Reuters: U.S.: U.S. charges ex-BP engineer obstructed spill probe

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U.S. charges ex-BP engineer obstructed spill probe Apr 24th 2012, 17:58 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Oil spill fund audit finds underpayments of $64 million Thu, Apr 19 2012 BP proposes Gulf spill accord terms, trial delay Wed, Apr 18 2012 Spill fear spooks Shell investors but stock rebounds Thu, Apr 12 2012 U.S. sues Apple, publishers in e-book price scheme Wed, Apr 11 2012 UPDATE 4-U.S. sues Apple, publishers in e-book price scheme Wed, Apr 11 2012 Analysis & Opinion Previewing e-books defense: No price-fixing, no harm to readers Essential Reading: Deductions Romney would target, Buffett Rule politics, more A BP logo is seen on a petrol station in London November 2, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett WASHINGTON | Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:21pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former BP Plc engineer was arrested and charged with trying to destroy evidence related to how much oil was spilling from the broken well in the Gulf of Mexico in April of 2010, the U.S. Justice Department said. Kurt Mix, 50, was accused of trying to delete text messages between him and a supervisor that included "sensitive internal BP information collected in real-time" as BP tried to cap the well, the Justice Department said. He was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice. (Reporting By Jeremy Pelofsky; Editing by David Gregorio) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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