Breaking: FEMA's Mike Brown removed from Katrina rescue efforts

MSNBC News Services
Updated: 1:20 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2005

WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, NBC News and The Associated Press reported Friday.

Two federal officials who wouldn't be identified told the AP that Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, La. He was the primary official overseeing the federal government's response to the disaster. NBC learned the same thing from a relief official.

Actually, this is the best possible thing that could happen for the Bush administration. It gives them an excuse to get rid of the worse-than-incompetent Brown and puts an end to the discussion about whether or not he'll be fired. By the beginning of the Monday news cycle, it'll all be over with.