Isn't This What You Expected All Along?

NY Times: BP Used Riskier Method to Seal Oil Well Before Blast

Several days before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, BP officials chose, partly for financial reasons, to use a type of casing for the well that the company knew was the riskier of two options, according to a BP document.

LA Times: Rig mechanic says BP was in a rush despite problems