Recently released emails and electronic documents from BP appear to reveal oversight on the part of some for the sake of saving time and money on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This is one of those situations where I, for one, am glad that the people involved failed to realize how permanent electronic communications are, because it will allow us to, hopefully, get to the bottom of who did/said/authorized what. Without that information, all of this could have come down to a bunch of finger pointing with no real direction (although, honestly, it sort of feels like that now anyhow).  And yet, even though I'm glad they put this info in such an easily traceable form, it also disturbs me that people at this high of a level don't get that if you don't want people to know what you are doing/thinking, don't put it in writing. Everyone has heard of the proverbial 'paper trail' and still people don't think it will apply to them; they are somehow smarter than that and their 'paper' won't 'trail' back to them. I'm willing to bet each of the people cited in those emails is big-time regretting hitting the SEND button. Ultimately, this will not counter the damage done to the families of the deceased workers and the livelihoods of those who depend on the Gulf, but maybe, just maybe, this info will help to create some sort of legislation to prevent another disaster of this magnitude.