Monday, October 29, 2007

FEMA Director Gets Promotion, Then is Fired?

Chalk this one up as a first. Initially, the guy responsible for the phony FEMA news conference gets a promotion. Par for the course in the Bush Administration, right? Then, amid media scrutiny (another rarity), the promotion is put on hold. Now, it would seem, he's been dropped completely. How about that? Better late than never.

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Fake FEMA news conference director loses promotion

UPDATE: DNI denies promotion for former FEMA flack

The fomer FEMA flack who orchestrated a fake press conference last week has lost his shot for the top PR job in the Department of National Intelligence.

CNN reported earlier Monday that John "Pat" Philbin, the Director of Public Affairs responsible for FEMA's recent
faked news conference, was all set to accept a his promotion, until his new boss realized that hiring a spokesman with a penchant for fiction might not be the best idea.

Read the rest at: Raw Story

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