Freeze on Offshore Drilling Was Verbal Order

[Halliburton]

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"We have, in fact, been trying to locate and to actually get from the Interior Department something that actually documents that there is in fact a suspension," says Senatore.

In fact, two Interior officials tell NPR the drilling suspension was not put into writing.

"It was a straightforward verbal order to the director of MMS, which was then transmitted within MMS," said one official in an email.

Government expert Paul Light of New York University calls the decision not to put this order into writing "so ridiculous that it defies understanding."
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127114044

[charlesg]

1. So it's just an illusion