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Army national guard. i believe he finally went public with this was because right from the beginning when he was first ordered to do this he had said it's a bad idea, it's a bad idea, it's a bad idea. in march of 2010 he received a written order. and then after the written order he then reported it to the lawyers. and again he was ignored. and then there was a retaliatory investigation against him. he then blew the whistle again and told the pentagon, hey, i just got retaliated against because i blew the whistle, and then the pentagon ignored it. so i think he was -- i think he felt that he wa...

That was another quote that he was told. and to find their pressure points. but like i said, he tried to resist doing this because he felt it was illegal -- both illegal and ethically dubious. >> now, your primary source for the article seems to be lieutenant colonel michael holmes, who was in charge of this operation. why did he tell you this story? >> well, the story is primarily from lieutenant colonel michael holmes and major laura levine. so two serving officers in the army national guard. i believe he finally went public with this was because right from the beginning when he was first or...

And to find their pressure points. but like i said, he tried to resist doing this because he felt it was illegal -- both illegal and ethically dubious. >> now, your primary source for the article seems to be lieutenant colonel michael holmes, who was in charge of this çoperation. why did he tell you this story? >> well, the story is primarily from lieutenant colonel michael holmes and major laura levine. so two serving officers in the army national guard. i believe he finally went public with this was because right from the beginning when he was first ordered to do this he had said it's a ba...

Complaints and act on them. those officers have been there supporting him for several weeks. >> who is in charge? is it the coast guard? is it you? or is it bp? >> the federal on scene coordinator by law is the coordinating official. >> when you make a decision and tell bp to do it, they have no choice. they haved to it. is that right? >> if we issue an administrative order and they fail to comply there are civil and criminal penalties associated. most of the things we are doing are provided to them. if we have to issue a written order, we can do that and there are civil and criminal penalties...

Response to this spill to tailor it specific to the request of the parish presidents, and they all have a different set of issues that they're dealing with and a different set of priorities. to make sure we do it correctly with the response, we placed a coast guard officer with each parish president and that's been working fine for the past couple of weeks. i would ask mr. nungesser if he has a problem with our particular officer, i would be glad to take the list of complaints and act on them. but the officers have been there supporting him at my direction are for several weeks now. >> who is ...