http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/finger-pointing_over_deepwater.html
The criminal negligence of this disaster is almost beyond comprehension from the shear magnitude of it. I don't see how accidental death can be placed as the cause for the loss of life that occurred.
It was at the very least second degree murder.
Testimony before a panel investigating the cause of the Deepwater Horizon explosion grew heated Monday as lawyers for various companies connected to the rig attempted to place blame on one another and angled to expose maintenance problems they say existed before the April 20 accident.
BP lawyers sought to highlight unfinished work by the rig owner, Transocean, and a rash of equipment problems.
Bertone acknowledged that an audit he reviewed before the accident found 390 jobs undone, accounting for thousands of man-hours of work. Bertone also testified that he'd requested more employees from his bosses at Transocean and hadn't received the help.
A computer system used by the driller to track activity thousands of feet down in the well was malfunctioning in the days before the accident and technicians hadn't arrived to fix it, Bertone said
