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Gas flow problem. these warnings fell on deaf ears. bp's corporate attitude may best be summed up in an e-mail from its operations drilling engineer who oversaw bp's team of drilling engineers after learning of the risks and bp's decision to ignore them, he wrote, quote, who cares, end of story, we'll probably be fined end quote. there is a complete contradiction between bp's words and deeds. you were brought in to make safety the top priority of bp, but under your leadership bp has taken the most extreme risks. bp cut corner after corner to save a million dollars here, a few hours or days the...

It would be a severe risk. and bp's operations drilling engineer wrote about this decision, who cares, it's done, end of story. we'll probably be find and get a good cement job. were aware of that document at the time, mr. hayward? >> i was not aware of any of these documents. >> when did you learn about that memo. >> that was memo was again when i was made aware of it by your committee. >> by you wouldn't deny bp employees and supervisors were aware of that document at times, correct? >> there were people in bp aware of that document. >> would you say it's the best business practices to say w...

Its operations drilling engineer who oversaw bp's team of drilling engineers after learning of the risks and bp's decision to ignore them, he wrote, quote: who cares? it is done. end of story. we'll probably be fine, end quote. there is a complete contradiction between bp's words an deeds. you were brought into make safety the top priority of bp, but, under your leadership, bp has taken the most extreme risks. bp cut corner after corner, to save a million dollars here, a few hours or days there, and now, this whole gulf coast is paying the price. today's hearing will focus on bp's actions. but...

It says based on an -- it says that it would be a severe risk. and bp's operations drilling engineer wrote about this decision, who cares? it's done, end of stoirks we'll probably be fined and get a good cement job. were you aware of that document at the time, mr. hayward? >> i was not aware of any of these documents. >> and when did you learn about that memo. >> that memo was again when i was made aware of it by your committee. >> but you wouldn't deny that bp supervises were aware of it at the time, correct? >> there were people within bp who were aware of that document. >> would you say it'...