Kurt Mix, of Katy, Texas, is charged with two counts of obstructing justice for deleting from his iPhone hundreds of text messages he exchanged with a co-worker and a contractor, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.
The complaint represents the first criminal charges brought against any workers involved in the accident or its aftermath.
BP gives Gulf clean bill of health
Interesting coincidence that this arrest followed a recent New York Times editorial:
A Stain That Won’t Wash Away
By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN
Published: April 19, 2012
TWO years after a series of gambles and ill-advised decisions on a BP drilling project led to the largest accidental oil spill in United States history and the death of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, no one has been held accountable.
How bad are the effects from the spill? We still do not know for the long term. But these articles are worth reading:
Bangor Daily News
Seafood Deformities Raise Questions Among Scientists and Fisherman