FEMA is not an agency concerned with your well being. They are command and control; nothing more.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibits journalists from having unsupervised interviews with Hurricane Katrina victims who have been relocated to FEMA trailer parks, according to a report in the Baton Rouge Advocate (7/15/06).“If a resident invites the media to the trailer, they have to be escorted by a FEMA representative who sits in on the interview,†FEMA spokesperson Rachel Rodi is quoted in the article. “That’s just a policy.â€
UPDATE: It seems that they’ve changed their minds.
I’m still not happy about having to have press credentials to get in. It just doesn’t sit well with me.
Should be filed under “Move along, nothing to see here”