One year after the tragic events of Hurricane Katrina, government investigations into the failure to aid the storm's victims -- mainly poor, black and disenfranchised -- are lagging, and America's reputation as a human rights leader has been further diminished, the American Civil Liberties Union said today. "As horrific as the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was, it was the government's indifference to the suffering of the poor and people of color that truly shocked our nation and the world," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero. "There is no question that the administration's response to Katrina, added to its other abuses of power, has further diminished America's reputation as a beacon of freedom."