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Daily Archives: September 13, 2005

Review of Chertoff Memo Reveals Delay in Disaster Response

As a follow-up to my September 2005 posting, Disaster Planning Documents Benchmark Government Expectations and Warn of Outcomes, see this Knight Ridder article, Chertoff delayed federal response, memo shows. The article indicates that according to the Dept. of Homeland Security National Response Plan referenced in my aforementioned posting, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, not former FEMA Director Michael Brown, was responsible for managing and directing the initial disaster response.

Part of 9/11 Commission Report Reissued With Redacted Text Restored

Press release: “After a second review by the executive branch, a September 12, 2005 version of the 9/11 Commission Staff Monograph on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security has been released by the U.S. Department of Justice and transferred to the National Archives. This newer version of the report contains fewer redactions than the… Continue Reading