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reporter: if anyone had checked robertson s background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history and he was still on probation for a felony. instead he was made a supervisor. we are in pass a gu la, mississippi, here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident sheriff mike byrd said he met with bp s local head of security about why bp was not doing back ground checks. i asked him directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people and his answer, reply was no. they re not. i said you re kidding me. he said, no, there s so many of them we were told to do drug screen and that was it. i said that s not good at all. you actually recommended they get criminal background checks on their employees. yes, we did. and i told them that we would do that for them. do the background checks for them and they said no. ....
He s my boss. i thought it was all right. reporter: she says robertson asked to use her bathroom. and when he came out, she says he raped her. she s represented by attorney adam miller. i find it unbelievable because bp and their subcontractors had relationships with all local law enforcement. they had the opportunity and the ability to clearly check all of these people that they were hiring and bringing in to ensure the safety of the public. reporter: if anyone had checked robertson s background, they would have found a lengthy criminal history. and he was still on probation for a felony. instead, he was made a supervisor. we re in pass guolla, mississippi, here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike byrd says he met with bp s local head of security, about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked him directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people? ....
We re in pascagoula, mississippi, here to talk to the local sheriff. several weeks before this incident, sheriff mike byrd says he met with bp s local head of security, about why bp was not doing background checks on beach cleanup workers. i asked him directly, i said are you all doing criminal histories and background checks on these people? and his answer reply was no, we re not. i said, you re kidding me. he said, no, there is so many of them, we were told to do drug screens and that was it. and i said, well, that s not good at all. reporter: but you actually recommended that they get criminal background checks on their employees? yes, we did. and i told them that we would do that for them, we would do the background checks for them. and they said, no. reporter: robertson worked for a company called aerotek, that hired workers to remove oil from the beaches. want to come out and talk to us. i will come out and talk to ....
Injured fighting in iraq and are performing a public service, that they are whistle-blowers afghanistan. brian s story is phenomenal. mike and brian were brought although they seem to be making together by war. some concessions. both veterans and now both reporter: that s right. entrepreneurs. what they re doing is trying to what is entrepreneurship? what are the fundamentals of redact some of the information in this new leak. they said this 15,000, they re entrepreneurship? going to go out. after serving 14 years in the hair force, hanie became a but first, we re going to go through it and try to take out professor of sbro entrepreneurs some of the names of people who may be injured by the release of this information. but found his fellow veterans they re about halfway through struggling for work. going out and starting a right now. wikileaks actually has been business has been a vocational trying to work through some past that the government has virtually ignored when it ....