Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100513:22:07:00
They had the capability to deal with any accident, although they did believe that no accident would ever occur. in fact, last summer they certified that they would be able to handle an accident in the gulf of mexico that was 50 times larger, that is, 250,000 barrels a day as opposed to 5,000 barrels a day as an accident. well, it's very clear that, one, they weren't ready to deal with an accident that's 1/50 the size of the one they certified that they could. and two, that they had promised the federal government, and i think in a way perhaps even deluded themselves by short-changing all of th...
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