Congressmen Raised Concerns About BP Safety Before Gulf Oil Spill

May 5: This post has been corrected.

In the months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig sank in a ball of fire in the Gulf of Mexico, the company had four close calls on pipelines and facilities it operates in Alaska, according to a letter from two congressmen obtained by ProPublica.

In that letter, dated Jan. 14, 2010, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., noted that the company's efforts to cut costs could imperil safety at BP facilities.

rest at http://www.propublica.org/article/congressmen-raised-concerns-about-bp-safety-in-months-before-gulf-spill