"You're Surely Kidding?"

Reader AR writes, "There's an excellent article by Anita Kumar just posted at the St. Pete Times website with new background info on Brownie, including quotes from a former boss who was interviewed by the FBI during the FEMA background check:

Brown was pleasant enough, if a bit opportunistic, Jones said, but he did not put enough time and energy into his job. "He would have been better suited to be a small city or county lawyer," he said. Jones was surprised Brown was being considered for job at FEMA but figured it wasn't impossible he could have risen high enough in local and state government to be considered for a job directing FEMA operations in Oklahoma.

The agents quickly corrected him. This was a national post in Washington, deputy director of FEMA, the arm of the federal government that prepares for and responds to disasters around the United States.

Jones looked at the agents, "You're surely kidding?"

Posted by Laura at September 10, 2005 08:34 AM