Hard to imagine, but true, and the proof is on tape:
In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, risk lives in New Orleans’ Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage of the briefings.
Four days after the storm, Bush was on TV claiming that "I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."
Liar. He simply ignored the warnings —
Bush didn’t ask a single question during the final government-wide briefing the day before Katrina struck on Aug. 29 but assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."
— exactly the same way Bush ignored the intelligence estimates warning of hostility to occupation and eventual civil war in Iraq. Exactly the same way Bush ignored the August 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike Within U.S." Exactly the same way Bush continues to ignore federal law, the constitution of the United States, and international law.
There may just be a pattern here.