Chertoff is Strange

First he said:

his department had been "acutely aware" of the risk posed by Hurricane Katrina
and rejected claims he was disengaged in responding to the disaster.

Then he said:

"Probably the worst element of this catastrophe, personally, is not criticism
I've received or criticism the department has received by committees and
commentators, but the vision of people who did have their suffering
unnecessarily prolonged because this department did not perform as well as ... it should have been able to do."

This all comes as:

a House report was to be released accusing him of missteps in his response
to the killer storm.

The House report, written by a committee of Republicans, takes Chertoff
to task for waiting until two days after the storm hit to activate a national
response plan and for appointing Michael Brown, then director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, to lead the federal response even though he was not trained to take on that role.

I think Mike's having a bad day