why would they (well it's really US) spend money on an inquiry

we know they f**ked up, we know they'll blame everyone but themselves, we know they'll continue to f**k up and we know that BROWNIE DID A HECK OF A JOB!
(tell me why they don't use every single bit of money they have on helping the displaced victims of katrina? yet another thing i just don't get)

White House slowing Katrina inquiry, senators say
By Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press Writer January 24, 2006
WASHINGTON --The White House is crippling a Senate inquiry into the government's sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina by barring administration officials from answering questions and failing to hand over documents, senators leading the investigation said Tuesday.
In some cases, staff at the White House and other federal agencies have refused to be interviewed by congressional investigators, said the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In addition, agency officials won't answer seemingly innocuous questions about times and dates of meetings and telephone calls with the White House, the senators said.
A White House spokesman said the administration is committed to working with separate Senate and House investigations of the Katrina response but wants to protect the confidentiality of presidential advisers.
"No one believes that the government responded adequately," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. "And we can't put that story together if people feel they're under a gag order from the White House."
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee's Republican chair, said she respects the White House's reluctance to reveal advice to President Bush from his top aides, which is generally covered by executive privilege........