Would that the federal officials responsible for overseeing oil drilling and enforcing the nation's environmental laws were as organized and diligent as the crew investigating potential crimes:
A team of federal investigators known as the "BP squad" is assembling in New Orleans to conduct a wide-ranging criminal probe that will focus on at least three companies and examine whether their cozy relations with federal regulators contributed to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, according to law enforcement and other sources.If the GOPers take over Congress, they'll prevent this investigation. They'll defund it or use some other gimmick.
The squad at the FBI offices includes investigators from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard and other federal agencies, the sources said. In addition to BP, the firms at the center of the inquiry are Transocean, which leased the Deepwater Horizon rig to BP, and engineering giant Halliburton, which had finished cementing the well only 20 hours before the rig exploded April 20, sources said.
I wouldn't be surprised to see BP start turning its (failed) P.R. campaign into a political campaign. And, the Senate GOPers blocked campaign finance reform, so that's really not a joke. It's a possibility.
