Frances Fragos Townsend
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The report by Frances Fragos Townsend, President Bush's domestic security adviser, lacks the bite of the select House committee's report of a week earlier, which was unsparing in its criticism of local, state and federal officials. If Mr. Bush wants to adopt Ms. Townsend's suggestion to set up a disaster response group inside the White House, that's fine but it won't solve their problems unless the president staffs it with strong, independent advisers.