Our government at work

The scene is one of chaos, with scores of people on an airport tarmac in dire need of medical attention, people dying, and only one doctor, a volunteer, on the scene struggling to save patients as others die right in front of him. If you're an official overseeing part of the rescue effort, do you A) thank God the one doctor you've got was willing to come help and try to get more doctors on the scene ASAP, or B) tell the only doctor there to get lost because you're afraid the government will get sued?

Apparently if you work for our government on disaster relief, you choose B). Screw good samaritan laws! You don't want Uncle Sam to get sued! I wish I was kidding. Yep, it's another mind bogglingly stupid example of how the government has been handling the Katrina relief effort. So far FEMA has been totally unapologetic about the incident. In the article they're quoted as simply defending their policy of not using volunteer doctors.