Is it goodbye?

…or is it just 'til we meet again?

Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, NBC News and The Associated Press reported Friday.

They're pulling him out of Baton Rouge, but leaving him in the top emergency management post in the country. After all, actually firing him might be interpreted as an admission that appointing him in the first place was a mistake.

Until they uncover the memo that proves the Mayor of New Orleans recommended him and Governor Blanco confirmed him, I suppose…