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To: Smiling Bob who wrote (251289)	6/1/2010 3:59:09 PM
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Criminal Investigation Under Way in BP Gulf Spill, U.S. Says By Justin Blum and Aaron Kuriloff June 1 (Bloomberg) -- The Justice Department is investigating whether any criminal or civil laws were violated in the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the biggest U.S. spill on record, said Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder announced the investigation today at a news conference in New Orleans. “We will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, anyone who has violated the law,” Holder said. The spill began after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon rig, which London-based BP leased from Vernier, Switzerland-based Transocean Ltd. to drill its Macondo well in the Gulf. Houston-based Halliburton Co. provided oilfield services on the well. To contact the reporters on this story: Justin Blum in Washington at jblum4@bloomberg.net; Aaron Kuriloff at akurloff@bloomberg.net Last Updated: June 1, 2010 15:49 EDT