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Words of its critics, rubber stamps the oil industry's action and unable to enforce safety regulation. in 2000, they issued a safety alert calling for offshore drillers in the u.s. to have an additional backup system called and acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it a quote essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mms determined it wasn't so essential after all, saying it was too costly and effective, never mind bp is required to use it on rigs in two other countries. stuart smith is an en...

They've shown that they're too cozy with industry. >> reporter: too cozy indeed. two years ago internal government investigation discovered ethical failures by a dozen mms employees. some were even having sex and using marijuana and cocaine with oil company employees. >> it was very clear, they thought that partying, drinking, accepting expensive tickets and hotel rooms, somehow made it easier for them to understand the business of how much ore and oil and natural gas was being taken out. >> reporter: cnn has reviewed hundreds of pages of documents and government reports dating back almost ten...

Regulation. in 2000, they issued a safety alert calling for offshore drillers in the u.s. to have an additional backup system called and acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mns determined it wasn't so essential after all, saying it was too costly and effective, never mind bp is required to use it on rigs in two other countries. stuart smith is an environmental attorney who has won dozens of cases against the oil industry and representing fisherme...

Additional backup system called an acoustic switch that could prevent oil blowouts like the one in the gulf. they went so far to call it essential component. just three years later after complaints from the oil industry, mms determined it wasn't so essential afterall, saying would be too costly and ineffective. never mind the fact that bp is required to use it on rigs in two other countries. >> let's load up. >> reporter: stuart smith has won dozens of cases against the oil industry and is recommending fishermen be put out of work because of the deep horizon disaster. we flew over the slick wi...

You can't trust mms. they've shown they're too cozy with industry. >> reporter: too cozy, indeed. two years ago an internal investigation discovered ethical failures by more than a dozen mms employees and some were having sex and using marijuana and cocaine with oil company employees. >> they thought partying, drinking, accepting expensive tickets in hotel rooms somehow made it easier for them to understand the business of how much oil and how much natural gas was being taken out. >> reporter: cnn has reviewed hundreds of pages of documents and government reports dating back almost ten years, ...