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CBS assigned Sharyl Attkisson on Capitol Hill to cover the report by the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior into BP's relationship with its offshore oil drilling regulator, the Minerals Management Service during the Bush Administration. "MMS is supposed to investigate accidents and make recommendations to prevent their recurrence but we dug through reports involving BP or TransOcean"--the owner of the rig that exploded--"dating back to 2006. In every case but one MMS made no recommendations at all." Attkisson called MMS "dysfunctional." She ticked off examples of its cozy relationship with the oil industry, including revolving door hiring, having the oil companies write reports for the inspectors to copy and longstanding friendships, gifts and junkets. "Now the Inspector General will look at the conduct since 2009."
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