Or Brownie is just pissed that everyone blames him, and he is trying to blame everyone else. Dueling officials slowed storm response | csmonitor.com Or Chertoff is sick of being blamed and is trying to push all the blame on Brownie because he doesn't like him. NPR : House Report Cites Failures on Katrina Response But here is forbes.com with same story as in the OP's blogger link. Brown: Politics Played Role in Katrina - Forbes.com