FEMA PR Chief loses his job
after fake news conference Monday, October 29th, 2007

John P. "Pat" Philbin, the man who oversaw
public affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) when
the fake news conference was
held last week has lost his new job. He will no longer be taking
over as head of public relations for the director of national
intelligence.
He's the External Affairs Director and was
slotted to become director of public affairs for National Intelligence
Director Mike McConnell today. But it's a no-go. It has not
been released yet whether or not he has resigned or was fired from the
new position.
Mike McConnell's office issued the
following statement confirming this today:
"We do not normally comment on personnel
matters. However, we can confirm that Mr. Philbin is not, nor is
he scheduled to be, the director of public affairs for the office of the
director of national intelligence."
The Director of FEMA, David Paulison, is
claiming that Philbin sent him an e-mail taking full responsibility for
last week's staged news conference.
Pat Philbin's bio page is suddenly now missing from FEMA's website, and he's missing
from the list of FEMA leaders
completely.
Something smells fishy.
When things like this happen, don't you
just assume that they're making one person the scapegoat, like CBS did to Dan Rather? When there's a phony
news conference by the FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, we expect
more than one head to roll! Something is seriously messed up
here.
I highly doubt that the fake press thing
was all the brainchild of one man, Pat Philbin. I demand an
independent investigation!
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