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And even though Obama has ordered military SWAT teams to protect other oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico from any further attack

I would be curious to know exactly what a SWAT team is going to do to protect an oil rig from a submarine attack 5000' below the surface? Where's the Navy? What was the status of our sonar network if indeed this was a Nork attack on the BP rig?

Not much news on the SWAT team, but apparently it is in the works.

MORT KONDRAKE, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, ROLL CALL:

But he's [Obama] doing the right thing. He's sending hands down there, SWAT teams and all the rest, to make sure that other oil rigs are safe.

from FoxNews Special Report w/ Bret Baier: All-Star Panel on Massive Gulf Oil Spill , Friday, April 30, 2010.

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MSM mention of SWAT involvement seems to be relegated to the blogs.

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Ed O'Keefe of the Washington Post lists the various governmental agencies involved in his article, Oil spill: The government's response

... Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Energy and Climate Change Policy Assistant Carol Browner and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco plan to visit the Gulf Coast region Friday to oversee federal efforts.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT:
The department deployed SWAT teams from the Minerals Management Service to inspect 30 drilling rigs operating in the deepwater sections of the Gulf of Mexico.

“I would be curious to know exactly what a SWAT team is going to do to protect an oil rig from a submarine attack 5000’ below the surface?”

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Is this a serious question? - Could a torpedo be launched 5000 feet below the surface?
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