FEMA scrambles to suspend staffers who rang the alarm about the agency's direction

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fema-whistleblowers-suspended-hurricane-katrina-warning-rcna227544

The name of the document, called the “Katrina Declaration,” was designed to send a message. Around the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, several dozen current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees warned Congress and the public that the Trump administration’s plans for FEMA run the risk of creating another Katrina-level disaster in the coming months and years.

Some of the 191 signatories chose to remain anonymous, fearing retaliation from an administration that’s earned a reputation for political vengeance. But many of the signatories attached their names to their concerns, knowing that it might lead to reprisals.

They didn’t have to wait too long to find out. The New York Times reported:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees after those workers wrote to Congress warning that the Trump administration had gutted the nation’s ability to handle hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather disasters. ... Those who used their names received emails on Tuesday night saying they had been placed on paid administrative leave ‘effective immediately, and continuing until further notice,’ according to copies of the emails reviewed by The New York Times

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What could go wrong?