Special Report:
Corps of Engineers used internet to attack citizen critics according to sworn affidavit

The 8/29 Investigation

man-with-signLouisiana and the nation deserve an independent analysis of the flood protection failures during Hurricane Katrina.

Click here to demand the 8/29 Investigation Act!

The Facts

Fact 1
The flooding of New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard parish was a civil engineering disaster, not a weather event. According to a 2007 study by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the majority of the damage from the flooding is due to the levees failing (page 39). “The failure of the levees was the worst engineering disaster in the world since Chernobyl” says Dr. Ray Seed, Geotechnical Engineering, University of California Berkeley.

Fact 2
Responsibility for the design and construction of the flood protection in metro New Orleans belongs solely to the US Army Corps of Engineers as mandated in the Flood Control of 1965.

Fact 3
To look to Congress and the Army Corps to fix what it broke does not reflect on the last administration. The failure of the federally engineered levees was 40 years in the making. The Army Corps squandered hundreds of millions of dollars on a levee system they knew by their own calculations was inadequate.

Fact 4
More than 98% (ninety-eight percent) of the US Army Corps of Engineers are civilian employees. Thus to look to the Army Corps and Congress to fix what it broke does not disparage our young soldiers fighting in foreign wars.

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On Garland: Hear former Nola.com editor on why he spoke out

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
HJ Bosworth Jr. Photo by Stanford Rosenthal - Aug 6, 2008

HJ Bosworth Jr. Photo by Stanford Rosenthal - Aug 6, 2008

Tune in Thursday 10am to Garland Robinette’s Think Tank on WWL Radio FM105.3 Thursday July 2.

Hear Founder and former editor of Nola.com Jon Donley on why he came forward and described in a sworn affidavit how, for over 2 years, he observed a cadre of about 20 user names posting abusive comments on Nola.com about any articles or people who criticized the Army Corps of Engineers.

Also joining Garland will be HJ Bosworth Jr, research director for Levees.org (pictured right).

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Call Sen Landrieu 589-2427 & urge a Justice Dept investigation of Corps

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Senator Mary Landrieu the Netherlands. Photo by Sandy Rosenthal - May 26, 2009

Senator Mary Landrieu the Netherlands. Photo by Sandy Rosenthal - May 26, 2009

Today is Phone-In Day to Senator Landrieu!

We’re asking Louisiana residents to pick up the phone and dial 504-589-2427. When the aide answers, please say this:

“I am a Louisiana resident and I would like to leave a message for the Senator. Thank you for calling on the Pentagon to investigate reports of the Corp of Engineers’ engagement in a campaign to attack its critics. However, I also believe this activity should be reviewed by the Justice Department.”

For those who prefer email, we suggest using this form to write directly to the Senator.

http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

BEST IF DONE BY 5PM WED JULY 1.

Note from the Founder:

“Levees.org is pleased that Senator Mary Landrieu will call on the DOD to investigate the Corps on what she described as a ‘disingenuous campaign to undercut their critics in Louisiana.’ The citizens of metro New Orleans deserve to know the full extent of this unethical behavior, and we do hope the Senator keeps her word. But we also stress that a more thorough effort must be launched looking at this activity as a whole.”

Click here to see a critical piece of information, the sworn affidavit by the Founder and former Editor in Chief of Nola.com. This validates Levees.org’s suspicions that began with our discovery in late 2008, when we traced insulting comments to the Corps of Engineers’ computers in New Orleans.
http://levees.org/affidavit.pdf

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