http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37444105/ns/gulf_oil_spill/Officials also look into reports of oil along Mississippi, Alabama shorelines Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that federal authorities have opened criminal and civil investigations into the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill.
Holder would not specify which companies or individuals might be the targets of the probe. He said federal clean air and pollution laws give him the power to open the investigations.
Federal agencies, including the FBI, are participating in the probe and "if we find evidence of illegal behavior, we will be forceful in our response," Holder told reporters after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in New Orleans.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/06/us-attorney-general-opens-crim.html?wprss=44Federal agencies, including the FBI, are participating in the probe and "if we find evidence of illegal behavior, we will be forceful in our response," Holder told reporters after meeting with state and federal prosecutors in New Orleans.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01128586.htmThe Justice Department has already demanded that the companies involved in the spill, including BP, Transocean Ltd <RIGN.S> <RIG.N> and Halliburton Co <HAL.N>, preserve records related to the accident.