FEMA Official Apologizes for Staged Briefing With Fake Reporters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's No. 2 official apologized yesterday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions.
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Spencer S. Hsu

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