Probe risks of oil drilling

The Alaskan coast has turned into a death trap for the state'sfishing and tourism industries, following the spill on March 24 ofsome 10 million gallons of oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez.

The responses - from Exxon Corp., the federal government andAlaskan officials - have delivered more rhetoric than action in thelast 11 days.

While the animal-rescue effort has intensified, how can Exxonever replace the sea otters, the birds and the beauty now destroyed?An apology will never repair the environmental damage.

So far, the attention has focused on the immediate circumstancesof the spill. But what will the FBI probe find? That the ship'scaptain was …