Bureaucratic coyness

The liberal magazine Newsweek has an interesting article concerning Hurricane Katrina and how the White House has failed to adequately respond quickly enough to the worst natural disaster in American history.

The President will address the nation tonight about the Hurricane in the Gulf Coast. He will say what he said the other day, that he takes "full responsibility" for what went wrong with the federal response to Katrina. I’m so proud of him. It must've taken a lot of guts to admit something like that. Then again, when a politician takes full responsibility for a disaster, it’s probably mean: 'oops, gee, mistakes were made. I blame the information system.' Figures.