BP Hires Former VP Dick Cheney's Press Secretary Anne Womack-Kolton as Spokeswoman

BP hires Dick Cheney's former press secretary, Anne Womack-Kolton to become its spokeswoman as company faces criminal investigation into destruction of Gulf of Mexico.

Former VP Dick Cheney's name has popped up once again in the matter of oil. According to Think Progress, BP has hired Ann Womack-Kolton, who served as Cheney's press secretary during the 2004 election, to become its spokeswoman. The company is facing a real possibility of being placed in receivership and a criminal investigation should be launched into how it has single-handedly wrecked the Gulf of Mexico. According to Think Progress,  Womack-Kolton has been hired to be “head of U.S. media relations.” She was a rising star in the Bush-Cheney White House since the 2000 campaign. She also ran public affairs in the Bush Department of Energy:

“Back in 2001-02 Anne Womack-Kolton defended Cheney’s secret energy task force,” Daily Kos contributor RL Miller writes. Cheney’s energy group met with several BP representatives, including a private meeting between Cheney and BP CEO John Browne. In 2007 Browne retired from BP “after lying to a court about his relationship with another man.”

With its stock spiralling, BP hired her away from the Brunswick Group, the international communications and crisis management firm which BP has been paying to “craft its public response to the spill.” Womack-Kolton joined the Brunswick Group in 2007 to manage “high stakes communications surrounding public affairs issues and political risk management for domestic and global corporate clients.” Source: Think Progress

This is a very interesting turn of events and it seems that you just can't seem to get Dick Cheney out of the mix where oil is concerned. The management of BP, Transocean and Halliburton should be brought up on criminal charges for this unspeakable act of destruction in the Gulf of Mexico.