Brown shoulders greater share of blame for Katrina failures

Former US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) director Michael Brown has placed blame on everyone from New Orleans’ mayor to Louisiana’s governor for the chaos following Hurricane Katrina. Now, he’s including himself.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2006 - 17:38

Brown said yesterday he fell short of conveying the magnitude of the disaster and was slow in calling for help.

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