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mm wrote:

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guards or by local police, working afaict at the behest of BP. The
normal situation is that "for the public safety" the public is not
allowed where someone decides its dangerous but reporters are allowed
everywhere.

Not hardly. When I was working as a reporter, there were plenty of
police and fire lines I could not cross. If I went on private property
I was subject to arrest for tresspass, etc. etc.

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I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator
and name it after the IRS.
Robert Bakker, paleontologist