shots of oil on beaches with booms, stay 65 feet away. pictures of oil-soaked booms uselessly laying in the water because they haven't been collected as they should, you can't get close enough to see that. believe me, that is out there. but you only know that if you get close to it, and now you can't without permission. violators could face a fine of $40,000 and class d felony charges. what's even more extraordinary, the coast guard tried to make the exclusion zone 300 feet before scaling it back to 65 feet. here is how admiral allen defends it. >> that's not unusual at all for the coast guard to establish safety or security zones around any number of facilities or activities for public safety or for the safety of the equipment itself. we would do this for marine events, fireworks demonstrations, cruise ships going in and out of port. >> this is the exact same logic that federal wildlife officials used to prevent cnn on two occasions of getting pictures of oiled birds being collected.