MSNBC's Rachel Maddow digs into the NBC News video archives and comes up with 31-year-old "Today" show reports on a disasterous 1979 Gulf oil spill that mirrors the BP mess: "If you close your eyes... you would be forgiven for thinking you had just flipped on the news today.... This is reporting from déjà-vu-land.' The 'top-hat' cone technique was then known as 'Operation Sombrero.'"
The "Today" show news anchor is Floyd Kalber:
Its funny how terms change, Operation Sombrero now has become top kill where if you pack a hole it is called Operation Anderson Cooper.
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