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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/19-12

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BP s Secret Deepwater Blowout

Greg Palast, Truthout/Buzzflash: 'Only 17 months before BP s Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out. You have heard and seen much about the Gulf disaster that killed 11 BP workers. If you have not heard about the earlier blowout, it s because BP has kept the full story under wraps. Nor did BP inform Congress or US safety regulators, and BP, along with its oil industry partners, have preferred to keep it that way.'

http://www.truthout.org/node/1239



BP Is Messing With the Wrong Woman

David Swanson, War is a Crime: 'A year ago BP began filling the Gulf of Mexico with oil. Last week BP blocked a woman from entering its annual meeting. Which will prove the bigger mistake? BP may have chosen the right country to hit with the worst oil disaster in world history. If there s any population that will take seeing its land and water destroyed for corporate profit lying down, it s got to be us. We are split between gratitude and indifference: should we thank BP or just stay out of its way?

http://www.truthout.org/bp-messing-wrong-woman/1303196400



A Year After Gulf Disaster, BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts

Jason Leopold, Truthout: 'BP continues to receive tens of millions of dollars in government contracts, despite the fact that the British oil company is under federal criminal investigation over the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and twice violated its probation late last year. Last week, the Defense Logistics Agency awarded Air BP, a division of BP Products North America, a $42 million contract to supply fuel to Dover Air Force Base for the next month and a half.'

http://www.truthout.org/bp-still-being-awarded-lucrative-government-contracts



Deforming the Reform: A Case Study in Oversight Perseverance

Dina Rasor, Truthout: 'I am continuing our series of solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) with a look at how the government keeps track of companies that have engaged in misconduct when awarded lucrative government contracts. This is specifically a problem for the DoD, because when you look at the top 100 contractors, the majority with high numbers of misconduct are companies that work with the DoD. This is not surprising because procurement oversight in the DoD is weak, and many of the companies know that if they get caught doing something wrong, they can declare a national security need and will probably get a follow-on contract or other contracts in the future.'

http://www.truthout.org/deforming-reform-case-study-oversight-perseverance/1303282800



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Department+of+Defense
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=British+Petroleum
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Big+Oil
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=contractor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=corporate+profit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=oil+spill
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Tyson+Slocum
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Greg+Palast
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Swanson
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jason+Leopold
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dina+Rasor
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