Posted on 05/31/2010 8:32:26 PM PDT by Steelfish
Obama Administration Moves To Distance Itself From BP On Oil Spill Response
Joel Achenbach and Jerry Markon June 1, 2010
Struggling to convey command of the worsening Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Obama administration is taking steps to distance itself from BP and is dispatching Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to the Gulf Coast to meet with federal and state prosecutors. The Holder trip could signal that the environmental calamity might become the subject of a criminal investigation.
Holder has said Justice Department lawyers are examining whether there was any "malfeasance" related to the leaking oil well, and investigators, who have already been on the coast for a month, have sent letters to BP instructing the company to preserve internal records related to the spill. But federal officials indicated that Holder's trip, which will include a news conference in New Orleans on Tuesday afternoon, will focus on enforcement of environmental laws and holding BP accountable.
The opening of a criminal investigation or civil action against BP, if either were to happen, would create the unusual situation of the federal government weighing charges against a company that it is simultaneously depending on for the most critical elements of the response to the record oil spill.
"We're cooperating fully with all inquiries, and we're doing everything we need to do and more in terms of preserving records," BP spokesman Andrew Gowers said Monday.
The relationship between the federal government and the oil company has been an awkward collaboration all along --
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Does this mean Omoslem will return the $1,000,000 that BP contributed to his election campaign?
Classic pot calling kettle black.
I hope he DOES stay out of it. He can only make things worse. This blowout would have been stopped by now if it had been on an onshore rig. Forcing oil companies to drill in the riskiest, most delicate locations is nothing short of sabotage.
“In other words, if it seems like a good idea, we thought of it. If it doesn’t work, it’s BP’s baby.”
As the old saying goes, “Success has a thousand fathers but failure is left an orphan.”
That seems to be typical of his ilk, and those he surrounds himself with. Talk a lot of BS, showboat, point fingers, strut like a rooster, show hostility, and when all else fails, run away.
I’ve been looking for the post a couple of days ago about who was to make money on the dispursent they were using....Some big names bought stock in the company last November...all at the same time. What did they know? If you find it it needs its own thread...and A LOT of attention!
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