Jackson, Mississippi's Clarion-Ledger newspaper concluded [3], after obtaining an email the Justice Department [4] sent to various U.S. attorneys' offices, that "federal officials appear to be seeking proof to blame the flood of New Orleans on environmental groups [5]." The email read, in part, "Has your district defended any cases on behalf of the (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers against claims brought by environmental groups seeking to block or otherwise impede the Corps work on the levees protecting New Orleans?" A Justice Department spokesperson refused to comment, "because it's an internal e-mail." In related news [6], Senator James Inhofe introduced a bill that would allow Environmental Protection Agency [7] administrator Stephen L. Johnson [8] to "suspend any law governing air, water or land in responding [9] to Hurricane Katrina [10]." Environmental groups are concerned the measure could be applied broadly and inappropriately; "Mr. Bush has declared 41 states disaster areas as a result of the storm."