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And dump -- a port on shore. as of last week, six vessels have applied for waivers to the jones act. none has been granted. other foreign skimmers are working outside the three-mile limit, kept out by red tape. are they also being stopped by bp to hide the true size of the spill? tomorrow, a dallas investment banker is scheduled to testify before a senate committee. his name is fred mccallister. he's from allegiance capital. he says he's been trying to broker a deal with bp to bring 12 large skimmers from greece. he made the offer two weeks ago. first believed bp didn't respond because of the ...

>> reporter: as the managing editor of the newspaper in larose, louisiana, vicky knows a thing or two about journalism. so when a bp employee showed up unannounced to interview her on may 21st at her office, she realized right away, she says, he had an agenda. >> i think what he did was try to come in here and get something positive. >> reporter: what kinds of questions did he ask you? >> what he wanted to know was how people's reaction was to bp. in other words, i got the impression he wanted to know if everybody thought bp was the bad guy. >> reporter: her answer at the time was that people ...

>> you know, there's just been so much printed and so much that's come to light since then that no one is trusting whatever bp says at this point. no one is. >> reporter: especially not vicky anymore, who ten days after her interview with bp wrote a negative editorial about the company. comments like those, she believes, would have been edited out by the bp reporter who interviewed her. randy kaye, cnn, new orleans. >> so bp is sending their own employees out to kind of blog the situations they see. one of their reporters described the cleanup effort that they witnessed on the water as, quote,...

Financial position for bp to be in. >> let's be clear, though. the epa has sanctioned the use of dispersants. dispersants are less harmful and toxic than the oil itself, but you say it's really about bp's financial interest? >> well, in terms of environmental impact, it's about getting the oil to the surface and getting it out of the water. that's the best solution bar none. and i understand that the epa has sanctioned the use of the dispersants, but i also believe that bp is in control of this situation. and they're doing what's in the best interest of bp and their shareholders. no one wants ...

Because that's considered a port and dump -- a port on shore. as of last week, six vessels have applied for waivers to the jones act. none has been granted. other foreign skimmers are working outside the three-mile limit, kept out by red tape. are they also being stopped by bp to hide the true size of the spill? tomorrow, a dallas investment banker is scheduled to testify before a senate committee. his name is fred mcallister. he's from alieges capital. he says he's been trying to broker a deal with bp to bring 12 large skimmers from greece. he made the offer two weeks ago. first believed bp d...