Engineer arrested, feds probe BP's spill response

NEW ORLEANS—By arresting a former BP engineer, federal prosecutors for the first time showed their hand in the Gulf oil spill case, saying they were probing whether BP PLC and its employees broke the law by intentionally lowballing how much oil was spewing from its out-of-control well. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/04/25/engineer_arrested_feds_probe_bps_spill_response/?p1=Well_News_links

Article courtesy of The Boston Globe by Cain Burdeau and Michael Kunzelman Associated Press