Back in the United States, a non-partisan Congressional investigative body has singled out Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff for the government’s bungled response to Hurricane Katrina. In a preliminary report, the Government Accountability Office said: “We continue to believe that a single individual… [should] lead and coordinate the overall federal response in the event of a major catastrophe.” The report went on to say, “Neither the DHS Secretary, nor any of his designees … filled this leadership role during Hurricane Katrina.”