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Given this is an oil company, does this count as “looting”, “profiteering”, or just cronyism?

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Gasoline customers check prices and leave at a BP station in Stockbridge, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe)
From “Looting chaos hits New Orleans relief effort”, Times Online (UK), September 1, 2005:

President Bush has called for a “zero tolerance” policy against looters and profiteering today as New Orleans descended into lawlessness.

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