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Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...

Stupak stunner: Oil well's blowout preventer had leaks, dead battery, design flaws, "How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?" - Coast Guard Captain slams industry "self-certification" of BOP: "Manufactured by industry, insta

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A senior House Democrat said that the blowout preventer that failed to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico had a dead battery in its control pod, leaks in its hydraulic system, a "useless" test version of one of the devices that was supposed to close the flow of oil and a cutting tool that wasn't strong enough to shear through joints that made up 10 percent of the drill pipe.

That's the lede of the WashPost coverage on the devastating opening statement by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) in a...