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Environmental assessment that drilling posed no significant risk to wildlife. dont tell that to the critically endangered kemps ridley sea turtle or the brown pelican or the threatened lagerhead turtle. >> why did they not fulfill their role as a watchdog? they were supposed to be the voice of reason, the voice of caution decide to turn the other way and let mms and bp run roughshod? >> reporter: what does the government have to say for itself now that its presumed advocate for fish, wildlife an...

>> reporter: the paper trail starts in 2007. it was that year before the drilling was about to begin in the gulf that fish and wildlife service wrote this letter, concurring and agreeing with the minerals and management service environmental assessment that drilling posed no significant risk to wildlife. dont tell that to the critically endangered kemps ridley sea turtle or the then endangered brown pelican or the threatened loggerhead turtle. >> why did they not fulfill their role as a watchdog...