BP Is Criticized Over Oil Spill, but U.S. Missed Chances to Act

BP Is Criticized Over Oil Spill, but U.S. Missed Chances to Act - NYTimes.com

NEW ORLEANS — As oil edged toward the Louisiana coast and fears continued to grow that the leak from a seabed oil well could spiral out of control, officials in the Obama administration publicly chastised BP America for its handling of the spreading oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.