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"I refuse to tell the truth." From the WSJ...

The former head of pipeline-corrosion monitoring for BP PLC in Alaska refused to testify under oath Thursday as outraged lawmakers grilled company officials over the causes of a massive oil spill earlier this year.

Richard C. Woollam, who was transferred to BP's Houston offices in 2005 amid concerns that he intimidated potential whistleblowers, invoked the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution in refusing to answer all questions from a House subcommittee. [...]

Steve Marshall, the president of BP Exploration Alaska Inc., acknowledged that the corrosion problem could have been mitigated by more consistent inspection and removal -- or "pigging" -- of sludge that builds up on the inner walls of oil pipelines, providing shelter for the bacteria.

"Clearly, in retrospect, pigging would have been a positive step we could have taken," Mr. Marshall said.

Oddly enough, "the performance of mitigation, monitoring and inspection programs" happens to be an area of expertise for the very same Richard C. Woollam, who has chosen not to tell the truth.

Intimidates whistleblowers, refuses to tell the truth. Just what we need — another Houston sleazeball (and/or British poodle) to symbolize the mendacity of the All-Oil White House.

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