Internal BP Report Deflects Blame Onto Contracted Rig Workers

An BP internal investigation has found that responsibility for the Gulf spill lies less with its corner-cutting practices and more with poor decisions and bad judgment calls by Transocean and Halliburton workers on the doomed oil rig. Gee, what a surprise.

Report by BP Finds Several Companies at Fault in Spill [NYT]

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