Lawyering up ...

The conservatives get all fired up when 'terrorists' are given the opportunity to retain counsel. Looks like the leadership at BP is beginning the effort to keep themselves out of jail:

WASHINGTON — A top BP worker who was aboard the Deepwater Horizon in the hours leading up to the explosion declined to testify in front of a federal panel investigating the deadly oil rig blowout, telling the U.S Coast Guard he was invoking his constitutional right to avoid self-incrimination.

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They know somebody fucked up and this was no 'accident':

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Employees and experts testified that in the hours before the explosion, they witnessed a power struggle over that decision — the kind of argument common among the different parties that lease and run complicated offshore drilling operations, but one that this time, had deadly consequences.

One employee who worked for the rig owner, Transocean, was so mad after the fight that he warned they'd be relying on the rig's blowout preventer if they proceeded the way BP wanted.

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Somebody was showing off for the home office suits and everything went to Hell. I ain't holding my breath but it would be nice to see a few of these fuckers frogmarched into a U.S. courthouse.