Katrina is all Alan Greenspan’s fault
No, I’m just kidding. But as much of the blogosphere is focused on the New York Times autopsy of what went wrong with Katrina. However, for sheer weirdness, Tina Susman’s account in Newsday has better anecdotes. Consider this snippet, for example: When troops arrived in numbers large enough to fan out across the city, their ...
No, I'm just kidding. But as much of the blogosphere is focused on the New York Times autopsy of what went wrong with Katrina. However, for sheer weirdness, Tina Susman's account in Newsday has better anecdotes. Consider this snippet, for example:
No, I’m just kidding. But as much of the blogosphere is focused on the New York Times autopsy of what went wrong with Katrina. However, for sheer weirdness, Tina Susman’s account in Newsday has better anecdotes. Consider this snippet, for example:
When troops arrived in numbers large enough to fan out across the city, their roles at times seemed questionable. Some adopted a warlike demeanor, adding to tensions among the rattled population. On Friday, a group of heavily armed Federal Reserve police officers, rifles on their shoulders, made their way down St. Charles Avenue, the one in the rear spinning around and stalking backward as if on a commando mission. They took up combat positions as they moved toward the Federal Reserve building to install the flag, even though their nearest companions were stray dogs, journalists and pigeons. (emphasis added)
Bizarre as it sounds, this job description does in fact mention that, “Federal Reserve Police Officers may also serve on our emergency response or emergency medical teams.” Anyway, read both accounts and then see if anyone deserves to be removed from — or added to — Belle Waring’s list of shame.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner
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