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It is cited as footnote 33 on page 517 from the 9/11 commission report. we wanted to see if it is connected. >> the fbi lawyers told us is that they couldnt find it and then when we pushed them on this particular document they then said well, sometimes the commission report, the footnotes are not always accurate. have you had a lot of problems with the footnotes in the commission report? >> we had a site check that pulled all the documents referenced in the footnotes and made sure that they conn...

2002 electronic communication. it is cited as footnote 33 on page 517 from the 9/11 commission report. we wanted to see if it is connected. >> the fbi lawyers told us is that they couldnt find it and then when we pushed them on this particular document they then said well, sometimes the commission report, the footnotes are not always accurate. have you had a lot of problems with the footnotes in the commission report? >> we had a site check that pulled all the documents referenced in the footnot...

Letter to the administration asking for the rig to be shut down. >> why cant you just go out to the rig, look around and see if everything is in order or not? >> well, for one thing, the bp atlantis goes 7,000 feet into the sea and then even deeper into where the oil is, so a lot of these components arent visible from the platform. >> reporter: bp says reports claiming its operating with incomplete or inaccurate documents arent true and that operators have access to up to date drawings needed to...

And it is outrageous that 90% of the safety documentation is missing. >> reporter: last month, two dozen members of congress sent a letter to the administration asking for the rig to be shut down. >> why cant you just go out to the rig, look around and see if everything is in order or snot. >> well, for one thing, the bp atlantis goes 7,000 feet into the sea and then even deeper into where the oil is, so a lot of these components arent visible from the platform. >> reporter: bp says reports clai...

The rig, look around and see if everything is in order or snot. >> well, for one thing, the bp atlantis goes 7,000 feet into the sea and then even deeper into where the oil is, so a lot of these components arent visible from the platform. >> reporter: bp says reports claiming the operating with incomplete or inaccurate documents arent true and operators have access to up to date drawings needed to run the platform safely. bp says its done two investigations into those assertions and says its not...

Parts that the operator needs to know where they are to turn it on, to shut it off in case of an accident. and its outrageous that 90% of this safety documentation is missing. >> the whistleblower himself is schedule to testify for congress this week and last month two dozen members of congress sent a letter to the administration, asking for the rig to be shut down. >> why cant you go out to the rig, look around and see if everything is in order or not? >> for one thing, bp atlantis goes 7,000 f...

Needed to run the platform safely. bp has done two investigations into those assertions and says its nothing more than a minor internal process issue that has no bearing on the safety of the platform. as back as far as 2008, bp knew it had a problem, incomplete drawings of the rigs internal structure but bp worried that turning such documents over to people requesting them could lead to what one official called catastrophic operator errors, because they would assume they were correct. and why do...

>> why cant you go out to the rig, look around and see if everything is in order or not? >> for one thing, bp atlantis goes 7,000 feet into the sea and even deeper where the oil is. a lot of these components arent visible from the platform. >> bp says its reports or inaccurate engineering documents arent true and that they had up-to-date drawings needed to run the platform safely. bp has done two investigations into those assertions and says its nothing more than a minor internal issue that has ...

Up-to-date drawings to run the platform safely. they say they have done two investigations into the assertions and it is nothing more than a minor internal issue which has no bearing on the operational features of the platform. as far back as 2008, bp knew it had a problem and one employee says they had incomplete drawings of the internal structure, but bp worried that turning the documents over to people who requested them could lead to what one official called catastrophic operator errorsb bec...

In the rumsfeld administration that didnt want to be challenged. i asked to turn in my papers. my daughter had a brain tumor. i needed three years to retire as a three-star admiral. for arlen specter to say anything else is absolutely false. in fact sometimes, candy, you may know politics but you know what, i believe principle matters. and for arlen specter to use false assertions says more about him and what hell do besides to switch the party. hell just say whatever he wants in order to keep h...