Chertoff's Reading Habits: "

On Sunday, DHS chief Michael Chertoff told 'Meet the Press's' Tim Russert that one reason for the delay in getting federal aid to Katrina victims was that 'everyone' thought the crisis had passed when the storm left: 'I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, 'New Orleans Dodged The Bullet.'' We're wondering what papers the Chertoff household gets, because these are the headlines that greeted most people Tuesday morning:

The Newseum has over 400 frontpages archived but we suspect that the one with the 'New Orleans Dodged The Bullet' hed exists primarily in Chertoff's mind.

Hurricane Katrina [Newseum]
Transcript for September 4; Michael Chertoff, Marc Morial, Mike Tidwell, Mark Fischetti, David Wessel, Haley Barbour & Aaron Broussard [MSNBC]

Thanks to the NewsDesigner for a cleaner frontpage pic!

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(Via Wonkette.)