Feds admit NOT observing seafloor; Relying on BP to report 'anomalies'

Press Briefing by National Incident Commander Thad Allen, August 14, 2010 at 2 p.m. EDT:

Nancy MacKenzie: Hi, Admiral. Thanks for taking my call. I was wondering, it seems on the ROV feeds that there seems to be more activity on the seabed and I was wondering if you all have noticed or recorded any more anomalies?

Thad Allen: We get a report every morning from BP about the last 24 hours. In fact, I sat in on a call this morning and they indicated no anomalies and that was either from visually from the ROVs, acoustically from the geophones or any other sensors they have down there, including any variation in temperature or vibration.

That -- there's a standard report for every 24 hours, it's given at the -- like, the morning brief by the BP engineers in Houston, but we continue to see some gas bubbles from some of the flanges on the capping stack and blowout preventer, but they're very small bubbles and there's some hydrate formation. That's attributed to the leakage around some of the flanges and some of the gaskets. But in regards to an integrity of the well itself with the sea floor, we have seen no anomalies.

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[kazakhization]

...liar!!!! terrible what is going on!! people should rize and kick the government!!

[ChristiannaGarrett1]

LI-AR!!!

[008sango]

why do they keep putting FED or Admiral in front of articles about the Gulf..Again, Thad Allen does not work for the FEDS. If he was, then the FEDS are assuming control of this disaster, and we are footing the bill. Thad Allen retired from the USGS and went right to work for BP during this disaster. That is why he is the INCIDENT COMMANDER. It is still BP's mess. Thad works for BP. Getting paid very well to lead us away from the truth... what a Shill.

[kimintexas]

Do they really think that the BigPig is gonna squeal on itself?

[Selbsttranszendenz]

"We get a report every morning from BP" ...and they indicated no anomalies->

I'm relieved to hear that.

[Avatarclone]

Damn BP hound dog! No wonder this dude is quitting, since he knows he is a puppet.

[grizzzlyjoe]

I keep seeing seeps on the ROV clips you post. When I watch the vids of the seepage, I wonder whats going on in the 100 square miles of darkness around this well. I don't know ... maybe it's just me? Maybe it's time for new eyeglasses, or sumthin'? :(

[RoyMunnson]

classic ......what a joke