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scientists in question, i think his name is robert bea from berkeley said listen, most of this report is, in fact, quite good and excellent. it s just that we never specifically signed off on a quote moratorium. we agreed there might be a pause and the pause was intended to allow for safety precautions, in other words we don t know what caused this rig to explode. we don t understand the amount of the spill. it s almost unprecedented in nature. so there was a suggestion maybe there should be a pause. i think where ken salazar and maybe e.p.a. also overstepped their bounds here was by then later inserting language after the scientists had seen the document calling for the moratorium. from what we understand that came from the white house. that was a political decision. that s where this thing then goes over the line. but i will say this, i think that most people at the time that this happened, especially given as you just earlier reported that b.p. has not been a reliable partner tell

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