They are f'ing clueless.

Q Right, but then it took until Sunday, day 41, for Carol Browner to say, you know what, BP’s information is not accurate. Why did it take so long?

MR. GIBBS: No, no, no, no, let’s not — I think you’re confusing about eight issues into one. Let’s understand — no, the flow rate is an important aspect to talk about, and let’s discuss it because I’m not sure we’ve briefed since the flow rate group talked about this.

The initial estimates that were done used overhead photography to measure the amount of oil on the surface, right? We know that through the use of subsea dispersants it’s likely that not everything is going to the top, right? So — and even with the picture that many of you guys are using on television, it’s a — it’s not sufficiently of the dimension to fully measure the flow, right?

We’ve never been dependent upon BP for information about the flow. In fact, I think you’ve heard many in the administration discuss accurately that — because fines for BP will largely be determined by the amount of pollution emitted, that they may not altogether have the same transparent public interest that we do in ensuring the public knows exactly — to the best of our scientific ability — what’s coming from the well.

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