""Hurricane Katrina Investigation: A Nation Still Unprepared. The response to Hurricane Katrina shook the public's confidence in the ability of government at all levels to protect its citizens in a crisis. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, Senators Lieberman and Collins launched an investigation into government's response to the disaster.
By April 2006, the Committee held a total of 23 hearings, conducted formal interviews with more than 325 witnesses, and reviewed over 838,000 pages of documentation, all of which was reflected in the report "Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared." The 749-page report contained 88 recommendations for local, state, and federal governments to adopt in order to prevent a similar disastrous response to the next catastrophe. The report concluded that Katrina was the first catastrophe that tested all levels of government since 9/11, and all levels of government failed the test. Senator Lieberman also submitted additional views on the Administration's lack of cooperation with the Committee's investigation and the White House's leadership failures in Katrina. The report contained a series of recommendations, which Senators Lieberman and Collins set about to enact into law.""
But, under the direction of then Chair Sen. Susan Collins, it was a flawed investigation. Lieberman back in early 2006 requested that she as Chair subpoena documents and testimonies that were not forthcoming but his request was denied - and Lieberman, IIRC, was none too happy about this
That tells me the White House certainly had something to hide, something they went to all lengths with Sen. Collins' complicity to avoid being privy to the investigation and, thus, disclosed
My understanding is that Lieberman essentially made assurances that in the event of him being re-elected and were he to become Chair that he would subpoena, yet he, subsequently, ruled it out. That in itself is a betrayal
That said, perhaps if Democrats' had cut Lieberman more slack (he's defense hawk, so what?), he'd have won the Democratic primary and not become, subsequently, beholden to the Republican votes, which helped him win the general
Dave