Rogues gallery

Playing the part of reporters at FEMA's phony presser, pictured above, were:

From left to right: Nathaniel Fogg, Counselor to the Director and Deputy Director; John "Pat" Philbin, former Director of External Affairs; Michael Widomski, Public Affairs Specialist; Eric Heighberger, Special Assistant, Office of the Administrator; Cindy Taylor (in tan suit), Communications Deputy Director; Dan Shulman (red tie), Director of Legislative Affairs; Debbie Wing (curly blond hair), Media Response Liaison; Aaron Walker (back to camera), National Spokesman.

Highlights from the CBS News story:

At the podium on the left is Vice Admiral Harvey Johnson, the second in command at FEMA.

The former director of public affairs at the agency, John "Pat" Philbin told CBS News last week, "I am not aware that he knew what was happening and all of sudden staff were asking questions."

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The agency's deputy administrator, Harvey Johnson, called on FEMA employees by name during the news conference and knew they weren't reporters.

Nice to know that FEMA’s PR team can’t produce a cover story that can withstand a nanosecond of scrutiny. Given this and the news that the FEMA-supplied trailers that Katrina evacuees are living in are too dangerous for FEMA employees to even set foot in, let alone the fact that Katrina evacuees are still living in trailers more than two years after the storm, can anyone tell me what these people at FEMA do well?