"They knew they were lying, yet they would rather go make the profits on dangerous offshore drilling and leave the American public at risk. They never should have been out there in the first place since they knew they couldn't respond to such a disaster. The exact cause of the disaster is irrelevant in this case. It wouldn't matter if it had been a meteorite that hit the rig. These companies falsely assured the public that they had a plan to handle such a spill, even though they knew all along they didn't. That's plainly illegal.""There's been a lot of people prodding the administration about the need to talk tough to the oil companies. But we don't need tough talk to address their egregious behavior. We already have tough laws on the books that address such selfish, greedy, unlawful conduct."
"Big Oil's big lies are about to come home to roost," Eastland predicts.
The initial RICO case filed in Florida, Rinke v. BP, is available here [PDF 1.6 MB].(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
