Homeland Security: White House's Katrina report to echo earlier criticisms of DHS
Fran Fragos Townsend, the White House homeland security adviser, is slated to report her analysis of what went wrong with the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina on Monday of next week, congressional sources say.
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Townsend's results are said to mirror some of the conclusions presented by her deputy, Ken Rapuano, to the two congressional committees investigating the storm. One of the slides he showed the committees criticized the Department of Homeland Security's habit of focusing on scenarios involving weapons of mass destruction – instead of natural disasters – when training first responders.
Another slide stated, "The bureaucratic process delayed the federal response."
Also criticized: Northcom, the Defense Department command that oversees the Pentagon's role in domestic security, for not being fully aware of the extent of its deployed assets 48 hours after the hurricane's landfall.
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