Katrina Investigation is Hampered by the White House.

Surprise surprise, the White House is refusing to handover important documents and is also preventing key officials from co-operating with the congressional Inquiry into the pathetic government response to Hurricane Katrina late year.
In a national address in New Orleans in the days after Katrina, George Dubya made promises that a "thorough" congressional investigation into the relief debacle would be made and that he would fully co-operate with any investigation.


Daily Kos article

White House spokesperson Trent Duffy said that the White House is refusing requests to allow officials like Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff; his deputy, Joe Hagin; Frances Fragos Townsend, the domestic
security adviser; and her deputy, Ken Rapuano to testify on Capitol Hill about their responses to the catastrophe. Moreover, the White House also refused to provide e-mail correspondence and other communications made by Administration officials for examination, all the while claiming to be cooperating with the Congressional committee.

The UK Guardian reports-

The Bush administration has refused to hand over email correspondence about the storm and has prevented officials involved in the government reaction from appearing before the Senate. Those officials include the White House chief of staff, Andrew Card, and his deputy, Joe Hagin, Frances Fragos Townsend, the president's adviser on homeland security, and his deputy, Ken Rapuano.

Michael Brown, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told the Inquiry on Monday he had been told not to comment on his conversations with top White House officials.

Typical.
Have mentioned how much I hate Liars and Hypocrites today yet?