Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

While Slowing BP Oil Spill, Administration Slowed Flow Of Information Too, Claims Coast Guard
Fox News ^ | 3/28/11 | Mike Levine

Posted on 03/28/2011 9:25:01 AM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration failed to set up an "effective" communications system during last year's BP oil spill and threatened its own credibility by "severely restricting" the release of "timely, accurate information," according to a newly released report commissioned by the U.S. Coast Guard. Quietly posted on the Coast Guard's website two weeks ago, the report offers the first major assessment of the federal government's communications efforts during the worst oil spill in U.S. history. "Several layers of review and approval by the White House and (Department of Homeland Security)

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bp; energy; oil; slowing; spill
Full title: While Slowing BP Oil Spill, Administration Slowed Flow Of Information Too, Claims Coast Guard Report
1 posted on 03/28/2011 9:25:04 AM PDT by Nachum
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 03/28/2011 9:25:51 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

Completely understandable, when you have as much to hide as they did.


3 posted on 03/28/2011 9:26:49 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

For some reason I’m not surprised


4 posted on 03/28/2011 9:27:34 AM PDT by therightliveswithus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

We’re pasty that....DRILL BABY DRILL!!!!


5 posted on 03/28/2011 9:32:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

Slow Oil Ping


6 posted on 03/28/2011 9:59:48 AM PDT by 4Speed
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum
"unique and unprecedented" government-wide effort

There's that word again.

7 posted on 03/28/2011 10:10:59 AM PDT by FourPeas
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

Where did the $20 billion BP fund go?


8 posted on 03/28/2011 10:15:59 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum
chilebowl
9 posted on 03/28/2011 10:37:59 AM PDT by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Nachum

They did not make the people on the coast feel at all like they were in control of the situation by hiding the facts and issues we were facing. We still don’t know much.

Why is there a new oil slick, for example.


10 posted on 03/28/2011 8:13:41 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson