brian o'neill at 8:30 eastern time. this tweet -- the last call on this topic, new jersey, maurice, independent line. caller: thank you. good morning. my concern, i have been following this problem in gaza and israel and the palestinians and how much time is spent on it. this latest episode involves the responsibility. i have heard a little bit about the united nations and the condemnation of israel. there is blame on all sides. in the titular, in this case -- in particular, in this case, allowing these activists to board these ships and tried to run the blockade. israel, it is a democracy. it wants to help their people and the palestinians, very concerned about security, and the bringing of farms. i think some of the outrage should be also placed on turkey allowing these ships to be boarded by these activists and there should be some mechanism to be able to inspect shipments of arms to terrorists and the people who refuse to have a democracy. that is really all i have to say and i appreciate the opportunity. host: a fi

our next caller for brian o'neill, who is with us for 21 minutes. caller: there is no reason why folks in our government who were criminally negligent, who knew what they were doing, should not be in prison. in fact, they should be awaiting trial. i might also add that members of congress were being lobbied by big oil to make sure that there was not a relief well built at the same time. in canada, when they build one of these wells, they have to build a relief well at the same time. the congress people knew very well what is happening, and if ere is any monetary ties, they should be held civilly responsible. what finally might solve this is the horrible prospect of this oil drifting to south and central america andhem is suing us because we owned the leases, we are the landlords. if they could sue us,hat might put an end to this. these folks should be in priso right now and not just fixing attention to go to prison -- not just fixing henchmen to go to prison. guest: i agree with the sentiment of everything the caller said. i don't see anybody going

. >> more on the oil spill with brian o'neill. on your screen is a gentleman by the namef brian o'neal. he is someone whoas snt 21 years of his profeional life representing 32,000 alaskan fisherman and natives in theiruest for damages and repneumonia rion from the exxon valdez oil spill what lessons can we learn from that experience to apply t what's happeng in the gulf today? >> well, the first thing you if you'reoing to extract and transport oil, there's going to be catastrophic spills, and that's because people are in charge of the extraction and transportation of oil. the second thing is where the , nobody knows. in the case of the valdez, everyby thought the oil would go southeast, and it goes rthwest. and it went a tremendous e of about istanc the lengthf theewest coast of e unit states. the oil goes, you on't know. whatt does, youon't know. its impact on different kinds beaches, its impact on marsh lands and differe creatures are all unknown. for example, in alaska. in alaska oil impacted fishing seasons for about three yea,

our next caller for brian o'neill, who is with us for 21 minutes.aller: there is no reason why folks in our government who were criminally negligent, who knew what they were doing, should not be in prison. in fact, they should be awaiting trial. i might also add that members of congress were being lobbied by big oil to make sure that there was not a relief well built at the same time. in canada, when they build one of the wells, they have to build a relief well at the same time. the congress people knew very well what is happening, and if there is any monetary ties, they should be held civiy responsible. what finally might solve this is the horrible prospect of this oil driftg to soh and central america and them is suing us because we owned the leases, we are the landlords. if they could sue us, that might put annd to ts. these folks should be in prison right now and not just fixing attention to go to prison -- not just fixing henchmen to go to prison. guest: i agree with the sentiment of everything the caller said. i don't see anybody goingo jail,

our guest on "washington journal" was brian o'neill, who represented fishermen affected by the exxon valdez in alaska in 1999. name of brian o'neal. he is someone who has spent 21 ars of his professional life as an attorney representing 32,000 alaskan fisherman and natives in their quest for damages and repneumonia ration from the exxon valdez oil spill what lessons can we learn from that experience to apply to what's happening in the gulf today? >> well, the first thing you learn is that if you're going to extract and transport oil, there's going to be catastrophic spills, and that's because people are in charge of the extraction and transportation of oil. the second thing is where the oil goes, nobody knows. inhe case of the valdez, everybody thought the oil would go southeast, and it goes northwest. and it went a tremendous distance, a distance of about the length of theewest coast of the united states. sohere the oil goes, you don't know. what it does, you don't know. its impact on different kinds of beaches, its impact on marsh lands and different creatures are all unknown. for e

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