Federal law has also hampered the assistance. The Jones Act, the maritime law that requires all goods be carried in U.S. waters by U.S.-flagged ships,...
I'm betting that could have been untangled in a matter of hours if they had just wanted to do the untangling!
19 posted on 06/09/2010 6:17:05 PM PDT by Bigun
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
