BP > US government?

From Crooks and Liars, this story on the oil spill in the Gulf. A few observations:

1. The Coast Guard, a branch of the US military, is "looking into" British Petroleum's rule that journalists* cannot tour and film the damage that their catastrophic oil rig explosion is causing to the Gulf States?
2. Journalists* = the Kelly reporter and Katie Couric, really? You're not even going to question the Coast Guard official telling your reporter that it's "BP's rules," and that it certainly looks like a foreign oil company is telling the US government what to do?
3. The Coast Guard, again, a branch of the US military, is withholding live video of the explosion and resulting oil spill from its beginning from Congress and the public. Lemme guess...BP's calling the shots again!
4. Poor, poor sea turtles and dolphins. And who knows what else, with the oil plumes underwater, tar balls washing up in Florida, and the well still spilling millions of gallons of oil into our fragile ecosystem.