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Warning systems are not functional. >> they are old systems. and we are in the midst of a steady step by step process to upgrade these. >> kovac remembers three years ago when incoming president tony hayward came in and said safety would be a priority. >> it is lip service. it is all show and no go. >> reporter: that is why he is sounding the alarm. what happened to bp in the gulf, he is certain will happen to bp in alaska. randi kaye, cnn, new york. and we have an exclusive with the american man who went out to hunt osama bin laden by himself. >> you sit down and you get to the back of the ...

Pipeline inspections from something in the neighborhood of 40,000 a year to about 90,000 this year. >> reporter: still as recently as 2008, kovac wrote this e-mail to a bp manager warning, we are expecting a major failure in alaska and next time bp may not be so lucky. these 2008 pictures from kovac show the risk that bp employees face everyday and the gas injection line snapped due to corrosion, and in response, bp's reinhardt says that the pipe missed the projection because it was covered in snow and never made it on to the to-do list. the worker said they had serious lapses due to corrosion...

Better picture of the pipeline than what existed. bp would not discuss the charge. >> any individual working on the north slope has the right to raise his or her hand and say stop the job. without retaliation. safety is that important. >> reporter: we contacted many bp workers in alaska to discuss safety concerns with them. most would not go on camera, because they fear for their jobs. marc kovac said bp has a history of harassing and intimidating workers when they speak out. bp says that is just not true, and they set up an office to prevent that. >> there is zero tolerance for retaliation of...

More people will die. >> he says that it is inevitable, and bp and alaska already have a history of spills, fires and explosions. workers injured and killed in the slope, he says, because bp cuts corners on safety to save money. bp's man stra according to kovac and others is to run equipment to failure. bp says it does no such thing and never has. >> if it falls apart or breaks or if they don't need it, they won't replace it. if they do need it, they will replace it, but they are taking a huge risk, and isn't those people making the decisions taking the risk, but it is the people who are worki...