Senator Pat Geary: Mr. Cici, was there always a buffer involved?
Willi Cici: A what?
Senator Pat Geary: A buffer. Someone in between you and your possible superiors who passed on to you the actual order to kill someone.
Willi Cici: Oh yeah, a buffer. The family had a lot of buffers!

British Petroleum? Foreigners taking our jobs!!!

Really, though, have we decided to never prosecute anyone at the highest levels of power again?

No one will go to jail.

No one went to jail for the Pinto, Love Canal, Bhopal ... why start now?

Hopefully they're going after the mid-levelers to beat the bushes to the higher-ups.

Like in drug busts.

/no idea what I'm talking about

pxlboy: Do you really need to ask?

Sadly, no...where's my pitchfork?

The My Little Pony Killer: vpb: The higher ups were too busy creating jobs to have anything to do with running the company.

If only awarding themselves multimillion dollar bonuses and buying new yachts actually DID create jobs.

Someone's gotta:
Build the yachts.
Sell the yachts.
Maintain the yachts.
Maintain the harbors.

Etc, etc. See! Trickle down!

If you want to keep any semblance of your sanity, avoid the comments on that article like the plague.

BalugaJoe: No one will go to jail.

No one went to jail for the Pinto, Love Canal, Bhopal ... why start now?

Well, in the case of the Union Carbide accident, the whole reason there was an accident was really that no one was responsible for safety oversight, it had been handed to the local guys who weren't half competent, apparently. So there not being anyone to prosecute was kind of inherent in the issue. Stupid, yes, criminal, not really. Given that the whole city has chronic lung issues now, monetary compensation is more helpful, to boot.

Love canal probably should have sent some inspectors and zoning people in for a few months, though.

old_toole: Don't punish them.
They said they were sorry.

Let's get 'em a present!

Unless the higher ups are on record telling them to break the law or cut corners you don't have a criminal case.

Thats because the higher ups know not to sign anything.

Tony Hayward should swing on a rope.
I remember his name and I don't even live in the affected area.
That SOB, and all under him need to be smacked around, and anyone over him should swing in the wind.

RandomAxe: If these guys had listened to their consciences (assuming) and been whistleblowers, they'd have amnesty and receive millions from the ensuing lawsuits.

They're clearly too dumb to be mid-level managers at a major corporation, anyway.

If the accident didn't happen they would be out of work, blackballed from future work, and sued by their previous employer for any wrongdoings in the first place.

Hopefully they're going after the mid-levelers to beat the bushes to the higher-ups.

Like in drug busts.

/no idea what I'm talking about

maybe you do know.
FTFA:The Department of Justice still could decide not to bring charges against the individuals, people familiar with the situation said. It's not unusual for prosecutors to use the threat of charges to pressure people to cooperate in investigations.


Also, its engineers and a single manager that are targeted, not a bunch of midlevel managers