald W.. Emergency Planning. John Wiley & Sons, 102006. 56).