People of the Gulf, you're in good hands...
washingtonpost
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will visit areas affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Tuesday as the Justice Department considers whether to launch a criminal investigation into the disaster.
After a briefing and tour by the U.S. Coast Guard, Holder will meet with U.S. attorneys from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi and state law enforcement officials from the three states, the Justice Department said Monday.
The attorney general will then take questions from reporters. Officials declined to say if Holder will announce a criminal investigation or any civil action by the department, which has been monitoring the spill and cleanup for the past month.
"The point of going down and seeing it and meeting with people is that you can make news if you're ready to make news," said one senior law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the Justice review is still pending. "He hasn't seen it in person yet."
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