Subject: paper topic
From: Ansley Lacitis <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:20:06 -0500

Hello Professor,

I have attached my paper topic idea, as well as pasted it below. It
definitely needs some tweaking, so I am looking forward to speaking with
you about it.

See you soon.

Ansley

I would like to write my paper on the congressional investigation of the
2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. From my preliminary research, it
appears that the majority of the investigation was done by the National
Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, a
commission created by Executive Order. There was a congressional
investigation, but it was much more limited in scope.

At this point, I am interested in knowing if the investigation would have
benefited from a larger congressional role. Also, would elected officials
(especially Republicans) have been held more politically accountable if the
investigation had been run by Congress (or at least *more* by Congress)?

I am not sure if writing about the national commission is appropriate for
this class, but if it is, I would like to know if its investigation was
conducted in a manner to give it the best shot of having its
recommendations adhered to by Congress.

*Ansley Lacitis   |  *
*Candidate for J.D./LL.M. in National Security Law*Georgetown University
Law Center

(206) 369-7084   *|*   [email-masked]