Government Sues BP For Gulf Oil Spill: U.S. Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Nine Companies Involved In Disaster

Marcospine­lli   37 minutes ago (3:30 PM)

Where are the criminal charges?

 itdavidpkron­miller   33 minutes ago (3:34 PM)

What were the crimes exactly other than incompente­nce?  Oil work is dangerous - all those who work in that industry know there is a risk.  I don't know if there really is any clear cut criminal case to make against them unless you can prove they covered up something. In this specific case it appears to be a series of incompeten­t individual­s and laxed policies that caused the disaster.  You don't get to have everyone's head just because they made mistakes or were incompeten­t.  now money you can get and BP is already to doll out 30-40 billion - this lawsuit is on top of that amount.

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At the very least, have you ever heard of 'criminal negligence­'?


How does anyone who isn't a political operative or a BP lobbyist come to defend this?
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