Governor ‘mistakenly told White House levees were intact’

HOURS after Hurricane Katrina lashed the US Gulf Coast, Louisiana’s governor mistakenly assured the Bush administration that New Orleans’ protective levees were intact, according to a video which emerged last night.

“We keep getting reports in some places that maybe water is coming over the levees,” Governor Kathleen Blanco said shortly after noon on August 29, according to the video.

“We heard a report unconfirmed, I think, we have not breached the levee. I think we have not breached the levee at this time.”