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On the first anniversary of Katrina, I offer this tribute to the tens of thousands of victims. The movie features images I pieced together using national news photos to illuminate the actual, unaltered utterances of George W. Bush & Co.
Forgotten Communities, Unmet Promises:
An unfolding tragedy on the Gulf Coast
Briefing Paper
Published: August 2006
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20/20 Webcast: Katrina Insurance Fraud
Sisters blew whistle on Katrina claims
Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, a prominent lawyer of tobacco litigation fame, created a stir by announcing in March that two "insiders" were helping him build cases against insurers for denying claims for Hurricane Katrina losses. Their identities remained a mystery until the day in early June when Cori and Kerri Rigsby — employees of a company that contracted with State Farm — told a supervisor they were cooperating with Scruggs.
That startling admission — and their subsequent resignations — ended a risky charade. The Rigsbys say they spent months collecting reams of internal State Farm reports, memos, e-mails and claims records before they gave them to Scruggs and state and federal authorities.
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