The Great Gulf Debacle

I'm not going to get into a detailed opinion of the events that have taken place since mid-April, but I will voice my agreement over this bit of the whole mess--that a criminal investigation while the spill is still happening is making things worse, not better. I recommend a read for a much more detailed understanding of the argument, but here's a snippet:

"[I]magine being a hospital physician who discovers he is under criminal investigation for causing a situation—hard-to-control hemorrhaging or sepsis, perhaps—in which he is still desperately trying to save the patient. Suddenly, every decision—whether in treatment, testing, or diagnosis—would be haunted by possibly increasing the likelihood of going to prison after the episode is over."