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>> reporter: the victims never had a chance, he says, because the alarm system was broken. levine told me at bp, lord brown had earned the nickname robin. he said he was part of a penny pinching duo with another executive they called batman. levine says he would swoop in just like the caped crusader, make massive cuts and then figure out a way to justify them. in response to our questions, lord brown told us in a statement, i look back on my career with bp with satisfaction. under my leadership,...

The budget cuts came from him and they went to texas city and all the other refineries around the world. >> reporter: the victims never had a chance, he says, because the alarm system was broken. levine told me at bp, lord brown had earned the nickname robin. he said he was part of a penny pinching duo with another executive they called batman. levine says he would swoop in just like the caped crusader, make massive cuts and then figure out a way to justify them. in response to our questions, lo...

Brent coon sued bp on behalf of the victims. >> lord brownes fingerprints were all over what happened in texas city. the budget cuts came from him in 1999, that went directly to texas city and all the other refineries around the world. >> reporter: the victims never had a chance, he says, because the alarm system was broken. levine told me at bp, lord browne had earned the nickname robin. he said he was part of a penny pinching duo with another executive they called batman. levine says he would ...