The Enduring Legacy of Katrina

History will surely label this as the era of Avarice Run Amok.

WASHINGTON, June 26 — Among the many superlatives associated with Hurricane Katrina can now be added this one: it produced one of the most extraordinary displays of scams, schemes and stupefying bureaucratic bungles in modern history, costing taxpayers up to $2 billion.

And the beat goes on...

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Breathtaking' Waste and Fraud in Hurricane Aid

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Hurricane Katrina fraud swells to two billion dollars